TREES AND SHRUBS EVERGREEN 



CLEMATIS AEMANDI, Franch. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1903, vol. xxviii. p. 58, fig. 14; Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. xxxviii. p. 30, 



suppl. ill ii s. 



An evergreen species of Clematis allied to C. Meyeniana, and by some 

 botanists considered only a form. 



A native of Central and Western China, frequently met with at altitudes 

 above 3,000 ft. on open scrub-clad mountains. 



The flowers pure white, often rosy-pink at the back, 2 in. in diam., are 

 in dense axillary clusters, the trifoliate evergreen leaves of leathery 

 texture. Plants, from seed sent from Central China, flowered for the first 

 time in this country at Coombe Wood in April 1905. 



CLEYEEA FOETUNEI, Hook. f. 



Syns. Eurya latifolia, Hort., var. variegata. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 7434; Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 398 (advt.). 



A handsome Japanese shrub, introduced to this country through the 

 late John Gould Veitch, and about the same time by Fortune. 



It is half-hardy except in favoured localities, remarkable for the great 

 beauty of the bright green leaves, variegated with golden-yellow, scarlet 

 towards the margin. 



The plant long in cultivation under the name of Eurya, till specimens 

 ultimately flowered which proved it to be a species of Cleyera. 



COTONEASTEE APPLANATA, Duthie. 



An important addition to a genus of useful garden shrubs, raised from 

 seed collected in Central China in 1900. The branches have a tendency 

 to grow at right angles to the erect main stem in one plane only, and 

 the plant is naturally adapted for growing on trellises or against a wall, 

 and in such situations the neat dark-green foliage, and in autumn the 

 brilliant scarlet berries, are particularly effective. The leaves small, heart- 

 shaped, I in. long by \ in. broad, dark green above, covered beneath 

 with a white tomentum. 



COTONEASTEE BULLATA, Duthie. 



This fine Cotoneaster, a new species raised from seed collected in 

 Central China in 1900, has leaves dark green on the upper surface, paler 

 beneath, slightly tomentose along the midrib and principal veins; they 

 measure 2 in. long by lj in. broad, the margins entire, the surface bullate, 

 suggesting the specific name. 



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