68 AMERICAN HANDBOOK 



It is a small tree, attaining about forty 

 feet, and thrives in a similar soil, and is pro 

 pagated in the same manner as No. 1. The 

 Bartram specimen is young, about thirty 

 feet high, and two feet in circumference. A 

 specimen in the arboretum of Gr. W. Pierce 

 appears to be about fifty feet high, and is 

 two feet four inches in circumference. 



3. M. RUBICUNDA, Zte Gandolle. Leaflets 5-7, 

 unequally serrate. Petals 4, with the claws 

 of the petals shorter than the calyx. Sta 

 mens, eight. Eed horsechestnut. 



Though a native species, it has not been 

 long in cultivation. It is undoubtedly the 

 handsomest. The flower-spikes are very 

 large, of a deep brick red, and do not appear 

 till June. It has a vigorous habit when 

 grafted on the yellow buckeye, which is its 

 best stock. The Bartram specimen I be 

 lieve the finest in the country is thirty feet 

 high, and twenty-four inches in circumfer 

 ence, grafted on the British species. 



The same treatment as Nos. 1 and 2 suits 

 it. The seedlings occasionally produce car- 

 nate-colored flowers. 



