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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART HI 



affords a kind of 

 waxy matter. (Do)i's 

 Mill., iv, p. 45.) A 

 tree, from 10 ft. to 

 20 ft. high, a native 

 of China. It was in- 

 troduced in 1 79+, and 

 flowers profusely in 

 September and Oc- 

 tober. This species 

 forms a very hand- 

 some low subever- 

 green tree; or, when 

 it is not trained to a 

 single stem, a large 

 showy bush. There 

 are good specimens 

 of it, as trees, be- 

 tween J Oft. and 1-2 ft. 

 high, in the Fulham 

 and Brompton Nur- 

 series; and, as shrubs, 

 in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, and 



in Messrs. Loddiges's 



arboretum. There is a remarkably fine .specimen in the Duke of Marl- 

 borough's private garden at Blenheim ; and tiiere are some, also, at Wiiite 

 Knights. It is propagated by layers, or by grafting 

 on the common privet. Price of plants, in the 

 London nurseries, from \s. to \s. 6d. each. 

 Variety. 



a I L. /. 2 foribundum Donald's Cat. has larger 

 bunches of flowers than the species. 

 L. salicijdliiaii. A plant to which this name might 

 be suitable has been in the arboretum at Kew since 

 1823. It was raised from a withe, which had been) 

 tied round a package of plants, received from the< 

 Cape of Good Hope in that year, by Mr. Smith. 

 It bears a close general resemblance to the common 

 privet, but differs from it in having the leaves much 

 larger, and the flowers in large compound spikes, 

 like those of L. lucidum. The leaves, in form, 

 colour, and texture, closely resemble those of the 

 plants alluded to in the following appendix, as having 

 been raised by Messrs. Loddiges from Kamaon seeds. 

 The plant is quite hardy, and retains its foliage the 

 greater part of the winter. It flowers freely every 

 ripened seeds. 



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App. i. Species ofhightrum not yet introduced. 



at L. sminse Lour. Coch., 19., Don's Mill., 4. p. 45., is a native of China, near Canton, with lan- 

 ceolate, tomentose leaves, white flowers, and small brown berries. It erows to the heitrht of 6 ft 

 or 8 ft. 



it L.Jap6nicum Thunb. FL Jap., p. 17. 1. 1. ; L. latiR)lium rUm. ; is a native of Japan, with oblong- 

 ovate, grooved leaves, and white flowers, growing to the heigbt of 6 ft or 8 ft. 



a L. pub^scens Wall. Cat, 1742., is a native of the Burmese empire, with downy branches, and 

 flowers and fruit in panicles : the berries are oblong. 



« L. bractcolatum D. Don Prod. Fl. Xep., 107. ; L. jap/.nicum HamUt. ; /'hillyrea bracteol^ta Herb. 

 Lamb. ; has the leaves ovate-lanceolate, the flowers disposed in bracteate panicles, and the pe<Iunele» 

 very hairy. It is a native of Nepal 



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