. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. Pig. 106. —Siberian .Ssculus. The Horse-chest- nuts and Buckeyes are mainly ornamental trees with clusters of large flowers and opposite decidu- ous palmately compound leaves. There are two or three species shrubby in growth and so included here. The one oftenest in cultivation as a lawn plant is the Long-ra- CEMED Horse-chestnut (100) — -SIsculus parvifldra; it grows as a broadly spreading bush 3 to 10 feet high and has in July and August erect narrow clusters of irregular white flowers. The fruit is large, smooth, with sev
. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. Pig. 106. —Siberian .Ssculus. The Horse-chest- nuts and Buckeyes are mainly ornamental trees with clusters of large flowers and opposite decidu- ous palmately compound leaves. There are two or three species shrubby in growth and so included here. The one oftenest in cultivation as a lawn plant is the Long-ra- CEMED Horse-chestnut (100) — -SIsculus parvifldra; it grows as a broadly spreading bush 3 to 10 feet high and has in July and August erect narrow clusters of irregular white flowers. The fruit is large, smooth, with several large chestnut- like seeds. The blades of the leaves are 5 to 7, nearly sessile and finely FiQ. 107. —Field Maple. Fig. 108. — Montpelier Maple. Red or Smooth-fruited Buckeye (101) — .SIsculus P^via — is some- tunes a tree 20 feet tall but usually a shrub 2 to 10 feet high with purple to red flowers in large loose clusters in May or June and smooth fruit. The 5 to 7 blades of the leaf are finely serrate, short-stalked, and purplish below. Of this species there are a number of named varieties: Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908; Draycott, Ada (Apgar). New York, Cincinnati [etc] American Book Company
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