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E. Bungcanus, but they have not been with us long enough to enable 

 me to comment on them satisfactorily. 



I believe that all the Cotoneasters are evergreen or sub-evergreen. 

 Of the rarer kinds we have C. acutifolia (C. lucida), bearing white 

 flowers tinged with pink in early June and whose foliage has a fine 

 autumn colour ; C. acuminata, somewhat like the foregoing in general 

 appearance ; C. angustifolia, a free-growing shrub recently introduced 

 by M. de Yilmorin, which I fear will not prove hardy with us. C. pannosa 

 has small white flowers in profusion, a silvery under side to the leaves, 

 and red fruits with silky hairs. C. Franchetii, not unlike the last to 

 look at. C. adpressa, close-growing, dwarfish, and a little like the better 

 known and attractive G. horizontalis. C. tliymifolia, with very tiny 

 leaves. (I hope my readers will realise that the false concords in this 

 paragraph are not due to the fact that I imagine Cotoneaster to be 

 feminine, but because I have to follow Kew and the other botanists.) 



The varieties of Broussonetia papyrifera, the old ' Paper Mulberry,' 

 have distinct and effective foliage ; they grow freely, but do not ripen their 

 wood well. Indeed, were it not that they come into leaf so late I doubt 

 if they would thrive with us at all. B. papyrifera dissecta has leaves 

 like hairs. B. papyrifera macrophylla has large leaves, about half of 

 which are entire. B. p>apyrifera cucullata has curious-looking foliage. 

 The separate species from Japan, B. Kazinoki, has large uncut leaves 

 of a black-purple colour when young and rather pretty creamy flowers. 



Madura aurantiaca, the * Osage Orange ' of South U. S. America, 

 is a free grower, but suffers from spring frosts. I believe it has fruited 

 in this country, though not with us. It is dioecious, so plants of 

 both sexes would have to be obtained before this consummation could 

 be reached. The variety M. aurantiaca pulverulenta alba has a very pretty 

 variegation. 



Cudrania triloba (Madura trimispidata), the 1 Silkworm Thorn ' of 

 China. — We have only a small specimen of this and I cannot properly 

 describe it. 



Excluding many beautiful named varieties of the common Lilac, I 

 would mention the following as noticeable : — 



Syringa japonica is a big bush, 7 feet high, bearing white flowers in 

 June. S. Emodi has white spots on the bark, stout twigs, a large long- 

 stalked leaf, and white flowers with an unpleasant smell. S. oblata has 

 large cordiform leaves. S. Josikaea has a very dark green leaf and 

 purple, scentless flower in early June. S. persica laciniata has very finely 

 cut foliage. S. vulgaris fol. aur. is liable to burn and the lilac flowers 

 do not consort well in colour with the golden leaf. We also have 

 8. pekinensis pcndula, which is sometimes separately classed as Ligustrina, 

 and S. amurensis, which is hardly worth growing. 



Our tree Paeonies (Paconia Moutan) have been very good this year, 

 and some members may have noticed our exhibit of them at the 

 Temple Show in June. They were all imported direct from Yokohama 

 and I only know their Japanese names. Among the finest appear to be 

 Adsumasaki, Akashigata, Konronkokn, Yasookina, Adxumakagama, 

 Nishiki-jima (fig. 44). 



