HORTUS VEITCHII 



The plants growing at Coombe Wood are at present too young to show 

 the true character. 



TILIA TUAN, Szy. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1903, vol. xxviii. p. 66. 



A handsome Lime tree with obliquely-ovate leaves semi-cordate at the 

 base, dark green on the upper surface, covered beneath with a stellate 

 white tomentum : raised at Coombe Wood from seed collected in Central 

 China. 



VIBUENUM CEANOTHOIDES, Wright. 



As the specific name implies, this Viburnum closely resembles a 

 Ceanothus in general appearance, forming a bush 4 to 6 ft. in height with 

 leaves cuneate and toothed. 



The flowers white, in corymbs, are succeeded by very numerous bright 

 red fruit. 



A native of the plateaux of Yunnan, first discovered by W. Hancock 

 Esq., of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, and described from 

 material sent by him to Kew. 



VIBUENUM COEYLIFOLIUM, Hook. f. & Thorns. 



A species from Central China through Wilson, with dark green leaves, 

 hairy on both surfaces and strongly veined, in outline and general 

 appearance not unlike a Corylus. The wood in a young state is very 

 tomentose. 



VIBUENUM DILATATUM, Thvrib. 



Syns. V. Mariesii, Hort. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6215. 



A handsome hardy shrub, with apparently a wide range in Japan, 

 having been collected in various localities throughout the whole length 

 of the archipelago. 



Introduced through Charles Maries, it flowered at Coombe Wood for 

 the first time in England in June 1875. 



VITIS ACONITIFOLIA, Hance. 



Jour. R.H.S. vol. xxviii. 1904, p. 392, fig. 87. 



A Chinese species with leaves of variable form, but more or less 

 resembling those of the Monkshood, introduced by the Veitchian firm, 

 and exhibited for the first time in September 1903, before the Eoyal 

 Horticultural Society. 



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