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AllBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART IIJ. 



edges of swamps ; introduced 



in 1686. The flowers appear 



in June and July: they are 



yellow, tinged with red, and 



are succeeded by scarlet fruits 



which, according to Pursh, re- ^„ . 



senible, at a distance, those of ^^ 



^'rbutus IP nedo. They are 

 a n;re at ornament, he says, to 



this almost evergreen shrub, 



and have given rise, in Ame- 

 rica, to its common name, the 



burning bush. Plants of this 



species are in the arboretums 



of the London Horticultural 

 Society and the Messrs. Loddiges, Init not in a thriving state, for want^ 

 of moisture and shade. Price of plants, at New York, 15 cents, and of 

 seeds 1 dollar a quart. 



* 7 E sARMEXTO^sus Xiitt. The trailing-i7(?7«?wtY/ Euonymus, or Spindle 



Tree. 

 JderHification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 155 ; Don's Mill., 2. p. S. „ ^ „ 



Synoiiymes. E. scindens Hort. ; E. americanus var. sarmentosus Dec. Prod., 2. p. i 

 Siiec Char &c Chiefly distinguished from the last by its having a trailing stem that is prone to 

 emit roots into the soil. It inhabits shady woods in Virginia and Carolina. {Dec. Prod., i. p. 4.) 



^ 8. E. obovaVus Nutt. The obovate-leaved Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Araer., 1. p. 155. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem prostrate, rooting. Shoots upright, with 4 blunt 

 angles. Leaves broadly obovate, obtuse, almost sessile, sawed, with acute 

 fine teeth. Flowers 3 upon a peduncle. Calyxes inflated. Anthers sessile. 

 (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A trailing shrub, a native of Pennsylvania, in marshes, 

 between Franklin and Waterford ; introduced in 1820, and flowering in 

 June and July. The plant of this species in the garden of the London 

 Horticultural Society was, in 1834, 1 ft. in height, and covered a circle of 

 10 ft. in diameter. We have not observed the name in any nurseryman's 

 catalogue. 



3fc 9. E. ANGUSTiFO^Lius Ph. The narrow-leaved Euonymus, or Spindle 



Tree. 



Identification. Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 168 ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's MUl., 2. p. 5. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Branches smooth. Leaves either oblong-elliptical or linear- 

 elliptical, somewhat falcate, almost entire, almost sessile. Flowers mostly 

 1 on a peduncle, unequally 5-cleft. Capsules echinately warted. Allied to 

 E. americanus. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A deciduous shrub, of 6 ft. or 7 ft. 

 in heio-ht ; a native of North America, in Georgia, in shady woods. Intro- 

 duced in 1806. Its flowers and fruit resemble those of jB. americanus; 

 and, though nearly related to it, Lyon, its discoverer, was informed by 

 Pursh, that, when propagated by seeds, it retains its distinctive character. 

 Plants, in the London nurseries, are 1^. Qd. each; at New York, 1 dollar. 



^ 10. E. HAMiLTONZ/f'A'ro Wall. Hamilton's Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 



Identification. Wall. Fl. Ind.,2. p. 403. ; Don's Mill, 2. p. 4. 

 Synonyme. E. atropurpiireus Wall. Fl. Ind., 2. p. 402. 



Spec. Char., Sfc.' Branches smooth, terete. Leaves lanceolate, finely serrated. 

 Peduncles dichotomous, 6-flowered. Flowers tetrandrous. Petals 4, 

 lanceolate cordate. Ovary 4-lobed, 4-celled, each cell containing 2 ovules. 

 (^Don^sMilL, ii. p. 4.) A shrub or low tree, a native of Nepal, where it grows 

 to the height of 20 ft., with an erect trunk and spreading branchlets. It was 



