TREES AND SHRUBS 



3— .*3 .'. ins. diam., petioles long, tendrils opposite leaves, expanding at ends into 

 a group of suckers. 



A deciduous climber, 20-60 ft.; Stems pliant. 



Introduced from Japan by Mr. J. G. Veitch, 18(>8. Synonymous with 

 Ampelopsis tricuspidata and A. VeitcMi; known also as small-leaved Vir- 

 ginian Creeper. 



Class I Dicotyledons 



Division II. ... Calyciflorce 



Natural Order . . . Sapindacece 



Usually trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, with mostly exstipulate, alternate 

 leaves, either simple and lobed, or compound, digitate or pinnate ; Floivers 

 mostly irregular, small for the size of the plant ; Sepals usually 4-5, sometimes 

 wanting, free or connate, often unequal, imbricate ; Petals usually 4-5, some- 

 times 0, imbricate; Stamens very variable, usually 8, sometimes 2-12 or 

 indefinite, inserted within, on, or around a disk ; Ovary 2-3-celled and lobed ; 

 Fruit capsular or indehiscent, drupaceous, baccate, or sometimes a samara. 



An Order of 600-700 species divided into several tribes, some of which, 

 as Acerinea? and Staphylea?, are sometimes considered as separate Orders. 



This Order contains many handsome deciduous shrubs or trees suitable 

 for parks, plantations, shrubberies, and gardens. Among the best known are 

 the Horse-Chestnuts, Buckeyes, and the innumerable Maples. 



SCARLET HORSE-CHESTNUT, Msculus 



varnea. 



Parks, gardens. May — June. A handsome tree, which will grow in most 



soils, but prefers that of a loamy character. The Horse-Chestnuts and 



Buckeyes are propagated by layers in February ; by grafting in March, and 



budding in July, on the Common Horse-Chestnut ; seeds are sown 3 ins. deep 



in a shady border in March. 



Flowers scarlet; Inflorescence a thyrsus, shorter than jE. Hippocastanum ; 



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