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DAPHNE DAPHNIPHYLLUM 



twigs. Perianth tube J in. long, slender ; lobes narrow, pointed, recurved, 

 Flower-stalk about $ in. long, forking near the top. 



Native of Asia Minor; introduced in 1752. Although the flowers of this 

 Daphne have no bright colour, they are fragrant and profuse, and the shrub is 



a cheerful evergreen, 

 partially shaded spot. 



It likes a moist, loamy, or peaty soil in a sheltered, 

 Useful for grouping near woodland walks. 



D. RETUSA, Hemsiey. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 8430 ; D. tangutica, Maximmvics?) 



A low, densely branched, evergreen shrub, of close, neat, sturdy habit ; 

 young shoots hairy. Leaves leathery, thick, densely arranged towards the 



end of the twig ; oval in- 

 clined to obovate ; I to 2 

 ins. long, J to in. wide ; 

 stalkless, the base tapered, 

 the apex rounded and 

 notched, margin revolute ; 

 dark glossy green, smooth. 

 Flowers produced during 

 early May in a crowded 

 cluster 3 ins. across ter- 

 minating the branch, each 

 flower borne on a short, 

 conspicuously brown-felted 

 stalk; perianth tube 

 smooth, in. long ; rosy 

 purple outside ; glistening 

 white, tinged with purple 

 inside ; lobes ovate, ^ in. 

 long. Fruit bright red. 



Native of W. China; 

 discovered by Mr A. E. 

 Pratt near Tachien-lu, at 

 13,500 ft. elevation. Intro- 

 duced from the same spot 

 by Wilson in 1901. I saw 

 this delightful little bush 

 flowering in the Coombe 

 Wood nursery in April 

 1909, and it was exquisitely 

 fragrant, like lilac. The 

 plant is of compact habit, 

 and will probably not grow 

 much more than I to 2 ft. 

 high. It is apparently 

 very hardy, and if it can 

 be propagated in sufficient 

 quantity will make a valuable addition to cultivated Daphnes. It has some 

 affinity with D. odora, but is easily distinguished by its thick, much smaller 

 notched leaves, and the shaggy young' shoots and flower-stalks. 



DAPHNE RETUSA. 



DAPHNIPHYLLUM. EUPHORBIACE^E. 



The two shrubs cultivated in gardens belonging to this genus 

 are handsome, robust evergreens, with alternate, stout-textured rhodo- 



