. 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. XLVIII. OLEA CEiE : FRA XINUS. 641 particularly in winter, not only from the yellow colour of its bark, but from the curved contorted character of its branches, which somewhat resemble the horns of an animal. F. c. 4 aurea pendnla. — Bark yellow, and the branches as pendulous, and of as
. 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. XLVIII. OLEA CEiE : FRA XINUS. 641 particularly in winter, not only from the yellow colour of its bark, but from the curved contorted character of its branches, which somewhat resemble the horns of an animal. F. c. 4 aurea pendnla. — Bark yellow, and the branches as pendulous, and of as vigorous growth, as those of F. e. pendula. F. e. 5 crkpa. F. crispa Sosc, F. ati'o- virens jDfi/". p. 104.—Leaves. i2t7. y. e. pirtjula. dark green, crumpled, and curled. The darkness of the green of the leaves is remarkable; and this and their crumpled appearance, combined with the rigid stunted character of the whole plant, render it a strikingly grotesque object. ¥ F. cr. ejaspideaWiM., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. — Bark of the trunk and branches streaked with reddish white. f F. e. 7 purpuToscens Descemet (jp. purpiirea Hori.). — Bark purple. Horticultural Society's Garden. 2 F. e. 8 argentea Desf Arb., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. — Leaves variegated with white. S F. c. 9 lutea. — Leaflets edged with yellow. t F. e. 10 erosa Pers. Ench. i. p. 604. — Leaflets erosely toothed. 3! F. e. II horizontdlis Desf., Pers. Ench. i. p. 604., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. —Branches spreading, horizontally. * F. e. 12 verrucosa Desf., Pers. Ench. i. p. 604., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836.— Branches warted. t F. e. 13 verrucosa pendula. —Branches warted and pendulous. Hor- ticultural Society's Garden. $ F. e. 14 nana Lod. Cat. ed. 1836. F. e. humilis, and F. Theophrast! Hort. — The leaves resemble those of the common ash, but the leaflets are much smaller and closer together, and the plant seldom exceeds 3 ft. in height. 2 F. e. \5fungdsa Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836.—Bark fungous-like. S F.
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