LIST OF FOREST-TREES, 



Montpelier M'->nspe*su/iinuin Trance 



- (ti HI. . . Nepaul 

 ,tt rid turn ...N. Amer. 

 .8 i Mi-ope 



..-i.in ,,',///v ,////// . . IIu: 



i ./;////// . . . Levant 



>l>hyllum 



N \nicr. 



//; .... 



fi,i/miitnin. .China 



, .'/////,/ wi. Columbia 



i ih-Jm-utii Iberia 



Round-leaved . . . circinmitum . . Columbia 



IIIlTOi \at.Sy9. 



Eng. Name. Dot. Name. 



: 1. KM i i 



Heptandria Monogynia. Linn. 



.fd. ii\v-toothed, ventricose 

 corol/n. iive-petaled, irregularly-coloured 

 d into the ru/t/.r ; nifixti/e, three 

 celU-d : *'''/*. two. sul>-<;lobular. enclosec 

 in a roundish-shaped capsule, containing, 

 three cells, and opening with three valve 

 to emit the seeds. 



The seeds should be preserved in dr 



sand till spring, and sown early in tha 

 n : but should the soil'be dry 

 and five from the attacks of vermin 

 it is advantageous to sow as soon a 

 the seeds art- ripe. Soil The horse 

 nut grows to the largest size in 

 sandy loam, but will grow in almos 

 any kind of soil. 



Uses for fuel ; but chiefly planted for 

 the beauty of its flowers and its habit 

 of growth. The common horse-chest- 

 nut, thouirh a native of the northern 

 JUla, is never injured by cold 

 in Britain, into which it was intro- 

 ! about 1G89, or, according to 

 It is sufficiently known 

 :iity of its form when in full 

 foliage and in flower, particularly 

 when planted singly or in rounded 

 i lawns and parks. Foi 

 avenue it is U-ss desirable, or when 

 Is, as the leaves 

 fall early in the autumn. The spe- 



North America, are all more or less 



)_C of a sta- 

 tion in ti , of forest planta 

 'ivc value of their 

 ,:>er has n i proved. 



Common hippocatldnumAMiA. . . ,40 



Species for Ornament, $c. 



. HKSXUT. JESCULUS. Native ot Ft. 



iolden-striped. . .hiwocastanum, fot.aur. 



Silver-striped . . . , fol- arg. 



)oul)le-Howered. .Jlorc plena . . 



'lesh-coloured. . .earned 



Ohio ohiotnsit . . .Nor.Amer. 



Name. Bot. Name. 



!i i Ks-KvE-TiiEE. PAVIA. 



J ale-fiowered pallida .... N. Amer. 



Smooth-leaved . . .yltibra 



>on^-spiked macro^tacky/a 



Variegated-flowered hybrida . . . 



Dwarf discolor .... 



Neglected negltcta .... 



Red flowered r ultra 108 



Yellow-flowered. .Jluva 40 



RHAMNEACE^. Nat. Sys. 

 CHRIST'S-TIIOHN. ZIZYPHUS. 



1'i'ntandria Monogynia. Linn. 

 Calyx, tubular ; the scales of the corolla are 

 inserted in the calyx, and support the sta- 

 mina. Seed, a two-celled nut, 4 covered by 

 a berry. 



Time of sowing seeds Autumn, in pots. 

 Soil Sandy loam. Uses Chiefly 

 planted for the singularity of its spines 

 or thorns. 



Species for Ornammt, Sfc. 

 Common pnliurus . . S.Europe. In- 



troduced in 1640. 



HOLLY. ILEX. 



Telandria Tetragynia. Linn. 



V//.r, four-toothed ; corolla, wheel-shaped ; 

 sty/e, wanting : .sr/v/.v, four, solitary, horny, 

 oblong, rounded on one side, cornered on 

 the other, enclosed iu a roundish four- 

 celled berry. 



Time of .vo//v'/;ir The berries should be 

 placed under ground in a pot or large 

 tub for one year, and then sown in the 

 autumn upon a bed of sandy loam. 

 No/7 The holly flourishes best in a 

 dry, sandy soil, but will grow on land 

 of almost any description. Uses for 

 the purposes of the turner, the inlayer, 

 mill-wright, and engineer. The tree 

 is in great cstei-m for the ornament of 

 rgreen foliage. .Bird-lime is 

 manufactured from its bark. The 

 common holly, besides being a native 

 of Kngland, is also found wild in 

 ninny parts of Europe, Japan, Co- 

 chmehina, North America, ice. As 

 an evergreen U nee it is superior to 

 every other plant. It bears clipping 



