COTONEASTER FRIG'IDA. 
FRIGID COTONEASTER. 
Class. 
1COSANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
ROSACEA. 
Order. 
MONOG YNIA. 
Native of 
Nepaul. 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
10 feet. 
June, July. 
Shrub. 
Introduced 
in 1824. 
No. 1206. 
The word Cotoneaster is of irregular derivation ; 
Cotonea being an old term for the Quince, a con- 
traction of AD instar, signifying similar, is added to 
make up the name. The appellation, frigida, is here 
used as indicative of the coldness of the mountains, 
amongst which the tree was discovered in that region 
of Nepaul called Gossain Than. 
The small species of Cotoneaster, which are usu- 
ally met with in gardens, are but imperfect repre- 
sentatives of the deciduous tree-like Cotoneasters, 
which to botanists of former days gave the idea of 
their resemblance to the Quince; and even these 
trees, themselves, lose their resemblance when in 
winter they throw aside their emerald wreaths and 
appear in ornaments of coral — berries as brilliant as 
regal gems. 
Oui present plant was raised in England from 
seed, presented by the Hon. Court of Directors of 
the East India Company to the London Horticultu- 
lal Society, but as it belongs to the shrubbery rather 
than the flower garden, it has not been extensively 
distiibuted, although it can be so readily increased 
grafting it on the common Hawthorn. It is per- 
