. 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. XXVI. jjosA^cE^: pu'rsh/^. 297 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers white ; May. Drupe dark purple ; ripe ?. This tree Michaux considers as one of the most beautiful vegetable pro- ductions of the southern parts of the United States ; and it is generally se- lected by the inhabit
. 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. XXVI. jjosA^cE^: pu'rsh/^. 297 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers white ; May. Drupe dark purple ; ripe ?. This tree Michaux considers as one of the most beautiful vegetable pro- ductions of the southern parts of the United States ; and it is generally se- lected by the inhabitants to plant near their houses, not only on this account, but because it grows with rapidity, and affords an impenetrable shade. Pursh describes it as a handsome evergreen shrub, resembhng C. lusitanica; but he says nothing of the flowers, which, from the figure in Michaux, from which ours was copied, appear to be almost without petals. Seeds are frequently imported from America, and abundance of young plants reared; but, as they are rather tender, and, north of London, would require the protection of a wall, they are very seldom seen in British gardens. The largest plant which we know of is in Hampshire, at Swallgwfield, where, in 1833, it formed a bush 10 ft. high, with a head about 12 ft. in diameter, flowering and fruiting occasionally. Culture as in C. virginiana, but north of London it requires the protection of a wall. Sect. II. SviKM^m. Genus VI. PU'RSH/^ Dec. The Purshia. Lin. Syst. Icosandria Monog;^nia. Identification. Dec. in Trans, of Linn. Soc, 12. p. 157.; Prod., 2. p. 541.; Lindl. in Bot. Reg, t. 1446.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 517. SynonyTne. Tigarea Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 333., not of Aublet. Derivation. Frederick Fursh first characterised the only known species in his Flora America^ SeptentrionaliSi and named it Tig&rea tridentita. The generic name, however, having beep preoccupied by Aublet, De Candolle has named the present genus after Pursh himself. Gen
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