SOME HARDY FLOWERING TREES 

 AND SHRUBS 



THE following are tables of hardy flowering trees and shrubs, 

 and comprise only species and varieties suitable, unless other- 

 wise stated, for almost all parts of the British Isles. An 

 asterisk (*) denotes those of the first importance. This way 

 has been adopted to compress as much information as possible 

 into a small space. 



NAME. 



/ESCULUS (Pavia), 

 Horse Chestnut, 

 Buck-eve 



COUNTRY OR 



ORIGIN AND 



1 NATURAL ORDER. 



Sapindaceas 



I 



I Hybrid between 

 JE. Hippocas- 

 tanum and JE. 

 Pavia. Syno- 

 nymous with 

 fiL. rubicunda 



COLOUR 



AND 



SEASON. 



flava 



A native of Caro- 

 lina and Vir- 

 ginia, and intro- 

 duced in 1764 

 on mountain 

 slopes 



Bright red 



late May 



and early 



June 



Pale yellow 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



A well-known group repre- 

 sented most largely by the 

 Horse Chestnut, which is the 

 tallest of the species. The 

 ^Esculi generally are of 

 medium size, and not very 

 particular about soil or posi- 

 tion. The smaller growers 

 were at one time placed in 

 a distinct genus, Pavia, but 

 now placed with ^Esculus. 

 The more shrubby species 

 are welcome in the garden, 

 where the Horse Chestnut 

 would be out of place. 



This is a handsome tree for 

 the garden, and is generally 

 about 15 feet high in Britain. 

 Its chief charm is in the profu- 

 sion and brilliant red colour- 

 ing of the flower-spikes. It 

 is not of quick growth, but 

 flowers when very young. It 

 will be found in many lists 

 under the name of AL. rubi- 

 cunda, the red Horse Chest- 

 nut. Rosea is a good variety 

 recommended by Mr. An- 

 thony Waterer as a "tree 

 for planting in smoky dis- 

 tricts. ' ' Another fine variety, 

 peculiarly bright in flower 

 colouring, is JE. Brioti. 



Those who want a tree in this 

 family of distinct colour will 

 find pleasure probably in this, 

 but its colouring is dull, and 

 the flowers are not plentiful. 



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