. 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. 1100 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM S060. A. aculeatus. acute at both ends, branches loose. li. flexuosus Mill. No. 6., Pro- fessor Martyn thinks, is probably this variety. The stems do not flower till the second year ; after which they die down to the ground, like those of the ra
. 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. 1100 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM S060. A. aculeatus. acute at both ends, branches loose. li. flexuosus Mill. No. 6., Pro- fessor Martyn thinks, is probably this variety. The stems do not flower till the second year ; after which they die down to the ground, like those of the raspberry, and some species of 5'inilax and j^spa- ragus. The leaves are a continuation of the branches ; equally firm and equally durable, as they never drop off, but die along with the branch, or frond. The roots are thick, fleshy, white, branching at the crown, and after- wards twining about each other, and putting out-frequent fibres, like those of the asparagus ; oblique, and striking deep into the ground. The female flowers are succeeded by bright red berries, which are almost as large as wild cherries, and of a sweetish taste ; having two large orange-coloured seeds in each, gibbous on one side, flat on the other, and extremely hard. The green shoots are cut, bound in bundles, and sold to the butchers for sweeping their blocks; whence the popular English name of butcher's broom. It is also used, in London, by the manufacturers of cigars, &c., for sprinkling the saline liquor over the tobacco leaves. The tender young shoots, in spring, are sometimes gathered and eaten by the poor, both in England and France, like those of asparagus. Planted under trees or shrubs, the ifuscus aculeatus will spread into large clumps, especially in loamy soil; and, as it retains its leaves all the winter, it has a good effect as a low undergrowth, more especially as it will live in situations so shady as to be unfit for almost any other plant. J, 2. B. hypophy'llum L. The under-leaf Ruscus
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