ROSACEi^ 



are well adapted for covering walls or fences, or trailing over tree roots, rocks, or 

 bare ground under trees. They are propagated by cuttings inserted in sandy 

 soil outdoors in October ; layering of shoots in October ; grafting on the 

 common species, or Quince or Hawthorn in March ; seeds sown outdoors 

 in March. 



Flowers white, in lateral coi-ymbose cymes; Calyx woolly, 5-lobed, 

 persistent ; Petals 5 ; Stamens indefinite ; Ovaries 2-5, adnate at back to 

 calyx-tube; Fniit a drupe, small, spherical, bright red, 2 5 bony 1 -seeded 

 stones ; ripe in September, persistent through winter. 



Leaves alternate, ovate or obovate, attenuated at base, mucronate, ciliate, 

 bright green above, woolly beneath, 3^4 ins. long, 1-| in. broad, petioles woolly. 



A sub-evergreen tree, 10-15 ft. ; Bi-anches somewhat horizontal ; Jhvigs 

 terete, red-brown ; lenticels well shown ; Buds acute. 



Native of Lower Nepaul ; introduced 1828. Specific name said to be given 

 from close affinity to C.frigida, of which some regard it as a variety. 



ROD COTONEASTER, Cotoneaster bacillaris. 



Gardens. April, IVIay. 



Flowers white, \ in. diam. ; in a short, many flowei'ed, divaricate cyme, pilose ; 

 Calyx segments 5, short, persistent ; Petals 5 ; Stamens numerous. Ovary 

 inferior, carpels 2-5 ; Fruit a drupe, \ in. long, in axillary cymes, on long 

 slender pedicels, smooth, purplish-red, black or brown; 2-5 bony 1 -seeded 

 stones. 



Leaves alternate, ovate, obovate or oblong, lanceolate, tapering towards 

 base, mucronate or obtuse, entire, ciliate, coriaceous, glabrous above, woolly 

 or glabrescent beneath, 21 ins. long. If in. broad; petioles red, long, and 

 slender ; stipules subulate, caducous. 



A deciduous slirub, or small tree, sub-evergreen in mild seasons, 8-10 ft., 



spreading head; Brunchlets slender, twig-like, glabrous, red; Wood white, 



strong, elastic. 



Native of Nepaul ; known as Twig-branched Cotoneaster. 



27 c 2 



Ci.liiltfi lb 



