Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . IANICULATA. is probaljly not long-lived, and is rather subject to the attacks of coral-spotfungus. C3ne of the fmest specimens in this country is in Mr Waterersnursery at Knap Hill. It is 40 ft. high, its trunk 6 ft. in girth, and its kop:lreuteria 6^7 head of branches 105 ft. in circumference. J. T. Koelreuter, after whomthe genus was named, was a professor of botany at Karlsruhe in theeighteenth century. K. BipiNNATA, Franchet, another Chinese species, is not hardy herenor in Paris, although it has been tried several times. It diff
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . IANICULATA. is probaljly not long-lived, and is rather subject to the attacks of coral-spotfungus. C3ne of the fmest specimens in this country is in Mr Waterersnursery at Knap Hill. It is 40 ft. high, its trunk 6 ft. in girth, and its kop:lreuteria 6^7 head of branches 105 ft. in circumference. J. T. Koelreuter, after whomthe genus was named, was a professor of botany at Karlsruhe in theeighteenth century. K. BipiNNATA, Franchet, another Chinese species, is not hardy herenor in Paris, although it has been tried several times. It differs fromK. paniculata in its leaves being invariably doubly, sometimes trebly,. KOLKWITZIA AMABILI8. pinnate, in its more regularly and less coarsely toothed leallels, and therounder, broader valves of the fruit. Mr Wilson introduced from China, in 1900, a rather distinctKoclreuteria with very large and often (juite bipinnate leaves, api>ar-cnlly intermediate between these two sjx^cies. It is hardy at G88 KOLKWITZIA KOLKWITZIA AMAUILIS, Graebner. CAPRIFOLIACE/E. A deciduous bush, 5 or 6 ft. high, of twiggy habit; young shoots at firsthairy, then rough. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate, long-pointed, roundedat the base, shallowly and remotely toothed; i to 3 ins. long, | to 2ins. wide, dark dull green and sparsely hairy above; paler, prominentlynet-veined and bristly on the veins beneath; ciliate; chief veins three orfour each side the midrib; stalk bristly, yV to \ in. long. Flowers twin,produced during May and June in corymbs 2 to 3 ins. across, terminatingshort lateral twigs. Corolla bell-shaped, J in long and the same in widthat the mouth, where
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