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followed by a profusion of red- winged fruits which more silvery colour of the lower surface. The dis- 



contrast well with the dark green, generally pointed, coverer of the plant, after whom it is named, says that 



heart-shaped, doubly- serrated leaves. In young it grows in a wild state, intermixed with the common 



vigorous examples the leaves are frequently very Sycamore, from which, however, it can be distin- 



decidedly three-lobed. A. t. Ginnala, from Amur- guished readily at considerable distances by its more 



land, is a form with slender twigs, and prettily-cut columnar habit, its larger size, and different colour. 



A Well-grown Horse-Chestnut. 



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 Yolxemii 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 



Actinidia is a small genus of Eastern Asiatic 

 climbers, of which a couple of species have found 

 their way into cultivation. A. Kolomihta 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. polygama 

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

 followed by edible berries. Both are desirable 

 climbers for walls. 



