TKEES AND SHRUBS. 



followed by a profusion of red- winged fruits which 

 contrast well with the dark green, generally' pointed, 

 heart-shaped, . doubly-serrated leaves. In young 

 vigorous examples the leaves are frequently very 

 decidedly three-lobed. A. t. Ginnala, from Amur- 

 land, is a form with slender twigs, and prettily-cut 



more silvery colour of the lower surface. The dis- 

 coverer of the plant, after whom it is named, says that 

 it grows in a wild state, intermixed with the common 

 Sycamore, from which, however, it can be distin- 

 guished readily at considerable distances by its more 

 columnar habit, its larger size, and different colour. 



A 'WELl-aROWN HOESE-CHESTHni. 



and lobed leaves. In autumn the leaves of this 

 variety assume a brilliant ruby-red colour ; altoge- 

 ther it is a more graceful and smaller plant than 

 the type, which grows from fifteen to thirty feet in 

 height. 



A. Van Volxemii is a comparatively recent intro- 

 duction from the Caucasus. The foliage is not 

 unlike that of the common Sycamore, from which it 

 differs in the lighter green of the upper and the 



Actiuidia is a small genus of Eastern Asiatic 

 climbers, of which a couple of species have found 

 their way into cultivation. A. Kolomikta is a re- 

 cent introduction ; it has stalked, ovate-oblong, 

 pointed, or heart-shaped serrated leaves, which as- 

 sume a beautiful red tint in autumn. A. polygamy 

 has, like the last-named, white fragrant ilowers, 

 followed by edible berries. Both are desirable 

 climbers for walls. 



