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AUBOKETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III, 



tain, ai-e frequently sent to this 

 country from America. They 

 ought to be sown immediately 

 on being received, as they are 

 often two years before they 

 come up. Plants, in London, 

 are Is. 6d. each, and seeds \s. 

 a packet ; at Bollwyller, plants 

 are 2 francs each ; and at New 

 York, 25 cents. 



Varieties. 



it H. V. 2 parvifblia Nutt. is 

 a native of the moun- 

 tains of Pennsylvania, 

 with smaller oblong- 

 ovate leaves, and amore 

 stunted habit than the 

 species. 



afc H. V. 3 maa-ophylla, H. ma- 

 crophylla Pursh, has the 

 leaves nearly orbicular, 

 cordate, coarsely and 

 bluntly toothed, and scabrous from dots beneath. It is a native of 

 the western part of Georgia, and of North Carolina, on the Katawba 

 Mountains. It was introduced in 1812, and flowers from May to 

 November. Pursh considers it to be a species ; but it appears to 

 us to be only a variety. 



App. i. Other Species, not yet introduced. 



H. persica Dec. is a native of Persia, of which very litUe is known ; and H. chMnsis R. Br. 

 has quite entire, ovate leaves, and is a native of China, near Nankin. 



Genus II. 



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FOTHERGI'LLJ L. The Fothergilla. Liti. Syst. Icosandria Digynia. 



Identification. Lin. fiL Suppl., p. 42. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 269. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 397. 

 Derivation. In memory of John Fothergill, M.D., an eminent physician and patron of botany, 

 who introduced many new plants, and cultivated an excellent collection in his grounds, at Ham 

 House, at Stratford-le-bow, in Essex. 



Description. Deciduous shrubs, of which there is only one species, but 

 several varieties. Natives of North America. 



a 1. F. /JLMFO^LiA L. The Alder-leaved Fothergilla. 



Identification. Lin. fil. Suppl., 257. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 269. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 3<)7. 

 Synonymes. F. OkxAewi Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 313. ; //amamelis monofca Lin. ex Smith tn 

 Rees's Cycl. vol. xvii. 



Spec. Char., <^c. See the generic character. The flowers, which are white 

 and sweet-scented, appear before the leaves ; the latter resembling those of 

 the wych hazel. The following four very distinct forms of this species are 

 in the Hackney arboretum : — 



/ QflctlGS 



St F. -d. 1 obtitsa Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1341.; F. major Lodd. Bot. Cab., 

 * t. 1520.; F. alnifolia Lin. fil. Supp. ,25T.; and our fig. 759.; has 



obovate leaves, downy beneath. 

 * F. a. 2 aciita Sims; F. Gardeni Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 100.; has narrow 



leaves, nearly entire, white from down beneath, 

 a F. a. 3 major Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1342, and our fig. 758., has leaves 



ovate-oblong, somewhat cordate at the base, very black and serrated 



at the apex; when young, tomentose beneath. 



