Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . bly, like so many of their family, tluydislike lime. Their general treatment is the same as for the hardyA/aleas, and they have a similar love of sunshine. In flower they arepretty and interesting, but their great beauty comes in autumn, when the 512 ENKIANTHUS leaves turn to various brilliant shades of red and yellow. They are bestpropagated from seed treated in the same way as recommended forrhododendrons. Cuttings may also be rooted. E. CAMPANULATUS, Nicholson. (Bol. Mag., I. 7059 (var. Palibinii) ; Andromeda campanulata, Miguel^ A deciduous sh
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . bly, like so many of their family, tluydislike lime. Their general treatment is the same as for the hardyA/aleas, and they have a similar love of sunshine. In flower they arepretty and interesting, but their great beauty comes in autumn, when the 512 ENKIANTHUS leaves turn to various brilliant shades of red and yellow. They are bestpropagated from seed treated in the same way as recommended forrhododendrons. Cuttings may also be rooted. E. CAMPANULATUS, Nicholson. (Bol. Mag., I. 7059 (var. Palibinii) ; Andromeda campanulata, Miguel^ A deciduous shrub usually 4 to 6 ft. high, occasionally a small tree, branchesin whorls ; young shoots smooth, reddish. Leaves produced in a cluster atthe end of the twig, or alternate on strong growths ; obovate to oval, taperedmore s^radually towards the base, finely toothed, i to 2^ ins. long, ^ to I4 , hairy on the veins of both surfaces, dull green ; stalk \ to § in, produced during May from the terminal bud of the previous years. CAJIPAKULATDS. growth in a hairy raceme sometimes almost reduced to an umbel. Corollabell-shaped, \ in. long, pendulous, with five rounded lobes, pale creamy yellow,veined and tipped with red ; calyx with five lanceolate, pointed divisions \ ; stamens very short; flower-stalk downy, ^ to i in. long. Seed-vesselegg-shaped, \ in. long. Native of Japan ; introduced in 1880, by Maries, for Messrs Veitch. Thisis the most satisfactory of the species of Enkianthus in our gardens, beingquite hardy and flowering freely. It is sometimes cut by late frost. In theArnold Arboretum, Mass., where the frosts are much more severe than ours, itsucceeds remarkably well. The leaves turn golden and red in autumn. Var. Palilinii, Bean —The plant figured in Bot. Mag.^ t. 7059, is adistinct form, the flowers being almost wholly of a rich deep red, rather smallerthan in the ordinary form, and produced in a distinct raceme. There is aconspicu
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