. drop suddenlyofi and often leave the petioles on the tree some weeks longer. Properties and Uses. The wood of this species is very hard, compact, of adeep-red colour, when old, resembling newly-wrought mahogany, and is oftenbeautifully veined with deep-gold colour and red. It is susceptible of the finestpolish, and has a fine, satin-like lustre, which renders it well suited for the pur-poses of cabinet-making. From its capability of being raised on meagre andworn-out soils, and the rapidity of its growth, it is thought that this t
. drop suddenlyofi and often leave the petioles on the tree some weeks longer. Properties and Uses. The wood of this species is very hard, compact, of adeep-red colour, when old, resembling newly-wrought mahogany, and is oftenbeautifully veined with deep-gold colour and red. It is susceptible of the finestpolish, and has a fine, satin-like lustre, which renders it well suited for the pur-poses of cabinet-making. From its capability of being raised on meagre andworn-out soils, and the rapidity of its growth, it is thought that this tree mightbe profitably cultivated for cabinet-wood, or to be treated as a coppice, to be cutevery third year for fuel. In France and Italy, it is much valued for shadingpublic walks, and is planted for that purpose along with the American tulip-tree,(Liriodendron.) the horse-chesnut, the oriental plane, and other large-leaved exotictrees. It also graces lawns and avenues in various parts of the United States,and succeeds equally well as in its native Genus ILEX, Linn. Nat. Tetrandria Tetragynia. Sysl. Lin, Derivation. The name Ilex was given to this genus by Bauhin and Loureiro, on account of the resemblance of its leaves tothose of the Quercus ilex, or the true Itex of Virgil. Generic Characters. Sexes hermaphrodite, very rarely, by defect, dioecious or polygamous. Calyx 4—5-tooihed. Corolla 4—5-cleft. Stamens 4—5, inserted into the tube of the corolla. Fruit including 4or 5 nuts. Evergreen shrubs, with, mostly, coriaceous leaves. Flowers many on a peduncle.—BeCandolle, Frodromus. LEX is a genus very abundantly diffused in the warm and colderclimates of both continents, and in many islands in the the Ilex aquifolium, which constitutes so beautiful a fea-ture in the winter scenery of many parts of England, there arealso worthy of note, the Ilex opaca of the United States, and theIlex dipyrena of the Himalayas, which is nearly
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