Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . of black currants, dark purple, \ to \ in. diameter,sweet, and of excellent eating when ripe. Native of Western N. America ; seeds of which were first sent to thiscountry by Douglas in 1826-27. One of the most ornamental of the Amelan- AMELANCHIER 187 chiers, this is still one of the rarest. It flowers in May, some weeks later thanA. canadensis, from which it is very distinct in the round not pointed leaves,in the toothing of the leaf being coarser and confined to the terminal part, andin the dense, erect racemes, A nearer ally is A. florida, whic
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . of black currants, dark purple, \ to \ in. diameter,sweet, and of excellent eating when ripe. Native of Western N. America ; seeds of which were first sent to thiscountry by Douglas in 1826-27. One of the most ornamental of the Amelan- AMELANCHIER 187 chiers, this is still one of the rarest. It flowers in May, some weeks later thanA. canadensis, from which it is very distinct in the round not pointed leaves,in the toothing of the leaf being coarser and confined to the terminal part, andin the dense, erect racemes, A nearer ally is A. florida, which has similarlyshaped leaves, but toothed nearly to the base, a much le^^s woolly calyx, andflowers earlier. A. alnifolia is perfectly hardy, and flowers with the greatestfreedom at Kew, where it is over 20 ft. high. The fruits are not likely to be ofany service in this country, but in Western X. America they have always beenan important item in the food of the native races, who gather the fruits, crushthem, and then dry them for winter AUELANCniER ALNIFOLIA. A. ASIATICS, Walpers. CHINESE SERVICE-DERRV.(A. canadensis var. japonica, Miguel.) A deciduous tree, of very graceful habit, 15 to 30 ft. high, branches oval or ovate, pointed, i., to 3 ins. long, half as much wide, sometimesneaily or wholly entire, but mostly toothed except at the base ; covered whenquite young with a loose floss which soon falls away, leaving both surfacesquite smooth. Flowers on stalks A to | in. long, in broad, erect racemes i^ to2^ ins. long ; white, fragrant ; petals strap-shaped, i in. long. Fruit black-purple, about the size of a black currant. Native of China, in the province of Hupeh, etc., but oiiginally introducedfrom Japan, where it is commonly cultivated in the vicinity of temples. It isnot easy to distinguish it from some of the forms of A. canadensis, but at Kewit always flowers two or three weeks later (usually in mid-May, when the leavesare about full sze), and the pe
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