The Gotoneasters 



when they change into white blossom, on to autumn 

 when they make a final transformation into tiny crimson 

 berries, this Cotoneaster is always a pleasure to the eye. 

 If placed against a wall it will grow up by it, keeping 

 its characteristic branching. 



The Cotoneasters microphylla and buxifolia others 

 sent here by Dr. Wallich from the mountains of Nepal 

 about 1824 are possibly the same species, since buxi- 

 folia is really microphylla on a larger scale. The leaves 

 are oval, not more than an inch long in the former, 

 and half that size in the latter. 



Finally, among the many others that press for notice 

 must be mentioned two newer species. The first is the 

 Chinese Cotoneaster, C. pannosa, which was found by 

 the Abb Delavay on the mountains of Yunan, China, 

 at a height of nine thousand feet. He sent the seeds 

 to Paris in 1888, and four years later a plant of it was 

 sent across to Kew. It is far less rigid than most of 

 its relatives, its branches being slight and graceful with 

 a peculiar woolliness about them. 



The other is C. Henryi, only brought to England 

 from Central China in the first year of this century by 

 Mr. Wilson, who has done so much to make known to 

 us the beautiful Chinese shrubs. It has the usual white 

 clusters of flowers, its two chief characteristics being 

 particularly large leaves the biggest known among 



Cotoneasters, evergreen, rough and woolly to the touch 



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