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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BR1TANNICUM. 



flat ; sometimes oval, 

 at other times triangu- 

 lar, and at other times 

 of various forms, in jg. 

 926., a is the male blos- 

 som magnified; b, the fe- 

 male blossom magnified ; 

 d, a berry cut through, 

 transversely ; e, a seed 

 divided vertically, show- 

 ing the two embryos ; g, 

 the embryo magnified ; 

 h, the two embryos, with 

 the two radicles germi- 

 nating ; i t a single radi- 

 cle ; k, a side view, or 

 section, of the two radi- 

 cles ; and /, a side view, 

 or section, of the single 

 radicle. Our mistletoes, 

 at Bayswater, are now 

 (Aug. 1840) from 4 in. 

 to 8 in. in length, with 

 4 or 5 pairs of leaves, 

 after having been four 

 years sown. Mr. Moss, a 

 nurseryman at Malvern, 

 has succeeded in grafting the mistletoe standard high on young apple and 

 pear trees, and also on poplars and willows. The grafts should be made in the 

 first or second week in May ; and they should never be lower than 5 ft. from 

 the ground, or higher than 10 ft. Where the stock is not more than \ in. in 

 diameter, an incision is made in the bark, into which a scion of mistletoe, 

 pared thin, is inserted, having a bud and a leaf at the upper end. In grafting 

 longer pieces, a notch should be cut out of the stock ; an incision made 

 below the notch ; and a shoulder left on the scion to rest on the notch, in the 

 manner of crown grafting. In every case, there must be a joint on the lower 

 extremity of the scion. The mistletoe may also be propagated by budding, 

 taking care to have a heel of wood and a joint at the lower extremity of the 

 bud. (See Gard. Mag. t vol. xiii. pp. 206. and 285.) 



926. V. &lbum. 



GENUS II. 



LORA'NTHUS L. THE LORANTHUS. Lin. Syst. Pentahexandria Mono- 



gynia. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1672. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 671. ; Dpn's Mill., 3. p. 409. 



Derivation. From lorutn, a lash made of leather, and antfios, a flower ; alluding to the long linear 

 shape and leathery substance of the petals. 



Gen. Char. Floivers dioecious or hermaphrodite. Calyx cup-shaped, adnate, 

 with an entire border. Petals 5 6, linear, reflexed. Stamens inserted into 

 the middle of the petals. Filaments short. Anthers globose. Style thickish. 

 Stigma simple. Berry globose, 1 -celled, 1-seeded. {Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, opposite or nearly so, ex stipulate, evergreen . entire, 

 rigid. Flowers in spikes, axillary and terminal. An evergreen shrub, 

 parasitical on trees ; native of Austria. 



