RUTACE^ 



ulous ; style short ; stigma 2-3-lobed ; Fruit a samara, nearly orbicular, 1 in. 

 diam. ; wings thin ; dense drooping clusters persistent through winter. 



Leaves alternate, trifoliate, leaflets ovate boro long, sessile, acute, entire or 

 finely serrate, coriaceous, glabrous, pubescent when young, dark shining green, 

 paler below, 4-6 ins. long, 2^-3 ins. wide ; petioles stout, 2^-3 ins. long. 

 Autumn tint yellow. 



A deciduous shrub, 4-8 ft. ; or small tree, 20 ft. ; Branches small, 

 spreading or erect ; Twigs glabrous, dark brown ; Buds nearly round, almost 

 white ; Wood heavy, hard, close-grained, yellow-brown. 



Introduced from N. America by Bishop Compton, 1704; re-introduced by 

 Catesby, 1724. Generic name was ancient Greek name for the Elm — applied 

 to this plant from resemblance of fruit. 



FRAGRANT SKIMMIA, Skimmia fragrant. 



Gardens. April. The Skimmias are valuable on account of their brilliant 

 red fruits, which, growing in profusion, remain on the plants all the year 

 round, giving them a very ornamental appearance, especially in winter. They 

 thrive best in a compost of peat and loam in shady or sheltered borders. 

 They are propagated by cuttings of firm shoots inserted in sand under a 

 bell-glass in spring or autumn ; by layering in autumn ; and by seeds sown 

 when ripe in sandy loam and peat in a cold frame. 



Flowers white, tinged with yellow, scented, in a terminal thyrsoid panicle, 

 5 ins. or more long, 3-4 ins. diam,, rounded at apex, numerous dichotomous 

 branches, buds appearing in late autumn ; Males, Petals 4-5, obovate, nearly 

 erect ; Stamens as many as petals, filaments white, anthers large ; Ovary 

 rudimentary. 



Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, thick, entire, acute or obtuse, glabrous, 

 petiolate, exstipulate, coriaceous, slightly arched, sometimes slightly twisted, 

 deep shining green, 5-6 ins. long, 2 ins. broad. 



An evergreen shrub, 3 ft. 



Native of Himalayas ; said to be the male plant of Skimmia japonica. 



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