512 . ENKIANTHUS 



leaves turn to various brilliant shades of red and yellow. They are best 

 propagated from seed treated in the same way as recommended for 

 rhododendrons. Cuttings may also be rooted. 



E. CAMPANULATUS, Nicholson. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 7059 (var. Palibinii) ; Andromeda campanulata, Miquel^ 



A deciduous shrub usually 4 to 6 ft. high, occasionally a small tree, branches 

 in whorls ; young shoots smooth, reddish. Leaves produced in a cluster at 

 the end of the twig, or alternate on strong growths ; obovate to oval, tapered 

 more gradually towards the base, finely toothed, I to 7\ ins. long, \ to i \ ins. 

 wide, hairy on the veins of both surfaces, dull green ; stalk \ to in, long. 

 Flowers produced during May from the terminal bud of the previous year's 



ENKIANTHUS CAMPANULATUS. 



growth in a hairy raceme sometimes almost reduced to an umbel. Corolla 

 bell-shaped, \ in. long, pendulous, with five rounded lobes, pale creamy yellow, 

 veined and tipped with red ; calyx with five lanceolate, pointed divisions \ in. 

 long ; stamens very short ; flower-stalk downy, \ to I in. long. Seed-vessel 

 egg-shaped, \ in. long. 



Native of Japan; introduced in 1880, by Maries, for Messrs Veitch. This 

 is the most satisfactory of the species of Enkianthus in our gardens, being 

 quite hardy and flowering freely. It is sometimes cut by late frost. In the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Mass., where the frosts are much more severe than ours, it 

 succeeds remarkably well. The leaves turn golden and red in autumn. 



Var. PALIBINII, Bean. The plant figured in Bot. Mag.^ t. 7059, is a 

 distinct form, the flowers being almost wholly of a rich deep red, rather smaller 

 than in the ordinary form, and produced in a distinct raceme. There is a 

 conspicuous line of reddish down bordering the base of the midrib of the 

 leaf beneath. In cultivation at Coombe Wood. 



E. CERNUUS, Bentham and Hooker fil. 



A deciduous shrub, 3 to 6 ft. high, with smooth, bifurcating branches. 

 Leaves obovate, \ to \\ ins. long, half to two-thirds as wide; finely round- 



