. 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. Engravines. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 30.; Duh. Art., 1. t. 23.; our j!g. S in flower, and fig. from the Hort. Soc. Garden. Spec. Char-i ^^c. Leaves deciduous, oval, nate, serrated, pubescent beneath. Male flowers in axillary umbel-shaped fascicles; the female ones aggregate, the flowe
. 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. Engravines. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 30.; Duh. Art., 1. t. 23.; our j!g. S in flower, and fig. from the Hort. Soc. Garden. Spec. Char-i ^^c. Leaves deciduous, oval, nate, serrated, pubescent beneath. Male flowers in axillary umbel-shaped fascicles; the female ones aggregate, the flowers of both sexes 6-parted. (I)ec. Prod.) A de- ciduous shrub. Canada to Virginia, in wet woods. Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1736. Flowers white; June to August. Berries red or crimson, turning purple; ripe in November. There are two handsome plants of this species in Loddiges's arboretum, 7 ft. high, one 154. /"rtaoscerdciiiktus. (jf which Is Under the name of P. /irunifolius. at 4. P. LiiviGA^TUS Pursh. The smooth-leaved Winter Berry. Identification. Pursh Fl Sept. Amer., 1. p. 220.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17.: Don's Mill., 2. p. 20. Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 28.; and our Jig. 236. Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves deciduous, lanceolate, serrated, the teeth directed forwards, acuminate ; glabrous on both surfaces, except on the nerves beneath, where they are slightly pubescent; upper surface glossy. Flowers 6-cleft; the male ones scattered; the female ones axillary, solitary, almost sessile. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous shrub. New York to Virginia, on the Alle- ghany Mountains. Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers white; July. Berries large, dark red; ripe in November. The plant of this species in Lod- diges's arboretum was 4 ft. high in 1835. Readily distinguished by its somewhat more succulent leaves and shoots, the latter, when young, tinged with dark purple. acumi-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digit
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