. 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. ^SCULA^CEiE: VK\IA. 133 The leaves are large, glabrous on the upper surface, and shining. The branches are spreading and loose; and the whole tree has an open graceful appear- ance, quite different from that compactness of form and rigidity of branches which belong to most of the tr
. 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. ^SCULA^CEiE: VK\IA. 133 The leaves are large, glabrous on the upper surface, and shining. The branches are spreading and loose; and the whole tree has an open graceful appear- ance, quite different from that compactness of form and rigidity of branches which belong to most of the tree species and varieties both of ^ffi'sculus and Pavia. a 5. P. Di'scoLOR Swt. The two-coloured;/?oKier'e(i Pavia. Identification. Swt Hort. Brit, p. 83.; Don's Mill., p. 653. SvTiont/mes. jE'sculus discolor Ph. and Bot. Reg, j ^'sculus PSvea j3 discolor Tor. 8f Gray. Engravings Bot Reg., t. 310. \ and our^. 178. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaflets 5, acuminate at both ends, tomentose beneath, un- equally serrulated. Raceme thyrsoid, many-flowered. Corolla of four con- niving petals, with their claws the length of the calyx. Stamens 7, shorter than the corolla. (Don's MUl.) A deciduous tree-like shrub. Virginia and Georgia, in fertile valleys and on mountains. Height 3 ft. to 10 ft. In- troduced in 1812. Flowers variegated with white, yellow, and purple; May and June. Fruit brown ; ripe in October. Decaying leaves yellowish brown. Naked young wood of a brownish stone-colour. The whole plant, including the young wood, is covered with pubescence. The flowers are large, showy, continu- ing a long time expanding, and nume- rous though they are but sparingly succeeded by fruit. When the plant is raised from seed, it is remarkable for its thick, fleshy, carrot-like roots, which, in free soU, penetrate perpendi- cularly to the depth of 8 or 10 feet I before they branch. Unless when grafted on jSJ. Hippocastanum, it is seldom seen above 4; or 5 feet in height; but it is a very free flowerer, an
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