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E. 3-12-flowered clusters with short hairy steins ; branches erect 

 or spreading, sometimes prostrate. Round-leaved Cotoneas- 

 TER — Cotoneaster nummularia. 

 E. Flowers in large 6-20-flowered clusters with smooth stems, 

 May. Fine in flower but not free-fruiting. Chinese Coto- 

 neaster (273) — Cotoneaster multifl6ra. 

 * Large shrub to 20 feet, not hardy North. The largest and possibly the 

 most beautiful species for both flowers and fruit. Flower-clusters 

 very large, April, May ; fruit scarlet ; leaves oblong, acute at both 

 ends, nearly evergreen (2-5 inches long), smooth above, hairy 

 beneath when young. Cotoneaster (274) — Cotoneaster frigida. 



Fig. 275. — Panicled Photinia. 



Fig. 276. — Toyon. 



Photinia. The Photinias are tall shrubs or small trees from China 

 and Japan with simple alternate usually notched leaves and small white 

 flowers in large white clusters, in summer. The small but very decorative 

 red fruit remain on the plants through much of the winter. The flowers 

 and fruit are in rounded clusters, corymbs or panicles, 1^ to 6 inches 

 broad. The flowers have 5 rounded petals and 10 to 20 stamens. The 

 pome-like fruit is small, \ inch, one- or two-seeded with a hollowed or 

 dented end. The evergreen species are hardy only South, but the decidu- 



