. Descriptive catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennial plants, etc. : twenty-fourth edition. Ornamental trees Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. A RACEME OF FLOWERS OF THE DOUBLE FLOWERED HORSE CHESTNUT. (One-fifth Natural Size.) A. J. Downing says: " The great beauty of the Horse-Chestnut, is the splendor of its in- florescence, surpassing that of almost all our native forest trees; the huge clusters of gay blossoms, which every spring are distributed with such Luxuriance and profusion over the surface
. Descriptive catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennial plants, etc. : twenty-fourth edition. Ornamental trees Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. A RACEME OF FLOWERS OF THE DOUBLE FLOWERED HORSE CHESTNUT. (One-fifth Natural Size.) A. J. Downing says: " The great beauty of the Horse-Chestnut, is the splendor of its in- florescence, surpassing that of almost all our native forest trees; the huge clusters of gay blossoms, which every spring are distributed with such Luxuriance and profusion over the surface of the foliage give the whole tree the aspect rather of some monstrous flowering shrub, than of an ordinary tree of the largest ; JEi. H. var. alba flore pleno. Double White-flowered Horse Chestnut. A superb variety, with double flowers, in larger panicles than the common sort. The tree is of a fine pyramidal habit. $ Mr. Scott, in his interesting work entitled "Suburban Home Grounds," writes thus: "Ell- wanger & Barry, at Rochester, have a noble young specimen about forty feet high, which, in tne blossoming season, is like a verdant tower, spangled all over with hyacinth ; See cut. var. heteropliylla clissecta. An interesting and ornamental variety, with deeply and delicately cut foliage; rare. $ var. Memming-erii. The foliage of this variety is completely dotted or sprinkled with white. The effect thus produced is very novel and ornamental. The tree being of handsome, compact growth, is very desirable for the lawn. $ var. nana Van Houtteii. A dwarf growing variety. $ var. rubra ilore pleno. Double Ked-flowering Horse Chestnut. A recently introduced variety; said to produce fine double red flowers. $ 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 origin
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