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sire twenty-four species and varieties of these plants established in 
the Arboretum, raised from seeds collected by Wilson in central and 
western China, and taken as a whole this is the group of shrubs intro¬ 
duced by the Arboretum from China which promises to be of the great¬ 
est value for the decoration of New England gardens. For garden 
purposes they can be arranged according to their habit of growth, the 
color of their flowers and the color of their fruit as foliows: 
1. Prostrate shrubs with wide-spreading branches, small red flowers 
and fruits, and small thick dark green leaves persistent in this climate 
until the beginning of winter, C. adpressa, C. apiculata, C. horizon - 
tails and its varieties perpusilla and Wilsonii ; of these varieties per- 
pusilla is much dwarfer than the common form of C. horizontalis , 
and Wilsonii is taller than the others. 
2. Large shrubs with white flowers and red fruits, C. hupekensis , 
C. multiflora calocarpa , C. racemiflora and C. racemiflora soongorica. 
In this group are perhaps the handsomest of these plants. C. hupeh - 
ensis is a tall, broad, fast-growing plant with dark green leaves, larger 
flowers than those of the other species, and large, scarlet fruits. The 
flowers are in compact clusters which entirely cover the branches, but 
the fruit has been only sparingly produced in the Arboretum. The 
other plants in this group have blue-green leaves and gracefully arch¬ 
ing stems. The flowers are rather smaller than those of C. hupehen- 
sis but the conspicuous fruit, although rather duller in color than the 
fruit of that species, covers the branches for many weeks in the early 
autumn. Judged by its gracefully arching branches, its abundant flow¬ 
ers and the size, color, and quality of its fruit, C. racemiflora soon¬ 
gorica is the handsomest of the Chinese Cotoneasters which can be 
grown in this climate and one of the handsomest shrubs of recent in¬ 
troduction. 
3. Shrubs with red flowers and fruits, C. divaricata , C. bullata var. 
macrophylla, and C. bullata , var. floribunda , C, Dielsiana , C. Dielsi - 
ana var. elegans, C. Zabellii, C. Zabellii, var. miniata, C. Franehetii , 
C. obscura. In this group C. divaricata and C. Dielsiana and its va¬ 
riety are perhaps the most desirable garden plants. They have wide- 
spreading, slightly drooping branches, small, dark-green lustrous leaves, 
and small rather inconspicuous flowers and fruit. C. Franehetii ap¬ 
pears less hardy in the Arboretum than the others. 
4. Shrubs with red flowers and black fruit, C. nitens , C. acutifolia , 
C. acutifolia var. villosula, C. ambigua, C. foveolata and C. moupi- 
nensis. Of this group C. nitens, although the flowers and fruit are 
small, is perhaps the most attractive, for none of the Chinese Cotone¬ 
asters have more gracefully spreading branches and more lustrous 
leaves; and it may well be placed among the four or five of the handsom¬ 
est of all the deciduous leaved species of Cotoneaster which can be 
grown in this climate. C. moupinensis and C. foveolata are the tallest 
of the Chinese Cotoneasters, with much larger leaves than the others, 
the former becoming almost treelike in habit. They are coarse and 
not very attractive shrubs, but the brilliancy of the autumn color of 
the leaves of C. foveolata entitles it to a place in the collection. The 
Chinese Cotoneasters produce great quantities of seeds in the Arbore- 
