. 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. 130 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. on the common horsechestnut, forms the very beautiful pendulous low tree of which there is a plate in the Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v. In addition to these varieties, there are the three forms which are enu- merated below. In its native country
. 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. 130 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. on the common horsechestnut, forms the very beautiful pendulous low tree of which there is a plate in the Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v. In addition to these varieties, there are the three forms which are enu- merated below. In its native country this species varies in magnitude from a low rambling shrub to a tree of 20 ft. or more in height. In England P. rubra is in culti- vation in various forms : as a tree, in which character it has, at Syon (see our plate in the Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v.), attained the height of 26 ft.; as a pendulous tree of 12 or 14 feet in height (see our plate in the Arb. Brit.,. 174. PkTio nMii-a. 1st edit., vol. v., under the name of P. r. fendula); and as a trailing shrub, under the name of P. humilis, in the London Hort. Soc. Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. t 2. P. flaVa Dec. The y^Aow-Jlowered Pavia. IdenUfication. Dec. Prod., 1. p. .598. ; Don's Mill., 1. Synonywes. ^'sculiis flJiva Ait, Hayne, and Tor. S[ Gray ; JE. IQcea Wangh,; Vkvia liltea Poir. \ fb". sweet Buckeye, big Buckeye, Amer.; the yellow Pavia; the yellow HorsecheEtnut Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v.; and our Jig. 175. Spec. Char., Sgc. Petioles pubescent, flattish towards the tip. Leaflets 5—7« pubescent beneath, and above upon the nerves. (Dec. Prod.') A deciduous tree of the middle size. Virginia and Georgia, in fertile valleys. Height 30 ft. to 80 ft. in America ; 30 ft. to 40 ft. in England. Introduced in 1764. Flowers yellow; April and May. Fruit brown; ripe in October. Decay- ing leaves yellow, tinged with brown. Naked young wood
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