870 ARBORETUM AND FllUTICETUM. PART III. 



fruit ; the fruit of C. frigida and C. aff inis, in particular, being produced in 

 great abundance, and, being of an intense scarlet colour, have a very splendid 

 appearance, and remain on the trees the greater part of the winter. The 

 cotoneasters are all readily propagated by seeds, cuttings, layers, or grafting 

 on C. vulgaris, on the common quince, or on the hawthorn. Though the 

 greater part of the species are natives of Asia, yet in Britain they are found 

 to be as hardy as if they were indigenous to the north of Europe, most 

 especially those of them that are true evergreens. This is a fact well worthy 

 of being noticed, as proving the positive advantages likely to accrue to any 

 one country from introducing into it the productions of every other country, 

 however different some of these countries may be in civil and geographical 

 circumstances. It affords a fine illustration of that law of Providence, by 

 which man is enabled, by labour, knowledge, and research, to add greatly 

 to his stock of enjoyment and happiness. 



i. Leaves deciduous. Shrubs. 

 ft 1. C. VULGA'RIS Lindl. The common Cotoneaster. 



Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 13. p. 101. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 632. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. (!03. 

 Synonywes. 3/^spilus Cotoneaster Lin. Sp., 66., (Ed. Fl. Dan., t. 112. ; Nt-fliur cotoimeux, Fr. ; 



Quitten-Misnel, Ger. 

 Engravings. CEd. Fl. Dan., L 112. ; Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2713. ; and our Jig. (L'O. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate, rounded at the base. Pe- 

 duncles and calyxes glabrous. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 632.) 

 A native of sunny parts of subalpine hills of Europe 

 and of Siberia. It has been in cultivation in British 

 gardens since 1656, and was always considered a foreign 

 plant, till it was lately found, in a wild state, at Orme's 

 Head, in Caernarvonshire. (See Smith's Eng. Flora, 

 vol. iv. p. 268. ; and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. vi. p. 55, 56.) 

 In its wild state, this species forms a shrub from 2 ft. to 

 3ft. high ; but in cultivation it attains the height of 4ft. 

 or 5 ft. ; and, grafted standard high on the hawthorn or 

 the mountain ash, it forms a very curious, round-headed, pendent-branched 

 tree, as may be seen in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, and in the 

 Hammersmith Nursery. It flowers in April and May, and ripens its fruit 

 in July and August. 



Varieties. The following three forms of this species are to be met with, both 

 in a wild state, and in gardens : 



* C. v. 1 erythrocdrpa Led. Fl. Alt., ii. p. 219., has the fruit red when 



ripe. 

 a C. v. 2 melanocarpa Led. ; Mespilus Cotoneaster Pall. Fl. Ross., i. p. 30. 



t. 14.; M. melanocarpa Fisch. ; C. melanocarpa Lod. Cat.; has the 



fruit black when ripe. 

 st C. v. 3 depressa Fries Nov. Suec., p. 9., Dec. Prod., ii. p. 632., is rather 



spiny, with lanceolate acutish leaves, and fruit including 4 carpels. 



It is a native of the rocks of Sweden near Warberg. 



* 2. C. (v.) TOMENTO'SA Lindl. The tomentose, or woolly, Cotoneaster. 



Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 13. p. 101. : Dec. Prod., 2. p. 632. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 603. 

 Synonymes. A/espilus tomentusa Wittd. Sp., 2. p. 1012., not Lam. : M. eriocarpa Dec. Fl. Fr. Sunops. 

 and Suppl., No. 3691. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves elliptical, obtuse at both ends. Peduncles and 

 calyxes woolly. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 632.) A shrub, like the preceding 

 species, of which it appears to us to be only a variety, found wild on the 

 rocks of Jura, and in other parts of the Alps of Switzerland; and in 

 cultivation in British gardens since 1759. 



* 3. C. (v.) LAXIFLO'RA Joey. The loose-jtfo/rc-m/ Cotoneaster. 



Identification. Jac 

 fngravtngt. Bot. 



q. ex Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1.30.".. ; Don's Mill., 2. n. 604. 

 Keg., t. 1 J0.5. ; and our fins. 621. and ii2.'. 



