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PHOTINIA 411 



acute. Flowers in May and June, white 

 or reddish. Fruit round, red, drooping. 

 In the variety melanocarpa the fruits 

 are black. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. laxiflora. — A Siberian species with 

 oblong blunt leaves, smooth above, woolly 

 beneath. Flowers pinky white in long 

 drooping clusters. This species is closely 

 related to C. mtegerri/ma. 



Culture (ic. as above. 



C. microphylla. — A pretty trailing 

 evergreen 3-4 ft. high, native of Nepaul. 

 Leaves about i in. long, ovate or obovate, 

 acute or blunt, deep glossy green. Flowers 

 in April and May, 5 in. across, white, in 

 great profusion, followed by small deep 

 red berries, which look particularly cheer- 

 ful in winter. The variety glacialis (or 

 congesta) is a dwarf alpine form, with 

 smaller pinky flowers, and paler green 

 leaves, glaucous and smoothish beneath. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 may be grown as a bush in most parts of 

 the kingdom, but in bleak northern parts 

 it is best with the shelter of a wall. 



C. multiflora (0. reflexa). — A graceful 

 shrub 6 ft. or more high, with slender, 

 drooping branches, native of Persia, N.E. 

 India &o. Leaves deciduous, 1-2 in. long, 

 smooth above, woolly or silky beneath 

 when young. Flowers white, 3-10 in a 

 cyme. Fruits pear-shaped, beautiful 

 carmine-red. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Nummularia. — A distinct and pretty 

 almost evergreen shrub, 10-15 ft. high, 

 native of Kashmir, Western Tibet &o. 

 Leaves roundish, apiculate. Flowers in 

 April and May, white, in wooUy cymes. 

 Fruit small, round, black. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. pannosa. — A free and elegant 

 Chinese evergreen, with ovate leaves 

 about J in. long, covered with a thick 

 wool, white at first, changing to brown. 

 Flowers white, with a very woolly calyx. 

 Fruits pear-shaped, duU red, about \ in. 

 long. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. rotundifolia. — A beautiful Hima- 

 layan shrub 4-5 ft. high, with roundish, 

 dark green, glossy leaves, about ^ in. long, 

 abruptly pointed, hairy. Flowers solitary, 

 white. Fruits bright scarlet, lasting well 



into spring. The variety prostrata has a 

 more drooping or trailing habit. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



C. sikklmensis. — A deciduous shrub, 

 native of the Sikkim Himalayas. It has 

 large elliptic leaves 4-5 in. long, dull green 

 above, and grey-green beneath. The 

 white flowers are produced in compound 

 umbels in spring, and are succeeded by 

 bright coral-red fruits in autumn. 



Culture dc. as above. This and C. 

 frigida are remarkable for having the 

 largest leaves in the genus. 



C. Simonsi. — Perhaps one of the best 

 species grown. It is a native of the 

 Khasia hills, and grows 8-12 ft. high. 

 Leaves about 1 in. long, rhomboid-round- 

 ish, glossy green above, sUky beneath. 

 Flowers in April, solitary or twin, almost 

 stalkless. Fruit bright scarlet-red. 



Culture dc. as above. This species is 

 largely used as a stock upon which others 

 are grafted. 



C. thymifolia. — A pretty evergreen, 

 less than 1 ft. high, native of the temper- 

 ate Himalayas, with crowded branches, 

 small oblong-ovate, dark, shining green 

 leaves, pinkish flowers in April, and 

 scarlet fruits in autumn and winter. 



Culture dc. as above. This species is 

 closely related to and sometimes confused 

 with C. microphylla. 



C. toraentosa. — A native of Central 

 and S. Europe, with bluntly eUiptic 

 leaves ^2 in. long, woolly. Flowers 

 white, 4-5 in a cluster with a very woolly 

 calyx. Fruits red. 



Culture dc. as above. 



PHOTINIA.— A genus containing 20 

 species of smooth or downy, evergreen 

 trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, 

 leathery, simple, entire or serrate. 

 Flowers in terminal corymbs or panicles. 

 Calyx-lobes 5, ovate blunt. Petals 5. 

 Stamens up to 20. Fruit a drupe or 

 ovoid berry. 



Culture amd Propagation. — Photinias 

 like a somewhat light loamy soil, and are 

 worth growing chiefly on account of their 

 bold and beautiful foliage. Trained 

 against sunny walls the plants do well, 

 but in bleak parts of the country they 

 may require a httle protection in winter. 

 They may be increased by cuttings of the 

 side shoots 2-3 in. long, in sandy soU, 

 under a glass during the siunmer months. 

 They may also be grafted close to the 



