. 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. "00 ARBORETUM ET ERUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Genus III. .1 iJ SHEPHE'RD/:<I Nutt. The Shephekdia. im. Syst. Dice'cia Octandria. Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 2. p. 240. Synonyme. fflpp6phae i., as to the species S. canadensis yiult. Derivation. Named by Nuttall, in iionour of tli
. 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. "00 ARBORETUM ET ERUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Genus III. .1 iJ SHEPHE'RD/:<I Nutt. The Shephekdia. im. Syst. Dice'cia Octandria. Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 2. p. 240. Synonyme. fflpp6phae i., as to the species S. canadensis yiult. Derivation. Named by Nuttall, in iionour of tlie late Mr. Jokn Shepherd, curator of tiie Botanic Garden of Liverpool, a horticulturist to whose exertions, and the patronage of the celebrated Roscoe, that institution owes its present eminence. Gen. Char., Sfc. Flowers unisexual, dioecious. Male flower. Calyx 4-cIeft. Stamens 8, included within the calyx, alternate with 8 glands. — Female flower. Calyx bell-shaped ; its limb 4-parted, flat, the portions equal; its tube adnate to the ovary. Style \. Stigma ohX\ () Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; entire, with silvery scales. Flowers axillary, aggregate; the female ones smaller than the males, and sometimes racemose at the ends of the branches. Berries diaphanous, scarlet, acid, eatable. — Shrubs or low spinescent trees, deciduous, with the aspect of i'laeagnus ; native of North America. Culture, in British gardens, as in /fippophae. ii f 1. S. argb'ntba Nutt. The silver-leaved Shepherdia. Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 2. p. 240. Synonymes. i?ipp6phae argi^ntea Pursh Sept. 1. p. ll.*). ; Missouri Silver Leaf, and Buffalo Berry Tree, Amer. ; Rabbit Berry, and Beef Suet Tree, Amer. Indians ; Graise de BufBe, or Buffalo Fat, French Traders. Engravings. Our Jig. 1370.; and Jig. 1371- from the original specimen sent by Nuttall to Mr. Shepherd of Liverpool. Spec. Char., Sf-c. Leaves oblong-ovate, ob- tuse ; on both surfaces glabrous, and covered
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