4.72 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART FT. 
Commercial Statistics. Plants, in*London, cost from’ ls. 6d. to 2s. 6d. 
each; at Bollwyller, 80 cents; and at New York, 25 cents,and’ nuts 40 
cents a quart. . 
% 3. P. pi’scoLor Swt.in H. B. The two-coloured-flowered Pavia. 
Identification. Swt. Hort. Brit., p. 83.; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 653. 
Synonyme. ZE’sculus discolor Ph. and Bot. Reg. ’ 
Engraving. Bot. Reg., t. 310. 
Distinct. Char., §c. The whole plant, including the young wood, is covered 
with pubescence. The flowers are large, showy, continuing a long time: 
expanding, and numerous, though they are but sparingly succeeded by fruit. 
When the plant is raised from seed, it is remarkable for its thick, fleshy, 
. carrot-like roots, which, in free soil, penetrate perpendicularly to the depth 
of 8 ft. or 10 ft., as has been found to be the case in the Hammersmith 
Nursery. . This sort was introduced from North America (where it is found 
‘ principally in the western territory of Georgia), in 1812, by Mr. Lyon. 
Unless when grafted on 4’. Hippocdstanum, it is seldom seen above 4 ft. 
or 5 ft. in height; but it is a very free flowerer, and, considered as a shrub, one 
of the most ornamental in May that can be planted. The plant in the garden 
of the London Hort. Soc. was, in 1834, 4 ft. high, after having been 3 years 
- planted. There are varieties of it in the nurseries under different names ; 
one of these, raised: by Messrs. Rivers at Sawbridgeworth, bears the name 
of P. carnea pubéscens. There is a handsome specimen of this bush in the 
Hammersmith Nursery ; it is about-5 ft. high, and 6 ft. or 8 ft. in diameter, 
and is profusely covered with bloom every year. A large tree of the com- 
mon horsechestnut, covered with grafts of this species, as recommended in 
the case of P. humilis, would form a noble object. Scions taken from flower - 
ing trees, and grafted on P. humilis, would form beautiful miniature trees 
for pots. Scions from flowering trees, grafted on stocks of this species, 
flower the second year, and form the most beautiful flowering shrubs for 
small gardens that can well be recommended. The same may truly be said 
of P. humilis, and P. macrostachya, and yet none of these species are 
-ever to be met with in the suburban gardens of the metropolis. Plants, 
in the London nurseries, cost 2s. 6d. each. 
% 4. P.ny’sripa Dec. The hybrid Pavia. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 1. p. 598. ; Bon’s Mill, 1. p. 653. 
Synonyme. Z’sculus hybrida Dec. Hort. Monsp., 1813, p. 75. 
Distinct. Char., §c. Leaves clothed beneath with velvety pubescence, petioles 
smooth; flowers variegated with yellow, white, and purple. The tree in 
the London. Horticultural Society’s Garden was, in 1834, 6 ft. high, after 
having been 5 years planted. The leaves and flowers bear some resem- 
blance to those of P. discolor; but the flowers of P. hybrida are more 
sparingly produced. This sort is not in general cultivation ; though, like 
every other kind of Pavia and 4’sculus, it well deserves to be so. 
¥ 5. P. neeie’cta G. Don. The neglected Pavia. 
Identification. Loud. Hort. Brit., p. 143. ; Don’s Mill.,p. 653. ; Swt. Hort. Brit., p. 83. 
Synonymes. 2E/sculus neglécta Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 
Engravings, Bot. Reg., t. 1009. ; and our fig. 156. 
Distinct. Char., §c. Leaves with rufous down on the veins on the upper 
side, smooth beneath; rather plicate. Flowers pale yellow, veined with 
red. This is a tree resembling the preceding sort, and, like it, is apparently 
a hybrid between P. rubra and P. discolor. It was purchased by the 
London Horticultural Society from M. Catros of Bordeaux, under the name 
of 4. ohioénsis. In the Botanical Register, it is said to be most. nearly 
related to 42. (Pavia) flava, but to differ from it in the flowers appearing 10 
days earlier, and in the leaflets being more glabrous, with rufous down on 
the veins on the upper side, and with hairs in the axils of the veins on the 
under surface. There is a tree of this sort in the garden of the London 
Horticultural Society, which, in 1834, was 12 ft. high, after having been 
8 years planted; but it has scarcely yet found its way into the nurseries. 
