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The meliosmas in cultivation are handsome, deciduous trees or shrubs with large pinnate or simple, generally oblong leaves with numerous, closely set, lateral veins, with large, often drooping panicles of small white or yellowish usually fragrant flowers followed by pea-sized black or red fruits. Except M. myriantha, they are of recent introduction and little is known of their hardiness and their cultural requirements, but they certainly possess promising ornamental qualities, the handsomest being apparently M. Beaniana and M. Veitchiorum. The latter and M. cuneifolia have proved hardy in southern England, and in this country they will probably be hardy as far north as New York or even New England, while the other species are tenderer. Propagation is by seeds sown as soon as they are ripe; also by layers and probably by cuttings of half-ripened wood under glass.

The meliosmas in cultivation are handsome, deciduous trees or shrubs with large pinnate or simple, generally oblong leaves with numerous, closely set, lateral veins, with large, often drooping panicles of small white or yellowish usually fragrant flowers followed by pea-sized black or red fruits. Except M. myriantha, they are of recent introduction and little is known of their hardiness and their cultural requirements, but they certainly possess promising ornamental qualities, the handsomest being apparently M. Beaniana and M. Veitchiorum. The latter and M. cuneifolia have proved hardy in southern England, and in this country they will probably be hardy as far north as New York or even New England, while the other species are tenderer. Propagation is by seeds sown as soon as they are ripe; also by layers and probably by cuttings of half-ripened wood under glass.

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