XIV. ^SCULA'CKiK: ^SCULUS. 



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being fuller and more uneven on the surface, and of a deeper green. The 

 tree is also smaller, and of much less vigorous growth than the common 

 horsechestnut. It is, without doubt, the most ornamental sort of the 

 genus. 



Vo^'iety. 



1 M. {H.) 2 r. rosea, ^'sculus rosea Horf. This variety differs from 

 ^. (H.) rubicunda, in having the leaflets without a red spot at the 

 base of the petioles. The flowers come out of a pale red, and die 

 off about the same shade as the flowers of JE. CH.) rubicunda are 

 v/hen they first appear. 



Otiiei- Varieties. There are several names in gardens, and in nursery- 

 men's catalogues, which appear to belong to jE. ( H.) rubicunda, but how 

 far they are worth keeping distinct, we are very doubtful.' Whitley''^ new 

 scarlet, of which there is an imported tree in the Fulham Nursery, is said 

 to have flowers of a darker scarlet than any of the above-named varieties ; 

 and, if so, it maybe recorded as ^. (H.) r. 3 Whitleii. M. (H.) anieri- 

 cana of the same nursery belongs also to jE. rubicunda. 



t 4. JE. gla'bra Willd. 



Identification. 

 Engravings. 



Willd. Enum., p. 405. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. .597 

 Hayne Abbild., t. 24. ; and our figs. 169, 170. 



The smooth-leaved tEscuIus, or Horsechestnut. 



Don's Mill.,], p. 652. 



Spec. Char., c^-e. Claws of the petals of about the length of the calyx. Leaf- 

 lets of a pale green, very smooth. Flowers of a greenish yellow. A de- 

 ciduous low tree. North America. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 

 1812. Flowers yellow ; June. Fruit brown ; ripe in October. 



This sort is very distinct ; 

 but it is evidently not the ^'s- 

 culus glabra of Torrey and 

 Gray, but probably a variety of 

 the ^'sculus flava of tliesL 



I6y. -^'sculus glabra. 



authors, with rough fruit. The 

 whole plant is comparatively 

 glabrous, and even the fruit 

 partakes of that quality. The 

 tree is of less vigorous growth 

 than -^. rubicunda ; and the 

 shoots take a more upright di- 

 rection. It appears to lose its leaves sooner than most of the other sorts. 



^'sculus glabra. 



2 5. -^. (g.) pa'llida Wi/W. The pale-cowered JEsculas, or Horsechestmif. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., p. 406. ; Havne Dend., p. 44. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. .597. ; Don's Mill., 1. 



p. 6.52. 

 Synonyme. Gelbliche Rosskastanie, Ger. 

 Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 26. ; and our,^^. 171. 



Spec. Char., Sjc. Petals with the claws shorter than the calyx. Stamens 

 twice as long as the corolla. A deciduous low tree. Originated in gardens. 

 Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Cultivated in 1812. Flowers pale yellow; May 

 and June. Fruit brown; ripe in October. 



This sort so closely resembles ^. glabra, as to leave no doubt in our mind 

 of its being a variety of that species. It is of somewhat more robust growth, 

 and the leaves are, perhaps, not quite so smooth. 



