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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTEJ>. 



37578 to 37600— Continued. 



• Native of west Hupeh and west Szechwan, China ; first found 

 by Henry in the latter province about 1887; introduced to the 

 Coombe Wood nursery by Wilson in 1904. It is one of the hand- 

 somest in fruit of Chinese Cotoneasters, and was given a first-class 

 certificate by the Royal Horticultural Societj- in the autumn of 

 1912. It is allied to the Himalayan C. simonsii." (W. J. Bean, 

 Tree^ and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. ^08-^09.) 



37597. CoTONEASTER PANNoSA Frauchet. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 32936, 33043, and 33159 for previous introductions. 



" This evergreen Cotoneaster hails from Yunnan, China, and 

 it is one of the finest berried winter shrubs in cultivation. This 

 species makes a splendid specimen for the lawn, as it has a grace- 

 ful habit with its drooping, slender branches and small, grayish 

 green leaves. This Cotoneaster is quite hardy in England and 

 should do well against a wall, where it would make a good effect. " 

 {Gardeners" Chronicle, March 4, 1913.) 



"An evergreen shrub of free and elegant habit, 10 feet or more 

 high : branches arching and slender, covered with whitish felt when 

 young. Leaves oval, tapering toward both ends, one-half to 1 inch 

 long, about half as wide ; always dull green above, covered with 

 whitish felt beneath ; stalk up to one-quarter inch long. Flowers 

 one-quarter to three-eighths inch across, borne in corymbs of jis 

 many as 15 or 20: i>etals white, spreading; calyx woolly. Fruits 

 scarcely one-quarter inch long, dull red. 



"Native of Yunnan, China, up to 9,000 feet altitude; raised in 

 Paris in 1888 from seed sent there by the Abbe Delavay. Intro- 

 duced to Kew in 1892. The differences between this species and 

 Cotoneaster francheti have already been alluded to under that spe- 

 cies. Both are characterized by extreme elegance of habit, and by 

 being very woolly on young bark, flower stalk, calyx, and under 

 surface of leaves ; but C. pannosa has duller leaves, less hairy when 

 young on the upper surface, more spreading, whiter petals, and 

 shorter, rounder fruits of a deeper red." (TT. ./. Bean, Trees and 

 Shrubs Barely in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. -Ji^.) 



37598. CoTOXEASTEB SAUcnxoBiA BTJGOAS (Pritz.) Rehd. and Wilson. 

 I do not know that the typical C. saJicifolia is in cultivation. 



It is a si>ecies of West Szechwan, China, discovered by the Abbe 

 David nearly thirty years ago. It has white flowers and red, ovoid 

 fruits, one-sixth of an inch long. 



" Var. rugosa, Rehder and Wilson (C. rugosa Pritzel). — In this 

 variety the leaves are larger, up to 3 inches long and 11 inches wide, 

 the veins numbering six to twelve pairs. The fruit is coral red, 

 larger than in var. floccosa, and contains usually two stones. The 

 plant is more vigorous, coarser looking, and with bigger leaves than 

 var. floccosa. but in many respects similar. 



"Introduced by Wilson (No. 335) in 1907 from West Hupeh, 

 where he found it 9 feet high. ' (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. JfH-Jflo.) 

 37599. Bebbebis hookebi Lemaire. Barberry. 

 " Conipacta. A compact form of Berberis waTUchiuna Hort." 

 See S. P. L No. 37498 for previous introduction. 



