408 COTONEASTER 



there is no evergreen superior to this. It is only necessary to tie the leading 

 'shoots to the fence until it is covered, and then leave the shrub to grow its 

 own way ; in this way it makes an admirable screen. 



C. CONGESTA, Baker. 



(C. microphylla var. glacialis, Hooker fiL ; C. pyrenaica, Hort.") 



An evergreen shrub of low, compact, dense habit, i to 2^ ft. high ; young 

 wood downy. Leaves oval or obovate, about in. long, dull green above, 

 whitish beneath with a few hairs at first, but becoming nearly or quite smooth. 

 Flowers J in. across, pinkish white. Fruit bright red, round, J in. diameter. 



Native of the Himalaya up to 14,000 ft. This little evergreen has by some 

 authorities been made a variety of C. microphylla, which it may possibly be. 

 But it is much more distinct from ordinary C. microphylla than is C. thymaefolia, 

 especially in its habit, which, as Mr Baker's name implies, is congested. 

 Instead of its branches being spreading or prostrate, they are short, dense, 

 often decurved, the whole forming a compact rounded mass. The dull green, 

 paler leaves, not densely woolly beneath as in C. microphylla, afford other 

 distinctions. I have therefore retained the original name, and the one by 

 which this plant is best known. It is a charming little evergreen for the 

 rock garden, or for small borders of low shrubs where it runs no danger of 

 being smothered by more aggressive plants. 



C. DlELSlANA, Pritzel, 



(C. applanata, Duthi;~) 



A deciduous shrub, 8 ft., perhaps more, high, with long, extremely slender, 

 arching or quite pendulous branches ; branchlets downy when young. Leaves 

 i to i ins. long, f to i in. wide, ovate ; hairy above when young, covered 

 beneath with felt, at first white afterwards pale brown ; veins prominent. 

 Flowers three to seven in a cluster, terminating side shoots i in. or so long ; 

 calyx and flower-stalk hairy, calyx lobes shallowly triangular. Fruit scarlet, 

 round or rather pear-shaped, J in. long. 



Native of Central China ; introduced for Messrs Veitch by Wilson in 1900. 

 It flowers in June, and the fruit is in full colour in September and October ; 

 it is then one of the most effective of Cotoneasters. The habit is singularly 

 graceful, the long whip-like shoots spreading outwards and downwards in 

 every direction. The name "applanata" refers to the distichous arrangement 

 of the branches of young plants, which gives them the appearance of a wall- 

 trained tree. 



C. DIVARICATA, Rehder and Wilson. 



A deciduous shrub up to 6 ft. high, of spreading habit ; young shoots 

 clothed with greyish hairs, becoming the second year smooth and reddish 

 brown. Leaves roundish oval, sometimes ovate or obovate, tapered abruptly 

 towards both ends, the apex mucronate ; \ to i in. long, J to-f in. wide 

 (smaller on the flowering shoots) ; dark glossy green, and soon smooth above, 

 sparsely hairy beneath ; veins in three or four pairs ; leaf-stalk ^ in. or less 

 long. Flowers usually in threes at the end of short twigs, often supplemented 

 by solitary ones in the axils of the terminal leaves, rosy white ; calyx lobes 

 triangular, they and the tube loosely woolly. Fruit red, egg-shaped, $ in. 

 long, carrying two stones. 



Native of W. Hupeh and W. Szechuen, China ; first found by Henry in 

 the latter province about 1887 ; introduced to the Coombe Wood nursery by 



