CHAP. XXIII. ZESCULA‘CEE. 4’SCULUS. 467 
are 15 frances a hundred; the variegated-leaved variety, and a variety with 
fern-like leaves (Z. aspleniifolia), 3 francs each: at New York, ?. 
¥ 2. 4A. (H.) ontor’nsis Michr. The Ohio Hsculus, or Horsechestnut. 
Identification. Mich. Arb., 3. p. 242.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 597. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 652. 
Distinct. Char.,c. The fruit is said to be of about half the size of that of 
the common horsechestnut. Judging from the two trees in the garden of 
the London Horticultural Society, one of which flowered in 1835, we 
should say that this was nothing more than a yariety of the common 
species, and far inferior to it in point of beauty. 
¥ 3. 4. (H.) rusicu’npa Lois. The reddish-flowered sculus, or Horse- 
’ chestnut. 
Identification. Loiseleur Herb. Amat. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 597.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 652.; Marronier 
rubicund, Fr. ; scharlachrothe Rosskastanie, Ger. ; 2 - 
Synonymes, ZE. chrnea Hort., and Lindl. Bot. Reg.; 2. rosea Hort. ; 7. coccinea Hort. ; 2. Hip- 
pocastanum var. rubictindum Schubert ; Whitley’s fine scarlet. 
Engravings. Herb, Amat., t. 367.; Hayne, Abbild., t. 22.; Bot. Reg., t. 1056., as 2. carnea; Wats. 
endr., t. 121., as #. carnea; and the plate in our Second Volume. 
Distinct. Char., §c. Petals 4, with the claws shorter than the calyx. The 
flowers are scarlet, and very ornamental ; the leaves of a deeper green than 
those ofany other sort. It is doubtful whether this tree be a native of 
North America, or originated in British gardens. It passes under different 
names in different nurseries, as will be seen by our list of synonymes, and 
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may be considered as differing little, if at all, from 4’. carnea Lindl. It is 
distinguished from Pavia rubra by its larger and rougher leaves, and from 
42. Hippocdstanum by the leaves being fuller and more uneven on the 
surface, and of a deeper green. The tree is also smaller, and of much less 
vigorous growth; but, as it has only been in cultivation since 1820, suf- 
ficient time has not elapsed to know its ultimate size. It is, without doubt, 
the most ornamental sort of the genus. 
Statistics. In the environs of London, at Kenwood, 8 years planted, and 12 ft. high; in Devon- 
shire, at Endsleigh Cottage, 18 years planted, and 30 ft. high ; in Staffordshire, at Arley Hall, 97 ft. 
high, diameter of the trunk 10in., and of the head 24 ft. ; in Suffolk, at Ampton Hall, 12 years 
planted, and 12 ft. high; in Surrey, at Farnham Castle, 20 years planted, and 10 ft. high, 
Commercial Statistics. Plants of this sort, in the London nurseries, cost from 
1s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. each ; at Bollwyller, 2 francs; at New York, ?. 
+ 4. 4. (H.) exa‘sra Willd. The smooth-leaved Msculus, or Horsechestnut. 
Identification. Willd. Enum., p. 405.; Hayne Dend., p. 44. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 597.; Don’s Mill., 1. 
Distinct. Char., §c. Claws of 
the petals of about the length 
of the calyx. Leaflets of 
a pale green, very smooth, 
Flowers of a greenish yel- 
low. A low tree, a native 
of North America, intro- 
duced in 1822, and flower- 
ing, with the other sorts, in 
June. This sort is very dis- 
tinct; but whether it is a 
species, or not, appears to 
us doubtful. The whole 
plant is comparatively gla- 
brous, and even the fruit 
