. 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. XIV. ^SCULACEiE: ^SCULUS. 127 being fuller and more uneven on the surface, and of a deeper greeti. The tree is also smaller, and of much less vigorous growth than the common horsechestnut. It is, without doubt, the most ornamental sort of the genus. Variety. I M. {H.) 2 r. rosea, jffi'sc
. 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. XIV. ^SCULACEiE: ^SCULUS. 127 being fuller and more uneven on the surface, and of a deeper greeti. The tree is also smaller, and of much less vigorous growth than the common horsechestnut. It is, without doubt, the most ornamental sort of the genus. Variety. I M. {H.) 2 r. rosea, jffi'sculus rosea Hort.—This variety differs from JE. (H.) rubicunda, in having the leaflets without a red spot at the base of the petioles. The flowers come out of a pale red, and die off about the same shade as the flowers of ^. (H.) rubicunda are when they first appear. Other Varieties. There are several names in gardens, and in nursery- men's catalogues, which appear to belong to ^. (H.) rubic(inda, but how fer they are worth keeping distinct, we are very doubtful. Whitley's new scarlet, of which there is an imported tree in the Fulham Nursery, is said to have flowers of a darker scarlet than any of the above-named varieties ; and, if so, it may be recorded as M. (H.) r. 3 Whitleii. M. (H.) ameri- cana of the same nursery belongs also to M. rubicunda. S 4. M. GLA^BRA WWl. The sxDooih-leaved .ffisculus, or Horsechestnut. Identification. WUld. Enum., p. 405.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 597.; Don's Mill., 1. 'i2. ETtgravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 24.; and our Jigs. 169,170. Spec. Char., Sj-c. Claws of the petals of about the length of the calyx. Leaf- lets of a pale green, very smooth. Flowers of a greenish yellow. A de- ciduous low tree. North America. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers yellow ; June. Fruit brown; ripe in October. This sort is very distinct ; but it is evidently not the .^'s- culus glabra of Torrey and Gray, but probably a variety of the Je'scuIus flava o
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