CHAP. XXXI II. 



C'ELASTIIA CE.E. A'UO NYMUS. 



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or trees ; so that it is never allowed a chanee of attaining either its full size 

 or its proper shape. Notwitlistandinii this, at Purser's Cross, and in the 

 arboretum at Kew, it is 15 ft. high. If treated as a tree, placed by itself on 

 a lawn, it would form one of the very handsomest small trees that we 

 possess during summer, from its fine broad shining leaves; and one of great 

 singularity and beauty in autumn, when covered vvitii its brilliant scarlet 

 fruits. It appears much less liable to be attacked by insects than the common 

 species, or than E. verrucosus, as may be seen in Loildiges's arboretum, 

 where all the species and varieties are placed together ; and where E. lati- 

 folins always appears with leaves uninjured; while the other species and 

 varieties are sometimes almost entirely without leaves, from the ravages of 

 caterpillars. Like the other species, E. latifolius may be propagated in 

 abundance by seeds, or by cuttings, either of ihe young or of the ripened 

 wood. Plants, in London, are I*. Qd. each ; at EoUwyller, 1 franc 30 

 cents ; and at New York, ?. 



34 4. E. NA^NUS Bieb. The dwarf Euonymus, or (S/;/Hf//t' Tree. 



hlcHtiJication. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Suppt, p. K'O. ; Dec. Prod., 5. i>. 4. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 4. 



Spec. Char., S(c. Branches smooth, somewhat herbaceous. Leaves lanceolate, 

 entire, nearly opposite. Flowers 4-cleft, from 1 to 3 on a petluncle. A 

 subshrub, with the as[)ect of the widow wail (C'neorum tricoccum), and a 

 native of northern Caucasus. The fruit is not known ; hence the s[)ecics 

 may not be of the genus i'uonymus. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) 



an 5. E. ATROPURPU^REUS Jac(/. The da.rk-[n\rp\e-Jlowe7-ed Euonymus, or 



Sjnndle Tree. 



Iili-ntijica/ion. Jacq. Hort. Vind., 2.; Ph. Fl. Am. Sept., 1. p. 168. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 



'2. p. 5. 

 Synonymes. E. carolini^nsis Marsh. Arb. Amer., No. 1.; and, probably, E. Iatif61ius Marsh. Arb. Attier., 



No. 2. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Hort. Vind., 2. t. 120. ; Schmidt Arb., t. 73. ; and our Jig. 167. 



Spec. Char., <$-c. Branches smooth. Leaves 

 stalked, lanceolate, sawed. Flowers many 

 upon a peduncle; the peduncle compressed. 

 Petals oibiculate. Capsules angulately fur- 

 rowed, smooth. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A 

 native of N. America, from New York to Ca- 

 rolina, on the banks of rivulets. Introduced 

 in 17,5(5, and producing its dark purple flowers 

 in June and July, which are succeeiled by red 

 fruit. This and the other American species 

 of JS'uonymus are rarely found in a thriving 

 state in Britain : as it appears to us, from not 

 being planted in moist shady situations, and in 

 peat or sandy soil. The plant in the London (!C3t^=^ 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, named E. f^&^K.,§ 

 atropurpureus, was, in 1834, 3 ft. high, after \/M 1 

 being 6 years planted. Plants, in the London 

 nurseries, are Is. 6d. each ; at BoUwyller, 1 franc ; and at New York, 

 25 cents. 



s* 6. E. AMERiCA^NUs L. The American Euonymus, or Sjnndle Tree. 



IdcntiJicatUm. Lin. Sp., 28(5. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don'.* Mill., 2. p. 5. 

 Synonijmcs. E. semperv'irens Marsh. ; E. altcrnifulius Mocnch; the Burning Bush, Amer. 

 Engravings. Nouv. Du Ham., 3. t. 9. ; Pluk. Aim., t. 150., fig. 5. ; Schmidt Arb., t. 75. ; our 

 ^^. ItiS., representing the plant in flower; and ^g. 169, representing it in seed, with the warty 

 capsule. \ 



Spec. Char., S(c. Branches smooth. Leaves almost sessile, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 sawed. Flowers I to 3 on a peduncle. Petals sub-orbiculate. Capsule 

 echinately warty. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A sub-evergreen shrub, growing 

 to the height of ft. or 8 ft ; a native of North America, from New 

 England to Carolina, in hedges and shady wootls, among rocks, and on the 



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