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species. It forms a handsome plant, with leaves from 7 to 8 inches 

 in length, and 9 to 10 inches in breadth, simple or more or less trilobed, 

 with coarsely serrate margins and villous under- surface. When young 

 the shoots and leaves are crimson, assuming, as they develop, a glossy 

 bronzy-green with a purple under-surface, and when mature a deep 

 green. The autumn colours of this variety, blackish-purple and blood- 

 red, are unusually distinct and beautiful. 



Vitis flcxuosa Wilsoni, a new and peculiarly attractive form of the 

 species, has recently been introduced from Central China, and named after 

 the young and now well-known traveller. The leaves are small, about 

 3 inches long by 2^ inches broad when fully developed, and are 

 remarkable for their deep bronzy-green hue and shining metallic lustre. 

 The surfaces of the leaves are nearly glabrous, and the under-surface is 

 coloured bright purple when young ; the margins are serrate, the apex 

 acuminate. It is one of the most distinct of the newly-introduced Chinese 

 Vines, and, from its neat foliage and compact habit, will be valuable for 

 situations where the larger-growing species cannot be employed (fig. 90). 

 This variety was included in a group of new Vines exhibited at the Drill 

 Hall on September 1, 1903, when it received recognition from the Floral 

 Committee. 



Vitis heterophylla is, as its specific name implies, a variable-leaved 

 species, several forms of which are in cultivation. They differ from the 

 type in the lobing or variegation of the leaves as indicated by the varietal 

 names, dissecta, humulifolia (Hop-leaved), and variegata, by which they 

 are known (fig. 101). 



The type, a native of China, Japan and Corea, is conspicuous in 

 autumn from its bright red stems and peculiar pale blue berries. The 

 leaves of Vitis heterophylla are scarcely lobed at all, those of dissecta 

 and humulifolia are much cut, and those of humulifolia variegata are 

 prettily variegated with white and rose-pink, with bright pink stems. 

 The last-named form succeeds best in a warm sheltered position on a 

 wall, or in a cool house, as it is not perfectly hardy. 



Vitis Henryana is a very pretty Chinese species, named in com- 

 pliment to Dr. Henry, by whom it was discovered. The leaves are 

 digitate, composed of five lanceolate leaflets, which are variegated along 

 the principal veins and midrib with silvery-white and rose on a dark 

 green ground. The terminal leaflet is the largest, measuring about 3 

 inches in length by 1 inch in breadth, emarginate, and glabrous in all 

 its parts. 



This species is not such an aggressive grower as some, but is a very 

 elegant and graceful plant, and the variegation of the leaves, which is of 

 ;i natural and constant character, lends an additional charm (fig. 92). 



Vitis inconstant (syn. Ampalopsis Veitchii, Ampeloj)sis tricuspidata, 

 &C.). This Vine, familiar to botanists under seven or eight designations, 

 and to gardeners by one or other of the names mentioned, is so well 

 known that little need here he said of its merits. It was introduced 

 to cultivation in this country by the late John Gould Veitch, who dis- 

 covered it on Fusi-yama in Japan, on the occasion of the first ascent of 

 that sacred mountain by Europeans. Another plant that was met with 

 on the same occasion was Lilium auratum (the Golden-rayed Lily), 1 and 



