…be Schinus latifolius which Bean says is closely allied to S. polygama but without the spine tips on its twigs/branches with ovate or elliptic leaves. Certainly it is different from…

…which definitely has spine tipped shoots and may very well also be Schinus polygama. I did not notice the spine tipped shoots on the other one which had much larger…

…however noticeably bigger spine tipped leaves than Torreya nuncifera. Whether it is indeed T. taxifolia I am unsure. Torreya taxifolia Torreya taxifolia Torreya taxifolia Torreya taxifolia Below the path were…

…Totally hardy, a shrubby tree with spine tipped branchlets and small yellowish-green fruits. Introduced from Korea/China in 1908.Also on the Pavia list were up to 50 species of Crataegus so…

…also pretty close to Ilex aquifolium ‘Pyramidalis’. We might get closer if we had immature leaves perhaps with more spines than here. The only spine on these leaves is at…

…‘Sasaba’ which has most peculiar deeply cut leaves and numerous but very variable spine-tipped lobes. Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Sasaba’ Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Sasaba’ One of the ancient original Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana…

…pretty accurately in all respects as regards leaf size, petioles, only one spine etc but the flowers are said to be on second year growth which they clearly are not…