TREES AND SHRUBS DECIDUOUS 



CLEMATIS PATENS, Morr. & Decne, var. JOHN GOULD VEITCH. 



PI. Mag. 1867, pi. 394 ; PI. cles Serres, 1869, torn, xviii. p. 85 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 



1868, fig. p. 12. 



A double blue Clematis with numerous narrow perianth segments, at 

 the time of introduction, 1865, the finest of its kind ; from Japan by the 

 late John Gould Veitch. 



COKNUS PAUCINEEVIS, Hance. 



A small-growing, free-flowering species somewhat resembling the 

 American Cornus stricta, inhabiting Central and Western China, where it 

 is met with as a fluviatile shrub at 1,000-3,600 ft. 



COENUS STOLONIFEEA, Michx. 



Gard. Chron. 1875, vol. iv. p. 678, fig. 138, p. 679. 



Eaised from seed sent by a correspondent from the Eocky Mountains, 

 where it is known as " The Eed Osier Dogwood." 



By misadventure it received the name of Cornus capitata, and specimens 

 under that name unfortunately distributed. 



C. stolonifera is a hardy deciduous shrub, of rapid growth in moist 

 situations, forming large clumps 5 to 6 ft. high, multiplying freely by 

 prostrate or subterranean suckers. Ornamental in summer when it 

 blossoms freely, in autumn when laden with white berries, or in winter, 

 when stripped of its leafy honours, the bright red bark of the annual 

 shoots are conspicuous. 



COEYLOPSIS HIMALAYANA, Griff. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6779. 



This delicate graceful shrub, the rarest species of the genus in cultiva- 

 tion, produces spikes of creamy white flowers with a primrose-like smell 

 early in the year, preceding * the foliage by some three to four months. 

 Discovered by Griffith in Bhotan, north of the Assam valley, at elevations 

 of 5,000-8,000 ft., seed was sent to the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, by Dr. King, 

 in 1879, and to the Veitchian firm about the same time. 



COEYLOPSIS PAUCIFLOEA, Sieb. & Zucc. 



Gard. Chron. 1893, vol. xiii. p. 335 (Beport of R.H.S. Show) ; Bot. Mag. t. 7736. 



As with the other species of Corylopsis hardy in gardens, the primrose- 

 yellow flowers appear in early spring before the leaves. It may be 

 distinguished from the better-known C. spicata by a more slender habit, 

 fewer flowered spikes, and smaller leaves, longer in proportion to their 

 breadth than those of C. spicata. 



It was introduced from Japan, where it occurs in various localities. 



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