TREES AND SHRUBS DECIDUOUS 



EHODODENDEON CALENDULACEUM, Torr. 



Syns. Azalea calendulacea, Michux. 

 Watson in Gard. Chron. 1892, vol. xii. p. 742. 



A North American species, said to cover wide stretches of country in 

 Virginia, introduced to Exeter in 1837, and very fragrant. 



The gorgeous flowers in June are of every shade of lemon-yellow to 

 brilliant fire-red. Many forms appeared, raised in gardens by selection 

 and cross-fertilization, to which varietal names have been given. 



EHODODENDEON DILATATUM, Miq. 



Syns. Azalea dilatata, Hort. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 7681. 



A native of Japan, of the Azalea section of the genus, with deciduous 

 foliage and flowers with only five stamens, first made known through 

 Siebold, and introduced by us in 1883. 



EIBES GLACIALS, Franch. 



A species from Central China with leaves resembling those of the 

 gooseberry and the wood as the scaly bark of the currant. 



The flowers inconspicuous, greenish, dioecious, followed by small red 

 fruit. 



EIBES LOBBII, Asa Gray. 



Syns. JR. sulvestitum, Hook. 

 Gard. Chron. 1883, vol. xix. p. 11, fig. ; Bot. Mag. t. 4931. 



A native of California introduced to Exeter through William Lobb, 

 this hardy Currant is now seldom seen, although an early flowering 

 character should commend it to the lover of hardy shrubs. 



The flowers, small and fuchsia-like, are dull purple in colour, the sepals 

 tipped with green. 



EOS A SEEICEA, Lindl, var. PTEEACANTHA. 



Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. xxxviii. p. 260, figs. 98, 99. 



A form of the type with red spines dilated into wings at the base in an 

 extraordinary degree, frequently the entire length of an internode ; the 

 foliage neat and attractive, the flowers white, and the fruits yellow. 



Found by several travellers in various localities in China, and introduced 

 to cultivation through Wilson, who met with it in the Province of Hupeh. 



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