Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . ? to ;\ in- wide ; flower-stalks and calyx moreor less felted. Seed-vessel smooth, ] to I in. long, cylindrical, pointed. Native of Central and W. China up to 9000 ft. ; first discovered near Ichangby Prof Henry, about 1S87, and originally introduced by way of St the many forms of B. variabilis this, the earliest one, is the poorest, beingof comparatively weak, low, semi-prostrate habit, and poor in colour of it is not worth growing. A second and much superior form. BUDDLKIA VAKIABILIS Vai. MAONIFICA, was raised in Fr
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . ? to ;\ in- wide ; flower-stalks and calyx moreor less felted. Seed-vessel smooth, ] to I in. long, cylindrical, pointed. Native of Central and W. China up to 9000 ft. ; first discovered near Ichangby Prof Henry, about 1S87, and originally introduced by way of St the many forms of B. variabilis this, the earliest one, is the poorest, beingof comparatively weak, low, semi-prostrate habit, and poor in colour of it is not worth growing. A second and much superior form. BUDDLKIA VAKIABILIS Vai. MAONIFICA, was raised in France in 1893, by Mr Maurice de Vilmorin, this having amore erect habit, arching branches, with denser clusters and longer paniclesof lilac flowers. It is var. Veitchiana, afterwards introduced by Wilson. Var. MACiNiFiCA is similar in habit to var. Veitchiana, but commences toflower rather later. It has bright violet-purple flowers, the divisions of thecorolla being rcflexed at the margin. Var. Wilson I has flowers of a rosy lilac with a deep orange centre, thedivisions of the corolla being erect. Both these were originally introduced byWilson for Messrs Veitch. B. variabilis in all its forms needs a rich, loamy soil ; the more robust itsgrowth, the finer the flower panicles. The previous years growth should bepraned hard back every spring. Vigorous young plants treated in this waywill make shoots 8 ft. long in a season, terminated in due time by panicles2 to 2\ ft. long. Its best forms are probaljly the most effective of all latesumm
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