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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



and numerous flowers, give it a rich and striking appearance, especially 

 in early spring. It is difficult to unite with its congeners by grafting ; 

 but, ir it could be grafted standard high on the pear, the hawthorn, 

 or even on the common quince, it would form a most delightful little 

 tree. It has ripened fruit both as a bush, and against a wall ; but the 

 fruit, even when ripe, is unfit to eat, though it has so fragrant a smell as to 

 induce some persons to keep it among their clothes. The plant is readily 

 propagated by layers or suckers, and it also grows by cuttings. In the 

 Romance of Nature, a very elegant work an flowers, by Miss Twamley, the 

 authoress, speaking of this shrub, calls its flowers " fairy fires," 



" That gleam and glow amid the wintry scene, 

 Lighting their ruddy beacons at the sun, 

 To melt away the snow. See how it falls 

 In drops of crystal from the glowing spray, 

 Wreathed in deep crimson buds the fairy fires." 



Varieties. 



* C. j. 2 Jlore dlbo has cream-coloured, or very pale red, flowers, and 



forms a very distinct kind when in blossom. 



* C. j. 3 fl. semi-pleno has red flowers, somewhat semidouble. There 



are plants of this kind in the Kensington Nursery. 



Statistics. In the environs of London, trained against a wall, it is, in various places, from 12 ft. 

 to 15 ft. high. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 20 years planted, it is 15 ft. high against a wall. In, 

 Scotland, it grows, and flowers freely, against a wall at Thainston, in Aberdeenshire; at Gordon 

 Castle, in Banffshire; at Coul, in Ross and Cromarty ; and at Dunrobin Castle, in Sutherlandshire. 

 It grows well, and flowers freely, in every part of Ireland. 



App. i. Other Species ofCydbnia. 



C. Sumboshia Hamilt. in D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 237., and Don's Mill., 2. p. 650., is a native of 

 Nepal, with cordate entire leaves, and fruit attenuated at the base, like that of the Cyd6nia vulgaris. 



App. I. Half-liar dy Species of Rosdcea?, Pomete, not belonging 

 to any of the Genera containing hardy Species. 



Raphiolepls (from raphis y & needle, -andlcpis, a scale; in reference to the nar- 

 row subulate bracteas, Lind/.^) is a genus the species of which are evergreen 

 trees or shrubs, natives of China, with crenulated, coriaceous, reticulated leaves, 

 mid terminal racemes of white flowers. Judging from 

 the species already in the country, they are probably 

 all tolerably hardy. 



R. indica Lindl. in Lin. Trans, 13. p. 105., Dec. 

 Prod., ii. p. 630., and Don's Mill., ii. p. 601.; Cra- 

 tae'gus indica L. y Bot. Mag., t. 1726., and our/g. 653.; 

 is a native of India and China, introduced in 1806, 

 which will stand in the open air, in warm sheltered 

 situations, near London, as a bush; but which is 

 safest when grown against a wall. In its native coun- 

 try it forms a low tree ; but in British gardens it is 

 an evergreen shrub, flowering from February to August. 

 Dr. Sims considers it to bear considerable affinity in 

 habit to Ameldnchier vulgaris and A. Botryapium. (J5o. 

 Mag., t. 1726.) There are plants of it in the Botanic 

 Garden at Kew, which have stood out since 1823; 

 and in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which 

 were planted out in 1831. 



R. ealicifblia Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 651. ? and ourj?#. <i54., is a native of China, with lanceolate leares, 

 which was introduced in 1824, and which has stood out in the Botanic Garden at Kew since 1823. 



a. riiAra Lindl. Coll., No. 3. t. 3., Don's Mill., 2. p. 602. ; Crataj'gus rubra Lour. ; A/espilus sine^sis 

 Pair.} is a native of China and Cochin-China, with ovate-lanceolate leaves, and reddish flowers. It 

 is said to be a tree growing to the height of 30 ft. It was introduced in 1820, and is probably as hardy 

 as the other species. A plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden has stood out against a wall 

 since 1831. 



R. phteostenion Lindl. Coll., No. 3., and Don's Mill., 2. p. 601. ; R. indica Bot. Rce., t. 468. ; i* a 

 native of China, with lanceolate leaves, white petals, and brown filaments. It is said to have been 

 ntroduccd in 1820; but we have not seen the plant. 



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