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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



a place in every collection, especially when trained as in our figure, so as to 

 resemble a small tree. The plant appears nearly allied to Shepherd/« cana- 

 densis, and we have no doubt it will ultimately be referred to that genus. 

 Possibly, indeed, it may be only a modification of S. canadensis ; for it is 

 not more different from it than the woolly-leaved varieties of the common 

 pear in a wild state, such as Pyrus communis .?alicif61ia, are from the green- 

 leaved varieties, such, for example, as those which are found indigenous in 

 most parts of England, or are grown for stocks in British nurseries. 



App. i. Half-hardy Species ofYAccagnus. 



S E. confina noxburgh.Burm. Zcyl., t. 39. f. 1., according to 

 Don's Prod. Fl. Xep., the groupcd-flowcrcd ela?agnus, is a large, 

 branched shrub, and, according to Ro.\burgh, a cHinbing one. 

 Leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, j — 1 in. long, \\ — 2 in. broad, sil. 

 very beneath. Fruit oblong, succulent, eatable. A native of Nepal, 

 where it flowers in November, and where the fruit is eaten by the 

 inhabiUnts. {Bon's Prod. Fl. Kcp. ; I.indl. Nat. Si/sf. of But.) 

 This species is stated to have been introduced in 1825 ; but we 

 have not seen it 



Y E. arborea Roxb., Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 67., is a large tree, 

 with spiny branchlets, and oval-oblong leaves, a native of Nepal, 

 at Nahrinhetty, where it flowers in November, and produces an 

 edible fruit it was introduced in 1819. 



tt E. latifolia L.,Bur. Zey.. 39. t.2., is a native of the East In- ^ 

 dies, where it forms an evergreen shrub, 4 ft. or 5 ft. high. There t^^ 

 are plants at Messrs. Loddiges, which are preserved through the 

 winter in cold-pits; whence we infer that, like the preceding 

 sorts, it would stand against a conservative wall. 



S E. salicifdlia ? D.Don, (Jig. 1205) is a species apparently very 

 distinct, and tolerably hardy, of which we have only seen one 

 plant about 3ft high, in the arboretum at Kew. It promises to 

 be a most valuable addition to our nearly hardy shrubs. It 

 bears in foliage a close resemblance to Shepherd/a canadensis. 



Genus II. 



i/IPPO'PHAE L. The Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn, or Sallowthorn. 

 Lin. Syst. DioeVia Tetrandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 517., in part: the H. canadensis Z,. is now included in the genus Shep- 

 herd/a Nutt. 



Synonymes. Rhamnoldes Tourn. Cor. 53. ; Argoussier, Fr. ; Haffclorn, or Sanddorn, Gcr. ; Espino 

 amarillo. Span. 



Derivation. Hippophaes, or Hippophues, was the name of a shrub mentioned by Theophrastus 

 and Dioscorides ; and which is supposed to be the same as the hippophyes of Pliny. The deriva- 

 tion is supposed to be from hippos, a horse, and phao, to brighten ; and, as according to the 

 Kouvcau Du Hamcl the plant was employed by the Greeks as a medicine for horses, it may have 

 been given to them to make their coats sleek and shining, and have thus procured its name. 



Description, c^-r. Large shrubs or trees ; natives of Europe and Asia ; 

 ornamental in British gardens, on account of their grey silky foliage, and of 

 their berries. 



i a \. H. Rhamnoi^des L. The Buckthorn-like Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn , 



or Sallowthorn. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1452. ; Smith Engl. Flora, 4. p. 238. ; Eng. Bot., t. 425. 

 Synonymes. Rhamnoldes florlfera salicis fblio Toum. Cor., 53. ; Rhamnoldes fructi fera jRo/i Syn. 

 445. ; Argoussier faux Nerprun^ Fr. ; Weidenblattriger Sanddorn, Ger. ; in the Alps of Swit-^ 



zcrland it is called Arve, or Saule epineux. 

 Engravings. Eng. Hot., t 425. ; FL Dan., t 265. ; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 80. ; Pall Fl. Ross., 1. 1 6a ; 



and OUT fig. 1206. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Branches each ending in a spine. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 mostly bkintish, dark green, and minutely dotted, not scaly on the upper 

 side; silvery as well as scaly on the under one. (Smith.) A low tree, or 

 large shrub ; a native of many parts of Europe, on sandy sea coasts. Found 

 in England, in various places on the east and south-east coast, but not in 

 Scotland ; flowering in May, and producing bright orange-coloured berries. 



