934. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Ill. ° 
cultivator, or that he may procure from any British garden or nursery, is not — 
to do justice to the loquat, since many of the plants to be procured in 
nurseries have been raised from seed in this country ; and these seedlings, as 
in the case of seedlings of every other tree, doubtless differ considerably in 
the size and quality of their fruit, as well as they do im their leaves. It should 
not be forgotten, that even the common white beam tree (Pyrus A’‘ria), and the 
common mountain ash (P. aucuparia), in a wild state, differ exceedingly in the 
quality of their fruit; and that, while some trees produce such as are large, mild, 
mealy, or sweet, those produced by others are extremely harsh and austere. 
The same may be said of the fruit of all rosaceous plants, and, we believe, 
also of all others. 
_E. elliptica Lindl. ‘Lin. Trans., 13. P; 102,., Dec. Prod., 2. p. 631., Don’s Mill., 2. p. 603.; Meés- 
pilus Cizla Hamilt. MS. in D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 238.'; is a native of Nepal, and has leaves 
flat and elliptic, and downy yellow fruit. It was introduced in 1823; but we have not seen the plant. 
E. cordata Lindl,, E. obtusifoka Dec., and E. chinénsis G. Don:, are species not yet introduced 
(See Don’s Miil., 2. p. 603.) 
Kagenéckia (in honour of F'. De Kageneck, ambassador from Holland to 
Spain) Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. Prod., t. 37., Don’s Mill., ii. p. 522., is a genus 
of South American trees or shrubs, of which only one species is as yet in- 
troduced. Ki?’ 
K. crategoides D. Don; K. crategifolia Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1836., and | 
our fig. 657.; is an evergreen shrub, with oval-lance- sack 
olate, smooth, glaucous green leaves, and cratzgus- 
like flowers; the male and female flowers being pro- 
duced separately on the same plant. The leaves are 
intensely bitter; and they are used by the inhabitants 
of Chili to eure intermittent fevers. The tree is 
said to grow to the height of 60 ft. in its native coun- 
try, and to produce a valuable timber. A plant of 
this species, in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, has 
stood against a wall since 1831; and its foliage has 
not been in the slightest degree injured by the late 
severe winter ; and it is now (May 1. 1836) coming 
into flower. In all probability, this plant will soon be 
added to our hardy evergreen shrubs or trees. It 
strikes readily by cuttings, and it may probably be 
grafted on the common hawthorn. 
K. oblénga Ruiz et Pav., and K. lanceolata and K. glutindsa of 
the same authors, are species from the mountains of Chili and Peru, : 
which have not yet been introduced. If they prove as hardy as K. crategéides seems likely to do, 
they will be valuable additions in an ornamental point of view, and perhaps, also, as supplying a 
medicinal bitter. 
App. Il. Half-hardy Species of Rosacea, belonging to the 
Suborder Sanguisorbea, 
Margyricdrpus setdsus Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per., 1. p. 28. t. 8. f.d., Don’s Mill., 2. p. 592.5 £’m- 
petrum pinvatum Lam. Dict.; Anc{strum barbatum Lam. Iil.; is a native of Brazil, and other parts 
of South America, on arid hills, with white pearl-like fruit, esembling that of the mistletoe; but 
differing from it in having a grateful and acid taste. It i 
commonly kept in green-houses, and has ripened fruit in the 
Cambridge Botanic Garden. It might possibly pass the win- 
ter in the garderrs in the neighbourhood of London, on con- / 
servative rockwork, 
Cercocdrpus fothergilliides H. B. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. 
Amer., 6. t.559., Don’s Mill., 2. p. 590.; Bertoldnia guierdldes 
Moc. et Sesse, Fl. Mex. Icon. Ined.; is a tree,a native of 
Mexico, with elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous leaves, growing,to 
the height of 12 ft. Flowers and fruit inconspicuous. It has 
not yet been introduced. 
Ace*na Vahl is a genus of which there are some species, 
natives of Mexico, which grow in situations at a low tem. 
perature; but, though they are technically considered ligne- 
ous, as they do not grow above half a foot or a foot in 
height, they do not appear to merit more than this general 
notice. (See Don’s Mill., 2. p. 592.) : 
Potérium spindsum L. (Moris. Oxon, sect. 8, t. 8. f. 5.) is a 
shrub introduced in 1595, and growing to the height of 3 ft, 
‘The leaves are small, the flowers greenish, the fruit baccate, 
and the species branched It is a native of the islands in the 
Archipelago, about Constantinople ; and, though an old in- 


