. 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. 1221. s. glabruin. Variety. ffi « L. s. 2 glabrum Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 2921., and our;%. 1221. A native of Nepal, where it is called Goom gacha. The trunk and limbs are covered with warts, but the young branches are glabrous. Though commonly treated as a green-house plant, there can
. 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. 1221. s. glabruin. Variety. ffi « L. s. 2 glabrum Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 2921., and our;%. 1221. A native of Nepal, where it is called Goom gacha. The trunk and limbs are covered with warts, but the young branches are glabrous. Though commonly treated as a green-house plant, there can be httle doubt of Its being as hardy as L. lucidum, the species to be next described. It should be grafted on the common privet; and, if planted in a dry soil and rather sheltered situation open to the sun, it will be the more hkely to make no more wood than what it can ripen before winter. a * S 1 3. i. Lu^ciDUM Ait. The shimng-leaved Privet, or Wax Tree. p. 45. Ideniijicntion. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 19. ; Don's Mill, Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2565. ; and ourj?^. 1222. Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, shining above. Panicles thyrsoid, spreading much. Leaves broad. Flowers white. This tree affords a kind of waxy matter. {Don's Mill.) A low sub-evergreen tree. China Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1794. Flowers white; September and October: and, as m the preceding species, not followed by fruit in England. Varieti/. • IL. /. 2 florihundum Donald's Cat., and our ^g. 1223., has larger bunches of flowers than the species. A very handsome low sub-evergreen tree; or, when it is not trained to a single stem, a large showy 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 Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843; Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843. Arboretum et fruticetum britan
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