654 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
% 4, G, sinz'nsis Lam. The Chinese Gleditschia. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 2. p. 465.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 479. ; Don’s Mill. 2. p. 428, 
Synonymes. G. hérrida Willd. Sp., 4. p. 1098. ; Fevier de la Chine, Fr. 
Engravings. Dec. Légum. Mém., 1. t. 1.; and the plate of this species in our Second Volume. 
Spec. Char., §c. Spines stout, conical; those on the branches simple or 
branched; those on the stem grouped and branched. The leaflets ovate- 
elliptical, obtuse. Legumes compressed, long. A native of China. The 
spines in this species are axillary, not distant from the axil. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p- 479.) A deciduous tree, very distinct, according to Desfontaines, from 
the American species. The spines, which are very strong and branchy, are 
more abundant on the trunk than on the branches, and are frequently 
found in bundles. The leaves are bipinnate, and the leaflets are elliptic 
obtuse, notched on the edges, smooth, shining, and much larger than 
those of any other species. (Desf. Arb., ii. p. 248.) The pods are rarely 
above Gin. long. The tree stands the cold better than the honey locust, 
and has ripened its fruit in Paris, in the Jardin des Plantes, and in the 
nursery of M. Cels. (Dict. des Eaux et des Foréts, vol. ii. p. 150.) The rate 
of growth, judging from young trees in the garden of the London Horti- 
cultural Society, and in the arboretum of the Messrs. Loddiges, is nearly 
the same as that of G. triacanthos. A full-grown tree of this species in 
the grounds at Syon, under the name of G. horrida, 54 ft. high, diameter of 
the trunk 3ft., and of the head 54 ft., is figured in our Second Volume. It 
is of less height, and with a more spreading head, than the American spe- 
cies in the same pleasure-grounds. It was introduced in 1774, and is 
generally propagated, in the British nurseries, by grafting on the common 
species. 
Varieties. 
¥ G. s.2inérmis N. Du Ham., G. japdénica Lodd. Cat., G. javanica Lam., 
(see the plate of this tree in our Second Volume,) only differs from 
G. sinénsis in being without spines, and being a less vigorous- 
growing tree. It seems a very desirable variety for small gardens. . 
* G.s.3 major Hort., G. hérrida major Lodd, Cat., seems scarcely to 
differ from the species. 
* G.s. 4 nana Hort., G. h. nana in Hort. Soc. Gard., (see the plate of 
this tree in our Second Volume,) is a tree of somewhat lower growth 
than the species, but scarcely, as it appears to us, worth keeping 
distinct. 
* G.s.5 purpurea Hort., G. h. purpirea Lodd. Cat., (see our plate in 
Vol. II.,) is a small tree of compact upright growth, very suitable for 
gardens of limited extent. 7 
Other Varieties of G. sinénsis. In Loddiges’s arboretum there is a plant 
marked G. chinénsis (Potts), which was imported from China by the London 
Horticultural Society. It is, at present, a low bush, and may, perhaps, 
prove something distinct. There were also, in 1835, in the Horticultural 
Society’s Garden, some plants without names, apparently belonging to this 
species ; but, as we have already observed, the genus is in great confusion, and 
nothing perfectly satisfactory can be stated respecting it. 
Statistics. The largest tree of this species in the neighbourhood of London is that at Syon, 54 ft. high, 
before noticed; in the Mile End Nursery is one 47 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 8in., and of the 
head 46 ft.; in Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, is one 26 years planted, and 25 ft. high; in Sussex, at 
West Dean, 14 years planted, and 42 ft high; in Wiltshire, at Longford Castle, 25 years planted, and 
95 ft. high ; in Berkshire, at White Knights, 24 years planted, and 20 ft. high; in Suffolk, at Amp- 
ton Hall, 15 years planted, and 22ft. high, In Scotland, in Lawson’s Nursery, at Edinburgh, 10 
years planted, and 12 ft. high ; in the Perth Nursery, 25 years planted, and 72 ft. high. In Ireland, 
in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden at Dublin, 20 years planted, and 12ft. high. In France, in Paris, 
in the Jardin des Plantes, 40 ft. high; at Nerriéres, in the grounds of M. Vilmorin, 20 years planted, 
and 20ft. high; in the Botanic Garden at Toulon, 50 years planted, and 36ft high. In Saxony, at 
Warlitz, 36 years planted, and 30ft. high; in Austria, at Vienna, in Rosenthal’s Nursery, 17 years 
planted, and 20ft. high, In Prussia, at Sans Souci, 10 years planted, and 16ft. high. In Hanover, 
in the Botanic Garden at Gottingen, 25 years planted, and 30 ft. high. 
¥ 5. G. (s.) macraca’nTHA Desf. The long-spined Gleditschia. 
Identification. Desf. Arb., 2. p.246.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 428. 
Synonymes. G. ferox Baudr.; Févier a grosses E’pines, Fr. 
Engraving. The plate of this species in our Second Volume, 
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