HORTUS VEITCHII 



VITIS HENRYANA, Henisl. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1904, vol. xxviii. p. 394, fig. 92; Veitclis' List of Novelties, 1905, p. 4, 

 figs. ; Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. xxviii. p. 309, fig. 122. 



This Chinese species was first collected by Dr. A. Henry, in whose 

 honour the vine is named. 



A trailing subject with prettily variegated leaves of five lance-shaped 

 leaflets and serrate margins : the variegation silvery white lines margined 

 with pink along the principal veins, the interspaces of the darkest green. 



It was introduced by Wilson. 



VITIS INCONSTANS, Miq. 



Syns. Ampelopsis tricuspidata, Sieb. & Zucc. ; A. Veitchii, Horfc. 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 838 ; Lynch in Gard. Chron. 1880, vol. xiv. p. 664, 

 fig. ; La Belg. Hort. 1877, vol. xxvii. p. 224. 



Introduced to Europe from Japan by the late John Gould Veitch, and 

 distributed under the provisional name of Ampelopsis Veitchii. 



It is believed to have been previously sent by Oldham to the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew, and is stated to have been known in the United States 

 of America prior to cultivation in Great Britain. 



Scarcely any other climber has attained so great a popularity, and no 

 climber requires so little attention when once planted. It withstands the 

 hot, dry, smoky atmosphere of towns with impunity, and in autumn the 

 foliage assumes a brilliant tint of crimson quite unequalled in the plant 

 kingdom. 



VITIS LEEOIDES, Maxim. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1904, vol. xxviii. p. 395, figs. 95, 96. 



A pinnate-leaved vine, the leaves in five leaflets resembling those of the 

 allied genus, Leea, introduced from Central China. 



A handsome species, the under surface of the foliage coloured bright 

 claret-purple, a striking contrast to the glaucous-green hue of the upper 

 half. 



VITIS MEGALOPHYLLA, Diets & Gilg. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1904, vol. xxviii. p. 395, figs. 86, 97. 



The most remarkable of all Chinese species of Vitis, with pinnate or 

 bipinnate leaves 2 to 3 ft. across, resembling individually those produced 

 by some Araliads or Kcelreuteria paniculata, dark green on the upper sur- 

 face, pale glaucous-green beneath, glabrous in all parts. The stems 

 of the same glaucous-green hue as the under surface of the leaves, and of 

 rapid growth, attain a height of 8 to 10 ft. in a season. 



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