. Ailantus glandulosa,THE GLANDULOUS-LEAVED AILANTUS. Synonymes. AilantxA gianathosa, Ailantus procera,Aylante glanduleux, Tilou,Driisiger GiJtterbaum,Ailanto, Albero di Paradiso,Ailantus, Tree of Heaven, DESFO>rTAiNEs, Actcs, etc., Paris, 1786. De , Prodromus. Lo0DON, Arl)oretum Britannicum. Salisbury, Prodromu->. France. Germany. Italy. Britain and Engravings. LH6rilier, Stirpes, pi. 84 ; Pu Haniel, Traii6 des Arbres el Arlmstes, I., pi. 35; Loudon, Arboretum Britanni-cum, 1., figure 159, et v., pi. 6
. Ailantus glandulosa,THE GLANDULOUS-LEAVED AILANTUS. Synonymes. AilantxA gianathosa, Ailantus procera,Aylante glanduleux, Tilou,Driisiger GiJtterbaum,Ailanto, Albero di Paradiso,Ailantus, Tree of Heaven, DESFO>rTAiNEs, Actcs, etc., Paris, 1786. De , Prodromus. Lo0DON, Arl)oretum Britannicum. Salisbury, Prodromu->. France. Germany. Italy. Britain and Engravings. LH6rilier, Stirpes, pi. 84 ; Pu Haniel, Traii6 des Arbres el Arlmstes, I., pi. 35; Loudon, Arboretum Britanni-cum, 1., figure 159, et v., pi. 60; and the figures below. Speci/u: Characters. Leaves impari-pinnate ; the leaflets coarsely toothed at the base; the teeth glandu-lous on the under side.—De Candolle, ProdroTnus. Description. HE Ailantus glan-diilosa is a decid-uous tree of thefirst rank, grow-ing to a height of sixty feet and up-wards. Its straight, erect. cokunn-Uke trunk,from two to three feet in diameter, its giganticboughs and shoots, clothed with large, pendulousleaves, give it a noble appearance, and seem tojustify the oriental appellation, Tree of Hea-ven. The leaves are from one and a half tosix feet in length, pinnated, Avith an odd one,and having leaflets with coarse, glandular teethnear the base. On the first approach of frost,the leaflets begin to fall, without having previ-ously shown much change of colour, displaying, in this respect, a striking di
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