CHAP. XXIII. 



^SCULA^CE^. ^'SCULUS. 



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are 15 francs a hundred; the variegated-leaved variety, and a variety with 

 fern-like leaves (^. aspleniifolia), 3 francs each : at New York, ?. 



$ 2. ^. (H.) ohioe'nsis Michx. The Ohio ^sculus, or Horsechestnut. 



Identification. Mieh. 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 variety of the common 

 species, and far inferior to it in point of beauty. 



i 3. M. (H.) rubicu'nda Lois. The veA^xsh-Jiowered ^sculus, or Horse- 

 chestnut. 



Identification. Loiseleur Herb. Amat. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 597. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 652. ; Marronier 



rubicund, Ft: ; scharlachrothe Rosska.stanie, Get: 

 Synoni/mcs. M. c&rnea Hort., and Lindl. Bot. Reg. ; JE. rbsea Hort. ; M. coccinea Hort. ; -«. Hip- 



pocastanum var. rubicundum Schubert ; Whitley's fine scarlet. 

 Engravings. Herb. Amat., t. 367. ; Hayne, Abbild., t. 22. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1056., as M. cornea; Wats. 



Dendr., t. 121., as M. c&rnea ; 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 of any other sort. It is doubtful whether this tree be a native of 

 North America, or originated in British gardens. It passes under dilFerent 

 names in different nurseries, as will be seen by our list of synonymes, and 

 may be considered as differing little, if at all, from jE. carnea Lindl. It is 

 distinguished from Viwia rubra by its larger and rougher leaves, and from 

 JE. Hippocastanum 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, 27 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 10 in., 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 

 1a'. 6rf.to 3s. 6d. each; at BoUwyller, 2 francs; at New York,?. 

 t 4. JE. (H.) GLA^BRA Willd. The smooth-leaved iEsculus, or Horsechestnut. 



Identification. WiUd. Enum., p. 405. ; Hayne Dend., p. 44. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 597. ; Don's Mill., I. 



p. 652. 

 Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 34. ; and oar fig. 133. 



Distinct. Char., c^c. Claws of 



the petals of about the length 



133 ^i -^^l^^*® 1^^ __ 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 



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