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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICU?!. 



Variefi/. 



si .S'. V. 2 foliis variegntis, S, glomerata foliis variegatis Lodd. Cat., hpa 

 the leaves finely variegated with green and yellow. 



S 2. S. monta'nus Ihmh. et Banp. The Mountain 

 St. Peter's Wort. 



Identification. Humb. et Bonp. Nov. Gen. et Spec, 3. p. 3.32. ; Dw. 



Prod., vol.4, p. 330. 

 Synonymes. .Symphfiria montSlna Spreng. Si/st. Veg. 1. p. 7-57. ; S. glau- 



cescens Don's Mill. 3. p. 4.52. 

 Engravings. Maund's Botanist, 1. t. 20. ; and oar fig. 1011. 



Si^ec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, acute, slightly mit- 

 cronate, rounded at the base, pubescent "beneath. 

 Flowers axillary, mostly solitary. A dense erect sub- 

 evergreen shrub. Mexico, on mountains, 7000 to 

 8000 ft. of elevation. Height 5 ft. to Oft. Intro- 

 duced in 1829. Flowers pinkish ; August to Oc- 

 tober. Fruit globose white ; ripe in December. 



A very desirable shrub, perfectly hardy, and almost 

 evergreen. It commences flowering in August, and 

 does not cease till it is checked by frost. Layers in 

 common soil. ~ ion. s. mon-^na. 



S4 3. S. RACEMO^sus Miclix. The Y?icemose-Jloivercd St. Peter's Wort, or 



Snowberri/. 



Identification. Michx. FI. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 107. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 339. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 451. 

 Synonymes. Symphoria racembsa Pitrsh Sept. 1. p. 162. ; ?S. elongata, and S. heteropliylla Frest 



in Herb, lltcnke ; S. leucocarpa Ilort. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2211. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 230. ; and our /jr. 1012. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Flowers disposed in nearly terminal, 

 loose, interrupted racemes, which are often leafy. Co- 

 rolla densely bearded inside. Style and stamens enclosed. 

 Leaves glaucous beneath. Corolla rose-coloured. Ber- 

 ries large, white. {Don's 21111.) A bushy shrub, with 

 numerous ascending shoots. North America, on n)oun- 

 tains, near Lake Mistassins, on the banks of the Missouri, 

 and various other places. Height -ift. to 6 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1817. Flowers rose-coloured; July to Sep- 

 tember. Fruit large, whiie ; ripening in October, and 

 remaining on great part of tlie winter. 



The S. elongatusand S. heteropliA-llus'P/rs/ in Herb. Hcenhe, which werei 

 collected about Nootka Sound, do not differ from this species, in which thej 

 lower leaves are sometimes deeply sinuated. In small gardens, this shrub \i 

 rather troublesome, from the numerous suckers it throws up from the roots : 

 but, as its flowers are much sought after by bees, and its berries are excelleiitj 

 food for game ; that habit, when it is planted for these purposes, is founu 

 rather advantageous than otherwise. For \if^! 



single specimens in small gardens, it might be '^silvWi-^ ,v^ ! 



desirable to graft it on Lonicera Xylosteum, 

 or some allied species of suitable habit. So 

 grafted, standard high, it would form a veiy 

 elegant little tree. 



jt 4. S. OCCIDENT aYis Richards. The Western 

 St. Peter's Wort. 



Identification. Richards, and Frankl. 1st Journ., edit. 2., 



app. p. 6. ; Hook. FI. Bor Amer., I. p. 285. 

 Si/nonyme. Wolf-berry. .Imer. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1013. trora a specimen iu Sir W. J. 



Hooker's lierbariuni. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Spikes dense, terminal 

 and axillary, drooping. Corolla and seg- 





101.'5. S. occi<lcntali. i 



