. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 626 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, Spec. Char., Spc. Leaves oblong, acuminate, downy beneath ; leaf buds hairy inside. Flowers small, reddish white. Fruit size of a cherry, yellow when ripe, sweet with astringency: it is recommended as a cure for diarrhoea. (Don's Mill.) A low trqe
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 626 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, Spec. Char., Spc. Leaves oblong, acuminate, downy beneath ; leaf buds hairy inside. Flowers small, reddish white. Fruit size of a cherry, yellow when ripe, sweet with astringency: it is recommended as a cure for diarrhoea. (Don's Mill.) A low trqe. Caucasus, the woods of Hyrcania, and the whole coast of the Caspian Sea, and Mauritania. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft., and sometimes much higher. Introduced in 1596. Flowers reddish, or yellowish white ; July. Fruit yellow ; ripe in October. The leaves are of a beautiful dark glossy green above, and, when mature, and exposed to the air, assume a purplish hue beneath: they do not change colour in autumn, but drop off simultaneously with the first attack of sharp frost. Ripening its fruit fregly in the South of France and Italy, seeds have been readily procured ; and the plant has never been rare in British collec- tions ; but, as it is somewhat tender, there are few la ge specimens of it. It grows at the rate of 12 or 18 inches a year, for the first ten years, especially if the soil in which it is planted is free and loamy, and rich rather than poor. S 2. D. viBGiNiA^NA L. The Virginian Date Plum, or Persimon. Identification. Lin. Sp., ISIO. j Don's Mill., 4. p. 39. Synonyme. GuaiacAnn Catcsb. Car. 2. t. 76. Bneramngs. Dendr. Brit., t. U6. ; the plates in Arb. Brit., Ist edit.; and our.^. I rl /f ll 1215. i>. virgini^a. Spec, Char., ^c. Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, glabrous, shining Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may no
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