. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extend : illustrated by upward of two hundred plates and engravings of plans for residences and their grounds, of trees and shrubs, and garden embellishments ; with descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States. Landscape gardening; Trees. D E (' r D r O f S T R K E S. 337 KlG. I The European Horse-chestnut. THE HORSE-CHESTNUT, ^snclns and Favia. "Under this head may be classed the species known as EuKopean horse-chestnuts, the American varieties known as buckeyes, and the smooth-fruited hor
. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extend : illustrated by upward of two hundred plates and engravings of plans for residences and their grounds, of trees and shrubs, and garden embellishments ; with descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States. Landscape gardening; Trees. D E (' r D r O f S T R K E S. 337 KlG. I The European Horse-chestnut. THE HORSE-CHESTNUT, ^snclns and Favia. "Under this head may be classed the species known as EuKopean horse-chestnuts, the American varieties known as buckeyes, and the smooth-fruited horse-chestnuts, the latter being botanically des- ignated as Favias; though the differences between them and the European horse-chestnuts do not seem to warrant so distinctive a separation. We shall treat them all as varieties of horse-chestnuts. The European or Common White-flowering Horse-chest- nut. ^. hippocastamim.—The' native country of this tree is somewhat in doubt. It has Fig. 107. been knov;n in Europe for three centuries, and it is thought can be traced from the mountains of lliibet. The species was first' brought to England in 1550 ; but it was 22. 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 Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919. New York : American Book Exchange, Tribune Building
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