. ear in Geor-gia and Carolina in March, and a month or sixweeks later near Philadelphia and New York;and according to Mr. Audubon, they are scent-less, but much sought after by fruit resembles that of the common horse-chesnut, but is much smaller. Varieties. The variations which are recognized under this form may be de-scribed as follows: 1. M. p. ARGUTA (P. r. ar^uta, of Loudon.) Sharp-toothed Small variety was introduced into the garden of the London Horticultural Societyfrom the nursery of M. Cast
. ear in Geor-gia and Carolina in March, and a month or sixweeks later near Philadelphia and New York;and according to Mr. Audubon, they are scent-less, but much sought after by fruit resembles that of the common horse-chesnut, but is much smaller. Varieties. The variations which are recognized under this form may be de-scribed as follows: 1. M. p. ARGUTA (P. r. ar^uta, of Loudon.) Sharp-toothed Small variety was introduced into the garden of the London Horticultural Societyfrom the nursery of M. Castros, of Bordeaux, under the name of jEsculus paviaparvijiora. It is said to be a handsome small tree, with dark, brownish-red flow-ers, differing but little from the jEsculus pavia. The tree in the Societys gar-den attained the height of fifteen feet in ten years. 2. M. p. suBLACiNiATA (P. r. siiblaciniata, of Loudon.) Slightly-cufleavedSmall Bvckeye. The leaflets of this variety are acutely serrated; in other re-spects it differs but little from the 116 JESCULUS PA VIA. 3. ^. P. HTMrLis (P. r. humilis, of Loudon.) Dwarf Small Buckeye. Thisis a diminutive, weak, straggling recumbent bush, only from two to three feet inheight. 4. ^ DISCOLOR {Pavia discolor, of Loudon.) Tico-coloured-Jioirercd SmallBuckeye. The whole plant of this variety, when young, is covered with pubes-cence. The leaflets are often somewhat doubly-serrate, sometimes smooth, anda little shining above. The inflorescence resembles that of the ^sculus flava,but the flowers are decidedly those of the ^sculus pavia. They are large, showy,being yellow, white, pale, dull-red, or purple-variegated, continuing a long timeexpanding, and numerous, though they are but sparingly succeeded by fruit. Thisplant varies in height from three to ten feet, and when raised from seed, it is re-markable for its thick, fleshy, carrot-like roots, which, in free soil, penetrate per-pendicularly to the depth of eight or ten
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