868 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART 111. 



GENUS XIV. 



PHOTTNIA Lindl. THE PHOTINIA. Lin. Syst. Icosandria Di-Pentagynia. 



Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 13. p. 103. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 631. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 602. 



Synoiiytne. Cratae'gus sp. L. 



Derivation. From photcinos, shining ; in allusion to the lucid surface of the leaves. 



Desciiption t fyc. Evergreen trees, with undivided, coriaceous, serrated, or 

 entire, leaves. Flowers, in most, in terminal corymbose panicles ; and small 

 fruit, at least which has appeared small;, as far as it has been seen in an unripe 

 state. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 631.) The garden treatment of this genus is ex- 

 actly the same as that of Cratse'gus, except that the species are somewhat 

 more tender. They are eminently ornamental. 



1 1. P. SERRULA N TA Lindl. The serrulated-/<?i'/ Photinia. 



Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 13. p. 103. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 631. ; and Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 602. 



Synonyme. Crataj x gus glabra Tkunb. Fl. Jap., 205., Bot. Mag., Lodd. Hot. Cab., Colla Hort. Ripul. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2105. ; Bot. Cab., t. 248. ; Colla Hort. Ripul., t. 36. ; and the plate of the 



species in our Second Volume. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves oblong, acute, serrulated. Pedicels longer than the 

 calyx. Buds large, red. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 631.) A native of Japan and 

 China; introduced in 180-1, and forming a very handsome, evergreen, low 

 tree. It is commonly grafted or budded on thorn stocks ; and it also does 

 well upon quince stocks. In the neighbourhood of London, it flowers 

 between the middle of April and the middle of May ; but it has not yet 

 produced fruit in England. The largest and oldest plants are at White 

 Knights, where it was planted in 1804; and, in 1835, formed a large bush, 

 or tree, nearly 15ft. high. In Essex, at Highlands, 8 years planted, it is 

 12 ft. high. In Hertfordshire, at Cheshunt, 6 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. 

 In Pembrokeshire, at Golden Grove, 30 years planted, it is 12 ft. high. In 

 Devonshire, at Killerton, 8 years planted, it is 10 ft. high ; at Luscombe, 8 

 years planted, and 16 ft. high, with a head 14ft. in diameter. In Hampshire, 

 at Leigh Park, 7 years planted, it is 11 ft. high. In Scotland, in Argyll- 

 shire, at Toward Castle, 6 years planted, it is 7 ft. high. In Ireland, in 

 Cork, at Castle Freke, it is 8 ft high. The largest plants, as standards, 

 in the neighbourhood of London, are at Syon, where, in 8 years, it 

 has attained the height of from 12 ft.- to 15ft., flowering occasionally. 

 In the Botanic Garden at Kew, and in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, there are trees against walls which flower freely every year. In 

 the neighbourhood of Paris, Photinia serrulata is found quite hardy, and it 

 retains the greater part of its leaves during winter. In 1829, there were 

 numerous trees of it at Coomb-la- Ville. In Britain, in situations too cold 

 for planting this tree as a standard, it well deserves a place against a wall, 

 for its large, deep green, shining leaves, which, when they appear in spring, 

 are of a dark brownish red ; while those of the preceding year, when they 

 drop off, which is for the most part in May, are of an intensely deep red, 

 or scarlet. Fit associates for it against a wall are, P. rbutifdlia, CVatae^gus 

 glauca, C. mexieana, Raphiolepis indica, and Eriobotrya japonica. Price of 

 plants, in the London nurseries, ]s. 6d. each; at Paris, 1 franc; at Boll- 

 wyller, 2 francs ; and at New York, ?. 



1 2. P. ^RBUTIFO'LIA Lindl. The Arbutus-leaved Photinia. 



Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 13. p. 103. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 631. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 602. 

 Synonyme. Cratje'gus arbutifolia Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 232. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg. t. 491. ; and our fig. 619. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves with the disk oblong-lanceolate, acute, distantly 

 serrated, six times longer than the petiole, which is red. The panicle, in 

 this species, is not corymbose. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 631.) A native of Culi- 



