HORTUS VEITCHI1 



The plant quite hardy, produces in the spring months dense clusters 

 of soft rose-pink flowers at the end of the short branches. 



EHODODENDEON SCHLIPPENBACHII, Max. 



Card. Chron. 1894, vol. xv. p. 462, fig. 58; Bob. Mag. t. 7373 ; The Garden, 1894, vol. xlvi. 



p. 80, col. pi. 



A Corean and Manchurian species discovered by Baron Alexandra von 

 Schlippenbach on the shores of Possjet Sound, Manchuria. From the 

 texture of the leaves, deciduous in this country, it obviously belongs 

 to the Azalea section of the genus, of which it is the largest leaved. 



The flowers of a delicate rosy lilac, are spotted at the base with darkish 

 brown. 



Ehododendron Schlippenbachii was introduced by James H. Veitch, 

 who sent it to Chelsea in 1893 from Japan, where it was found cultivated, 

 but it is said to have been first collected by a young Kewite, Eichard 

 Oldham, in 1863, collecting at that time in China ; it was not introduced 

 nor was it named till Maximowicz wrote a description from Baron 

 Schlippenbach's specimens seven years later. 



EUBUS JAPONICUS, Veitch, var. TEICOLOE, HorL 



Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xvi. p. 95, fig. 15. 



A slender-growing trailing plant from Japan, with rose-coloured stems, 

 the petioles and leaves with large patches of white amongst the green, in 

 a young state pinkish- white. 



SAECOCOCCA PEUNIFOEMIS, Lindl. 



A neat dwarf evergreen shrub of Holly-like appearance, with shining 

 bright green pointed leaves, in the axils small clusters of whitish flower, 

 open in the winter, followed in the spring by bright blue fruit. 



It is recorded from Afghanistan, Northern India, and south-ward from 

 Ceylon and Sumatra, and was introduced from the Province of Hupeh, 

 Central China. 



SCHIZANDEA HENEYI, Clarke. 



Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. xxxviii. p. 162, fig. 55. 



A hardy climbing shrub from the Province of Hupeh, Central China, 

 a member of a genus little known in gardens, forming with Kadsura a 

 distinct tribe of the Magnoliacese. Botanically the flowers are interesting, 

 but not showy ; the leaves bright shining green have showy red petioles ; 

 the young stems winged. 



After flowering, the receptacle becomes fleshy, enclosing mucilaginous 

 berries, and the fruit is eaten by the local peasantry. 



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