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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



cultivator, or that he may procure from any British garden or nursery, is not 

 to do justice to the loquat, since many of the plants to be procured in 

 nurseries have been raised from seed in this country ; and these seedlings, as 

 in the case of seedlings of every other tree, doubtless differ considerably in 

 the size and quality of their fruit, as well as they do in their leaves. It should 

 not be forgotten, that even the common white beam tree (Pyrus ^'l^ria), and the 

 common mountain ash (P. aucuparia), in a wild state, differ exceedingly in the 

 quality of their fruit; and that, while some trees produce such as are large, mild, 

 mealy, or sweet, those produced by others are extremely harsh and austere. 

 The same may be said of the fruit of all rosaceous plants, and, we believe, 

 also of all others. 



E. elliptica LindL Lin. Trans., 13. u. 102., Dec. Prod., 2. p. 631., Don's Mill., 2. p. 603.; A/es. 

 pilus CuUa Hamilt. MS. in D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 238..; 13 a native of Nepal, and has leaves 

 flat and elliptic, and downy yellow fruit. It was introduced in 1823 ; but we have not seen the plant. 



E. cordnta\ Lindl., E. obtusifblia Dec, and E. cfiinfnsis G. Don., are species not yet introduced 

 (See Don's Mill., 2. p. 603.) 



Kagenecki2L (in honoiu" of F. De Kagenec/c, ambassador from Holland to 

 Spain) Bilk et Pav. Fl. Per. Prod., t. 37., Don^s Mill., ii. p. 522., is a genus 

 of South American trees or shrubs, of which only one species is as yet in- 

 troduced. 



K. cratcEgoidcs D. Don ; K. cratajgifolia Lindl. Jiot. Reg., t. 1836., and 

 our^g. 657. ; is an evergreen shrub, with oval-lance- 

 olate, smooth, glaucous green leaves, and crataegus- 

 like flowers ; the male and female flowers being pro- 

 duced separately on the same plant. The leaves are 

 intensely bitter ; and they are used by the inhabitants 

 of Chili to cure intermittent fevers. The tree is 

 said to grow to the height of 60 ft. in its native coun- 

 try, and to produce a valuable timber. A plant of 

 this species, in the Horticultural Society's Garden, has 

 stood against a wall since 1831 ; and its foliage has 

 not been in the slightest degree injured by the late 

 severe winter; and it is now (May 1. 1836) coming 

 into flower. In all probability, this plant will soon be 

 added to our hardy evergreen shrubs or trees. It 

 strikes readily by cuttings, and it may probably be 

 grafted on the common hawthorn. 



K. obldnga Ruiz et Pav., and K. lanccoldla and K. glulinfisa of 

 the same authors, arc species from the mountains of Chili and Peru, 

 which have not yet been introduced. If they prove as hardy as K. crata:g6"ides seems likely to do, 

 they will be valuable additions in an ornamental point of view, and perhaps, also, as supplying a 

 medicinal bitter. 



App. II. Half-hardy Species of Vk,osdcecB^ belonging to the 

 Suborder Sajiguisorbece. 



Margt/ricdrpus setdsus Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per., 1. p. 28. t. 8. f. d., Don's Mill., 2. p. 592. ; £'in- 

 petrum pinnatum Lam. Diet. ; Ancfstrum barbJituin Lam. III.; is a native of Rrazil, and other parts 

 of South America, on arid hills, with white pearl-likc fruit, esembling that of the mistletoe; but 

 differing from it in having a grateful and acid taste. It i * 

 coinraonly kept in green-houses, and has ripened fruit in the 

 Cambridge Botanic Garden. It might possibly pass the win. 

 ter in the gardens in the neighbourhood of London, on con- 

 servative rorkwork. 



Cercocdrpus Jot/icrgilliJ\des H. B. ct Kunth, Nov. Gen. 

 Amer., 6. t. 559., Don's Mill., 2. p. 590.; iierlo\bn\a guicriildes 

 Moc. el Sessr, Fl. Mex. leon. Ined. ; is a tree, a native of 

 Me.tico, with elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous leaves, growing.to 

 the height of 12 ft. Flowers and fruit inconspicuous. It has 

 not yet been introduced. 



Aca^na Vahl is a genus of which there are some species, 

 natives of Mexico, which grow in situations at a low tem- 

 perature; but, though they are technically considered ligne- 

 ous, as they do not grow above half a foot or a foot in 

 height, they do not appear to merit more than tliis general 

 notice. (See Don's Mill., 2. p. 5921 



Pn/iriitm .■ipinvsam L. {Moris. Cwii , .-ect. S. t S. f 5. Ms a 

 shrub introduced in 1595, and growing to the height of .5 ft. 

 The leaves are small, the flowel^ greenish, the fruit baccate, 

 and the species branched It is a native of the islands in the 

 Archipelago, about Constantinople; and, though an old in. 



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