. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent;. Landscape gardening; Trees; Suburban homes. [from old catalog]. DECIDUOUS TREES. Fig. io6. 337. The European Horse-chestnut. THE HORSE-CHESTNUT, ^sculus zxi^ Pavia. Under this head may be classed the species known as European horse-chestnuts, the American varieties known as buckeyes, and the smooth-fruited horse-chestnuts, the latter being botanically des- ignated as Pavias; 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
. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent;. Landscape gardening; Trees; Suburban homes. [from old catalog]. DECIDUOUS TREES. Fig. io6. 337. The European Horse-chestnut. THE HORSE-CHESTNUT, ^sculus zxi^ Pavia. Under this head may be classed the species known as European horse-chestnuts, the American varieties known as buckeyes, and the smooth-fruited horse-chestnuts, the latter being botanically des- ignated as Pavias; 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. y£. hippocastanum.—The native country of this tree is somewhat in doubt. It has Fig. 107, been known in Europe for three centuries, and it is thought can be traced from the mountains of Thibet. 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 Jesup, 1828- [from old catalog]. New York, D. Appleton & co.
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