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Cotoneaster
COTONE ASTER (ko-to-ne-as'-ter.
JRosaceae). Deciduous and evergreen
flowering and berry-bearing shrubs, of
great value for their conspicuous and
attractive clusters of berries, red, yellow,
and black, and in some species richly-
coloured foliage, in autumn. Of the
easiest cultivation, thriving in any ordinary
soil. Propagation is by cuttings, which
strike very readily, of half-ripened -wood
about July, in the open or under glass,
deciduous   species.
C.   acutifolia    (China).    Vigorous,   but
not very attractive.
C. adpressa (China), 1-1J ft.    Suitable
for    rock    gardens.     Fnut    bright    red;
foliage colours well in autumn.
C. angustifolia,.   See pybacantha.
C. bullata'(China), 10-12 ft.   Quite one
of the finest.   Of little floral beauty, but
most   beautiful   in   autumn     with   large
corymbs   of   brilliant    red    berries    and
scarlet leaves.
G. divaricata (China), 6 ft. Berries
scarlet. Pine autumn foliage.
C. frigida (Himalayas), 15-20 ft. One
of the most striking species, -with large
clusters of crimson berries, in some seasons
persisting until February. Hot such a
favourite -with birds as others. Quite
unsurpassed as a shrub for town gardens.
C. /. Vicarii. An' exceptionally fine
form, vdth large scarlet berries.
C. horizontalis (Davidiana), China.
2-3 ft. Of beautiful horizontal habit:
useful for covering spaces of poor ground,
banks, backs of large rock gardens, etc.,
and always attractive wherever placed.
Berries red and foliage well-coloured in
autumn.
€. moupinensis (China), 8-10 ft. Often
confused with C. "bullata hut distinguished
from that species by its jet black berries.
€. Simonsii (Himalayas). An old
favourite of gardens. An excellent hedge
plant of compact habit, branches laden
with bright red fruits and dark green,
brilliantly tinted leaves.
€. tomentosa (Europe), 4-6 ft. Flowers
pinkish, berries red.
EVEBGBEEN    SPECIES.
C. Alderikamensis. A garden form
raised from a specially fine Cotoneaster.
ITonnB a large hush with graceful branches
gfowing outwards and arching downwards,

Cotoneister
displaying the berries to the greatest
advantage. Leaves large and handsome,
persisting throughout the winter. Berries
of big size, bright rod, and most freely
produced, remaining plump and shiny up
to Christmas.
C. am&na (China), 3 ft. Berries bright
red, persisting until mid-winter.
0. btm'/oZwi (rupestris). Nilghiri Hills,
N. India, 10-12 ft. Berries brilliant red.
Most useful species for covering unsightly
fences, etc.
C. congesta (Himalayas), 1^-2 ft. A
charming species for the rock garden.
Berries red,
' C. Franchetii (China), 8-10 ft.   Berries
red.
C. Henry ana (China), 10-12 ft. A fast-
growing, pendulous-habited species with
the largest leaves of any Cotoneaster,
which become bronzy-red. Berries crimson-
brown.
G. microphylla (Himalayas), 2-3 ft.   Of
spreading habit.   Berries scarlet.
G. m. thymifolia.   A diminutive form.
C. prostrate  (Himalayas).    Berries red.
G. salicifolia,  (China).   Probably not in
cultivation.
C. s. fioccosa. Berries orange-red, es-
tending well along the branches.
C. serotina (China). A very distinct,
fine-fruiting species of graceful habit.
Berries scarlet. F.C.S., R.H.S.
Those dwarf forms suitable to the rock
garden arc:
C. adpressa. A small-leaved deciduous
form which moulds itself closely to the
rocks over which it should be allowed
to droop. Small white flowers in spring,
followed by innumerable bright red berries
closely set along the branches, persisting
well into the new year if the blackbirds
will allow them.
C. congesta (pyrenaica) has a similar but
less vigorous habit of growth to G.
adpressa, though it seems to fruit less
freely.
C. liumifusa has broader leaves and
rambles about, rooting as it goes. Bed
berries in moderate quantity. Central
China.
C. ihy-mifolia makes a dwarf bush
clothed with small thyme-like leaves and
da-rk red berries. The small white flowers
are attractive. This will not always