. 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. 730 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. acuminate ; roughish above, in some instances glabrous ; disk of leaf 1^ in. to 2 in. long. Louisiana. Very hardy and ornamental; and it possesses the property of keeping on all its leaves very late, and then, like the other species, dropping them
. 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. 730 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. acuminate ; roughish above, in some instances glabrous ; disk of leaf 1^ in. to 2 in. long. Louisiana. Very hardy and ornamental; and it possesses the property of keeping on all its leaves very late, and then, like the other species, dropping them all. 1411. C. occident^lis. at once, so that they may be swept away at one time for litter. C. occiden- talis is readily known from C. australis by its leaves being larger, and of a lighter and more shining green, and its wood being of a lighter colour in win- ter. The leaves also die off sooner, and of a brighter yellow, than those of the European species. It is more hardy, and is readily propagated by layers or by seeds in any common soil. f 7. C. CRASSIFOLIA Lam. The thick-leaved Celtis, or HaMerry. Identification. Lam. Encycl., 4. p. 132. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 200. Synonymes. C. cordif&lia VHirit. Hort. Far.; C. cordata Desfant. t. 2. p. 448.; Hagberry or Hoop-ash, Amer.; Micocoulier k Feuilles en Cceur, Fr. Engravings. Michx. North Amer. Sylva, 3.'t. 115.; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 9.; and our.^'. 1412. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves with disks ovate-acumi- nate, 6 in. long. Sin. to 4in. broad ; heart-shaped, auricled and unequal at the base; serrated with unequal teeth, rather leathery, rough on both surfaces. Flowers 1â2 upon the peduncle. Young branches downy. Bark red brown. Leaves 5 in. long, or more. Petioles slightly hairy, 3â6 lines long. Flowers much like those of C. australis, upon slender peduncles; the pe- duncles of the fruit longer than the petioles. Fruit of the size of the bird-cherry. {Lamarck.) A deciduous tree, nearly allied to C. occidentalis. Virginia, Kentuck
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