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It grows to the height of 6 ft. 
or 8 ft. Though this species 
was cultivated by the elder 
Tradescant, it has never be- 
come very common in British 
gardens. It is propagated either 
by seeds or cuttings. Plants, 
in London, cost Is. 6d. each; 
at Bollwyller, 1 franc; and at 
New York, 25 cents. 
2 2.S.pinna‘ra ZL. The pinnated-/eaved Staphylea, or Bladder-nut Tree. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 386.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 3.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 3. 
Synonymes. Staphylodéndron pinnatum Ray ; Staphilier 4 Feuilles ailées, Fy.; gemeine Pimper- 
nuss, Ger. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1560.; Hayne Abbild., t. 36. ; E. of Pl., 3822. ; and our jig. 163. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves pinnate, of 5—7 
oblong, perfectly glabrous, serrated leaflets ; 
the flowers in racemes ; the capsules mem- 
braneous and bladdery. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p. 3.) A deciduous shrub, with leaves 
somewhat like those of the ash or the 
elder; a native of Europe, in hedges and 
thickets; and generally considered indi- 
genous to England ; though, according to 
Ray, it was scarcely found in sufficient 
plenty to be deemed certainly wild. Smith 
describes it (Eng. Flor., ii. p. 111.) as a 
smooth branching shrub, throwing up 
many side suckers. In gardens, it is to 
be found from 6 ft. to 12 ft. high, and 
exhibiting a much more luxuriant growth than the preceding species; 
and forming a singular object, when in fruit, from its large bladdery 
capsules. Each of these capsules contains a hard smooth nut, which, 
in some parts of Europe, is strung as a bead by the Roman Catholics. 
Haller says that the kernels taste like those of the pistacia, and are 
eaten in Germany by children; and this appears to have been formerly the 
case in England; for Gerard says the kernels, though sweet at first, are 
succeeded by a nauseous taste, and, finally, they act as an emetic. The 
wood is hard, of a yellowish white, and close grained; but it is seldom 
found of a sufficient size to be applied to any useful purpose. The flowers 
contain a great deal of honey, and are very attractive to bees. In the 
London nurseries, the plant is generally cultivated by side suckers, by 
cuttings put in during the month of September, or by seeds, which are 
ripened in abundance. The seeds ought to be sown as soon as they are 
ripe ; because, as they contain an oil, they very soon become rancid. They 
should not be covered with more than half an inch of soil. They will come 
up the following June, with two large, lance-shaped, seminal leaves ; though 
sometimes they do not come up for two years. Price as in the preceding. 
App. i. Half-hardy Species of Staphyleéa. 
# S. Bumdlda Dec. has leaves like S. trifdlia, and white nodding flowers. It is a native of the 
mountains of Japan, and was introduced in 1812. 
a S. heterophglia Ruiz et Pav. has leaves like S. pinnata. It is a native of Peru, where it grows 
to the height of 12 ft. 
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