December 26, 1903. 
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\ Views and Reviews. 
New Plants from Central China. 
For some time past we have been giving 
occasional notices of new plants which have 
been introduced to cultivation by Messrs. J. 
Veitch and Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, either from 
Japan or Central China. In the case of the 
Japanese plants especially we have been 
much impressed by the beauty of many of 
them as seen flowering in their nurseries at 
Coombe Wood. Considering how much 
variety adds to the beauty and interest of a 
place, we are often surprised that owners of 
private places do not make a greater' attempt 
at beautifying their grounds and gardens 
with the many beautiful subjects now at com¬ 
mand. These facts have been called to mind 
by a pamphlet, a reprint from the “ Journal 
of the Royal Horticultural Society,” and em¬ 
bodying a very comprehensive paper read by 
■Mr. James H. Veitch, F.L.S., at one of its 
•meetings. This pamphlet is entitled, “ Some 
lesser known Japan Trees and Shrubs, and 
some recently introduced Trees and Shrubs 
from Central China.” 
On this occasion we are more particularly 
interested with the new plants from Central 
China, the result of collecting 'by Mr. E. H. 
Wilson, formerly of Kew, now on a second 
journey to the Chinese-Tibetan frontier, a. 
thousand miles or more further inland than 
lie was on the last occasion. It will take 
■some years before all of the plants come into 
bloom of which he has sent home seeds, but 
some of them, which we have already seen 
in bloom, we consider acquisitions for garden 
cultivation. Those that have bloomed are 
chiefly herbaceous plants, but two or three 
at least are shrubs which promise to be of 
the highest value if they prove perfectly 
hardy in our climate. 
We mentioned Jasniinum priinulinum long 
before it came into bloom, but we have now 
seen this, and may describe it as similar to 
J. nudiflorum, 'but with evergreen leaves and 
flowers as large as half-a-erown. The other 
which we might mention here as having 
bloomed previously in this country is Budd- 
leia variabilis veitchiana, which is larger in 
every way than the type, and although the 
soft stems may occasionally get cut back 
by frost, they spring up again from the base 
of the plant, producing armfuls of blossom 
during the course of the summer. A notice 
has also been given in our pages concerning 
Itea ilicifolia, a shrub belonging to the Saxi¬ 
frage family, which may or may not be hardy 
in this country, as the leaves are evergreen. 
Some months ago we gave an illustration 
on page 757 of Corydalis tomentosa, a veiy 
neat-growing species, with bright yellow 
flowers, and which will be an acquisition for 
the rockery, provided it proves hardy. In 
any case, it might be grown as a pot plant 
in the Alpine house with veiy fine effect. 
The downy-white leaves make a beautiful 
contrast with the flowers. Nor can we omit 
mention of Astilbe Davidii, evidently allied 
to A. chinemsis, but of much greater stature, 
and having rich purjfle flowers. If perfectly 
hardy, it will undoubtedly become popular, 
as it is the finest and darkest of all the 
coloured species of Astilbe. For two seasons 
past we have also greatly admired a new 
species of Aconite — namely, Aconitum 
Wilsoni, named after the collector, and un¬ 
doubtedly one of the most handsome of the 
numerous species of Aconite in gardens. Jt 
grows 5 ft. to 6 ft. high, and blooms splen¬ 
didly in the autumn after the others have 
passed out of bloom. Singularly enough, 
some of the species in this genus possess the 
habit of climbing, and one of them is fig'ured 
in this pamphlet—namely, A. hemsleyanum. 
One of the most interesting and strange of 
all the introductions from Central China is 
Da.vidia involucrata,, a plant belonging' to the 
Dogwood family, and which, owing to the 
strange structure of its fruits, has been 
placed by different authorities in several 
different families. Its flowering in this 
country will _ he eagerly watched for on 
account of its beauty as much as its 
■singular structure. the leaves are not 
unlike those of a Lime, but the bracts, on 
which the beauty of the plant depends, are 
very much larger and pure white. There 
are only two of them, veiy unequal in size, 
but sometimes they are 71 in. long by 41 in! 
broad. A similar arrangement to that may 
