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0. odorata, leaves fascicled, linear-spathulate, 1 

 inch long ; 0. ferruginea, an Australian species, 

 with ovate leaves, 34 inches by 2 inches, the 

 young wood and under-surface clothed with rusty 

 tomentum ; 0. ramulosa, leaves minute, obovate, 

 in fascicles; 0. Cunninghamii, obovate leaves, 

 slightly toothed, whitish beneath ; and 0. myrsm- 

 oides, an Australian species, with small toothed 

 leaves, 1 inch long, the under-surface and wood 

 clothed with loose white tomentum. The other 

 species that made up this interesting collection 

 were Olearia dentata (in flower), 0. Traversn, 0. 

 grata, O. speciosa, 0. Sohndri, 0. Forsten, O. 

 lyrata, O. argophylla, 0. glutinosa, 0. stellulata, 

 and its variety Gunniana. 



A large collection of Chinese trees and shrubs 

 was exhibited by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs, of 

 Aldenham House, Elstree (gr. Mr. Edwin 

 Beckett). The plants were all raised from seed 

 oollected by Mr. E. H. Wilson in Western China, 

 the greater portion since 1908. A considerable 

 number of the specimens were presented to the 

 Exhibitor through the kindness of Professor 

 Sargent, of the Arnold Arboretum, Boston, 

 U.S.A. Included in this assemblage of plants 

 were most of the species mentioned in the notice 

 of Messrs. Veitch's group. Only a few of the 

 specimens were in flower, and many of the more 

 recent introductions remain to be specifically 

 identified. The most striking of the flowering 

 subjects were: Hydrangea Sargentiana, with 

 large, bold leaves and corymbs of la vender-blue 

 flowers, surrounded by five or six large, pure- 

 white, sterile florets; Lonicera Maackii, one of 

 the best of the bush Honeysuckles, with trumpet- 

 shaped flowers borne on the axils of the opposite 

 leaves along the whole length of spreading, hori- 

 zontal branches; white at first, the flowers become 

 cream-coloured, and then buff-yellow before they 

 fade; Aristolochia heterophylla, a new species 

 aDied to the " Dutchman's Pipe " ; Ribes longi- 

 racemosa, a new Currant with drooping racemes 

 of brownish flowers 20 inches in length ; Neillia 

 sinensis, a neat shrub with racemes of pinkish 

 flowers similar to those of Ribes ; Deutzia longi- 

 folia, a pale rose-coloured species, which received 

 an Award of Merit at a recent R.H.S. meeting; 

 Cotoneaster humifusa, C- Dielsiana. C. Zabelii, C. 

 divaricata, and several unnamed species of this 

 genus. Amongst the plants in leaf only the most 

 striking was a new, and at present unnamed, 

 species of Paulownia, with very large five-pointed 

 leaves borne on stout cylindrical petioles 18 inches 

 to 2 feet in length. Although the young wood 

 of this tree is slightly injured by frost, it is 

 hoped that it will prove hardy when it has 

 attained sufficient dimensions to escaDe the 



frost-line 



escape 

 Two new Catalpas were also in- 

 cluded in the group. These were named Catalpa 

 Fargesii and C. Duclouxii. Of very graceful ap- 

 pearance was the foliage of Ailanthus Vil- 

 moriniana, a new species of the " Tree of 

 Heaven," which has long pinnate leaves bearing 

 as many as 17 pairs of leaflets. Several of the 

 new Acers were also attractive, particularly A. 

 Davidii, which has simple ovate-acuminate leaves 

 of a dark -green colour, tinted with bronze when 

 young, and a bark striated and netted witli white ; 

 Acer Henryi, with three-lobed leaves, dentate at 

 the margins and bright-red when yoinrg ; and A. 

 Wilsonii, a neat species, with small three to five- 

 fid leaves, are also promising plants. One of the 

 most interesting plants in this large and im- 

 portant collection was a small specimen of Salix 

 magnifica. a new Willow, which has very lara;e 

 leaves. In the young state, as exhibited, the 

 plant resembled a species of "Polygonum rather 

 than a Willow ; the obovate leaves were only 

 about 6 inches long, with a red petiole and mid- 

 rib, but mature plants have leaves of much larger 

 dimensions. Very decorative items were the 

 species of Vitis and Rubus, which were repre- 

 sented by well-grown specimens trained to a 

 trellis work of stakes. Many of these fine species 

 are already in commerce, but others in the group 

 are new and at present unnamed. In addition to 

 the above were numerous species of Berberis, 

 Viburnum, Pyrus, Prunus, Evodia, Philadelphia, 

 and Spiraea. For this magnificent group, which 

 included several hundreds of plants, a large Gold 

 Medal was awarded, also the silver cup offered 

 by Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., for the best 

 group of hardy trees and shrubs exhibited by an 

 amateur. 



Miss E. Willmott, of Warley Place, Essex 

 (gr. Mr. C. R. Fielder), was awarded a silver cup 

 for a small group of Chinese plants raised from 

 seed collected by Mr. E. H. Wilson. The group 

 Comprised a number of specimens of the new 



Hydrangea Sargentiana, that displayed a con- 

 siderable degree of variability in the size, form, 

 and marginal serration of the leaves ; Hydrangea 

 Bretschneiderii sutchuenensis, a species with 

 ovate-lanceolate leaves finely serrate at the 

 margin, hairy on both surfaces, with corymbs of 

 cream-white fertile flowers surrounded by pure 

 white sterile florets ; H. villosa ; Rhododendron 



thum, a small Alpine species with leaves 



was Helwingia sp., a shrubby plant with alter- 

 nate, ovate-lanoeolate loaves, about 4 inches long 

 by 2 inches broad, bearing on the mid-rib in the 

 centre of the leaf a small brownish flower. An 

 unnamed species of Sabia was also exhibited. 

 This plant is a member of the type genus of the 

 N. 0. Sabiaceae, and is related to Meliosma ; it is 

 a straggling shrub, with broadly-ovate leaves, 

 liairv on the nrincinal veins on the under-surface : 





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IlG. 1U — DEUTZIA VEITCHIi: FT OVERS ROSE-COLOURED. 



(Award of Merit. See i 



about 1 inch long, oblanceolate, covered with 

 brown scales on the under-surface, and white 

 flowers borne in erect, dense racemes; Berberis 

 Gao-nepainii, B. verruculosa, B. Wilson© ; Spiraea 

 sp ° Viburnum Sargentii, with red petioles and 

 young wood and three-lobed leaves; and several 

 unnamed species of Lysinotus. From a botanical 

 r> 3 int of view, an interesting exhibit in this group 



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the petioles are coloured red. A specimen of the 

 Saxifragaceous plant Deinanthe bifida was also 

 included in this collection. This is a herbaceous 

 plant with stems about a foot high and large, 

 ovate, coarsely-serrate leaves, bifid at the apex 

 and borne in a whorl composed of four leaves at 

 the apex of the stems. From the centre of the 

 whorl of- leaves the reddish flower-stalk arises, 



