TREES AND SHRUBS DECIDUOUS 



One of the most handsome climbing plants, of light and graceful 

 appearance, a valuable addition to pergola and pillar plants, hardy in the 

 British Isles. 



VITIS OBTECTA, Watt. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1904, vol. xxviii. p. 395. 



A compound-leaved species from China through Wilson with digitate 

 leaves resembling in appearance those of a miniature horse-chestnut ; the 

 terminal leaflet, the largest, measures from 4 to 5 in. in length, the 

 smallest about 2| in., oblanceolate in outline terminated by an acuminate 

 point. 



VITIS EEPENS, W. & A. 



A native of India, first made known to science from specimens collected 

 in that country. Introduced from Central China through Wilson, who 

 sent seed in 1901, and of little interest. 



The leaves of the species are dark green, sometimes slightly trilobed 

 with bidentate margins and red petioles. 



The specific name repens appears to have been given in allusion to the 

 rambling habit of growth characterizing the species. 



VITIS SINENSIS, Diels & Gilg. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1904, vol. xxviii. p. 396, fig. 99. 



A species with very variable leaves, those at the base usually simple, 

 broadly ovate in outline, more or less trifid ; later more lobed, they 

 become at about 5 ft. from the ground deeply cut into three or five 

 distinct leaflets; the figure in the Journal of the Koyal Horticultural 

 Society (Z.c. supra) shows the two extreme forms of leaf-variation. 



It was exhibited for the first time before the Royal Horticultural Society 

 on September 1st, 1903. 



VITIS THOMSONI, If. Laws. 



The Garden, 1903, vol. Ixiv. p. 203, fig. ; Jour. E.H.S. 1904, vol. xxviii. p. 396, 

 figs. 85, 100 ; Veitchs' List of Novelties, 1904, p. 4, fig. 



A graceful vine with purple leaves and stems, the former digitately 

 compound, composed of five small leaflets, the terminal, measuring 3| in. 

 in length by 1 in. in breadth, the largest. 



When first produced of a bright claret-purple, ultimately suffused on 

 the upper surface with green as the plant matures, but on the under 

 the purple hue retained all through the summer, glistens with a metallic 

 lustre. 



As an ornamental species perhaps one of the best of the Chinese vines 

 and certain to become popular. 



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