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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



hard, clayey soils, in exposed situations ; but it attains its largest dimensions 

 on plains, in loams, or clays that are not too rich. On chalk it will not thrive, in 

 which respect it is directly the reverse of the beech. The seeds of the horn- 

 beam ripen in October ; and they are produced freely in England, but seldom 

 in Scotland ; the bunches, or cones, as they are called, which contain them, 

 should be gathered by hand, when the nuts are ready to drop out ; or thev 

 may be left on the tree till they drop ; when, though a part of the seed will 

 have fallen out, there will, in all probability, be enough left for future use, 

 the tree being at present but very sparingly propagated in Europe. The nuts 

 separate readily from their envelopes ; and, if they are sown immediately, 

 many of them will come up the following spring, and all of them the second 

 spring. If they are preserved in dry sand, or in their husks, and sown tue 

 following spring, they will come up a year afterwards ; the usual covering 

 is f in. The plants may remain in the seed-bed for two years ; after which 

 they may be planted into nursery lines, and undergo the usual routine treat- 

 ment. 



2. C. (B.) AMERiCA^NA Mickx. The American Hornbeam. 



Identification. Michx. Amer., 2. p. 201. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., p. 623. 



Synonyme. C. virgini&na Mic/ij:. Arh. t. 8. 



Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 157. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 108. ; and our^^. 1714. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Bracteas of the fruit 3-partite ; middle division oblique, 

 ovate-lanceolate, 1-toothed on one side. {Willd.) A low deciduous ti-ee. 

 Nova Scotia to Florida. Height 12 to 15 feet, but sometimes from 25 ft. 

 to 30 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers and fruit like those of the 

 common hornbeam, and produced and ripened about the same time. 

 The American hornbeam is smaller than that of Europe, but in other 



respects closely resembles it. Projiagated by layers, and sometimes by 



imported seeds. 



1714. C.{B.) americana. 



C. (B.) orientilis. 



The Oriental Hornbeam. 



. 468. ; N. Du Ham., 2. p. 199. 



ss 3. C. {B.) oRiENTA^Lis Lam. 



Identification. Lam. Encyc, 1. p. 700. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 



Synonyme. C- duiiiensis Scop. Cam. t. 60. 



Engravings. Scop. Cam., t. 60 ; Dend. Brit., t. 98. ; and our fig. 1715. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Bracteas of the fruit ovate, unequal at the base, undivided, 

 somewhat angular, unequally serrated. ( Willd.) A low deciduous tree or 

 shrub. Asia Minor and the Levant. Height 10 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced 

 in 1739. Flowers and fruit closely resembling those of the common horn- 

 beam, and produced and ripened about the same time. 





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