TREES AND SHRUBS 



Confined in wild state to Great Orme's Head. Usually known as C. vulgaris. 

 Used as a stock for grafting the dwarf species. Dr. Lindley says, Generic name 

 signifies quince-like ; in Latin Quince was Cotonea ; and aste?- is a corruption of 

 ad insta?' or instar, " according to the likeness of." 



LOOSE-FLOWERED COTONEASTER, Cotoncaster laxiflora. 



Gardens. April — June. 



Mowers pink, in a loose forked many flowered panicJed-cyme, pilose ; Calyx 

 glabrous ; Fruit a drupe, oblong, glabrous, black, with bluish tint ; ripe in 

 September. 



Leaves alternate, oblong or ovate-elliptic, obtuse at both ends, or mucronate 

 at apex, glabrous above, woolly beneath, 2 ins. long, \\ in. broad. 



A deciduous shrub, 3-5 ft. ; straggling. 



Native of N. Asia ; found among rocks in Soungarian desert ; introduced 

 182G. 



SMALL-LEAVED COTONEASTER, Cotoneaster micropkylla. 



Gardens, walls. May, June. This is probably the best known species, and 

 is well suited for rockwork, or as a standard on a Thorn, and will even do well 

 on a north-east wall. Rambling over rocks, fences, or hanging over walls, it 

 is particularly attractive in early summer, when its small white flowers are 

 put forth in abundance, and in autumn it is made equally interesting by its 

 brilliant red berries. 



Floxvers white, resembling Hawthorn, I in. diam., solitary or 2-3 together, 

 terminal on short lateral branches ; Fruit a drupe, globular, rather large, bright 

 red, ripe in August, persistent through winter. 



Leaves alternate, very variable, ovate, obovate, or oblong, cuneated, acute, 

 obtuse, or retuse, margins recurved, coriaceous, glossy green and smooth on 

 upper surface, pubescent or tomentose beneath, persistent, rigid, i in. long, 



\ in. broad. 



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