1008 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
tain, are frequently sent to this fincnl 
country from America. They (ose iad 
ought to be sown immediately ‘ 
on being received, as they are 
often two years before they 
come up. Plants, in London, 
are Is. 6d. each, and seeds 1s. 
a packet; at Bollwyller, plants 
are 2francs each; and at New 
York, 25 cents. 
Varieties. 
% H. v. 2 parvifolia Nutt. is 
a native of the moun- 
tains of Pennsylvania, 
with smaller oblong- 
ovate leaves, and amore 
stunted habit than the 
species. 
& H. v. 3 macrophilla, H. ma- 
crophylla Pursh, has the Wis), 
leaves nearly orbicular, Bene ica 
cordate, coarsely and 
bluntly toothed, and scabrous from dets beneath. It is a native of 
the western part of Georgia, and of North Carolina, on the Katawba 
Mountains. It was introduced in 1812, and flowers from May to 
November. Pursh considers it to be a species; but it appears to 
us to be only a variety. 
App. i. Other Species, not yet introduced. 
H. pérsica Dec. is a native of Persia, of which very little is known; and H. chinénsis R. Br. 
has quite entire, ovate leaves, andis a native of China, near Nankin. 
Genus II. 
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FOTHERGI’LLA L. Tue Forueremua. Lin. Syst. Tcosandria Digfnia. 
Identification. Lin. fil. Suppl., p. 42. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 269.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 397. 
Derivation. In memory of John Fothergill, M.D., an eminent physician and patron of botany, 
who introduced many new plants, and cultivated an excellent collection in his grounds, at Ham 
House, at Stratford-le-bow, in Essex. 
Description. Deciduous shrubs, of which there is only one species, but 
several varieties. Natives of North America. 
% 1. F, atniro‘t1a L. The Alder-leaved Fothergilla. 
Identification. Lin. fil. Suppl., 257.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 269.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 397. 
Synonymes. ¥F. Gardeni Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 313.; Hamamélis monofca Lin. ex Smith in 
Rees’s Cycl. vol, xvii. 
Spec. Char., §c. See the generic character. The flowers, which are white 
and sweet-scented, appear before the leaves; the latter resembling those of 
the wych hazel. The following four very distinct forms of this species are 
in the Hackney arboretum : — 
Varieties. 
% F. a. 1 obtusa Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1341.; F. major Zodd. Bot. Cab., 
t. 1520.; F. alnifolia Lin. fil. Supp.,257.; and our fig. '759.; has 
obovate leaves, downy beneath. 
% F. a. 2 acuta Sims; F. Gardeni Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 100.; has narrow 
leaves, nearly entire, white from down beneath. 
s F. a. 3 mdjor Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1342, and our fig. '758., has leaves 
ovate-oblong, somewhat cordate at the base, very black and serrated 
at the apex; when young, tomentose beneath. 
