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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



Varieties. 



ft C. g. 2 succulenta Fisch., ^/^spilus succulenta Booth, has the fruit larger 

 than that of the species, and succulent, juicy, and eatable. We have 

 seen only one plant of this variety ; but we are assured by our friend 



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M. Fischer of Gottingen, that there are 

 several in the botanic garden under his 

 care, and in various other collections in 

 Germany. The name is in the cata- 

 logue of Messrs. Booth of Hamburg. 

 C. g. Ssubvillosa, C. subvillosa Fisch., (Jig. 

 550., and fig. 568. in p. 853.) is ap- 

 parently another variety of the preced- 

 ing sort, or, perhaps more properly, of 

 C. coccinea. It is very distinct in ap- 

 pearance, from its villous twisted leaves, 

 and stunted tortuous shoots ; but, from 

 its having been only three or four years 

 in the country, very little is known of 

 its habit of growth, which seems to be 

 rather more loose than that of C. glan- 

 dulosa. There is a plant of this species, 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden, 

 5 ft. high, which last year ripened haws ; 

 and there is one, also, in Messrs. Lod- 

 diges's arboretum. 



ii. Punctdta. 



Sect. Char. Leaves not lobed, large, with many nerves. Bark white, or ash- 

 coloured. Fruit large, or small. 



2 3. C. PUNCTA V TA Ait. The doited-fruited Thorn. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 169. ; Jacq. Hort. Vind., 1. and 28. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. 



p. 338. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 598. 

 Synonymes. C. Crfis-galli Du Hoi ; Mespilus cuneif&lia Ehrh. Seitr., 3. p. 21. ; M. punctota Link 



Eniim. ; M. cornif61ia Lam. Encyc., 4. p. 444. 

 Engravings. Jac. Hort, 1. t. 28. ; our Jigs. 569. and 570. in p. 854. ; and the plate in Vol. II. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, glabrous, serrated. Calyx a 

 little villose ; its sepals awl-shaped, entire. Fruit usually dotted. (Dec. 

 Prod., ii. p. 627.) A tree, a native, of North America, in the woods and 

 swamps of Virginia and Carolina ; where, according to Pursh, it grows to 

 a handsome size, particularly the variety having yellow fruit. It was intro- 

 duced into England in 1746 ; and, having been very generally planted, is 

 now frequent in collections. The wood is so hard that the Indians of 

 the west coast of America make wedges of it for splitting trees. The 

 flowers are white, and appear in May and June ; and the fruit, which, in 

 general, is larger than that of C. coccinea, ripens in September, and drops, 

 with the leaves, in November or December. 

 Varieties. There are three forms of this species in British gardens. 



$ C. p. 1 rubra Pursh, C. edulis Ronalds, (fig. 569. in p. 854.) is the most 

 common, and is a spreading tree, growing to the height of from 15 ft. 

 to 30 ft., with red fruit, and, when old, with few thorns, 

 t C. p. 2 rubra stricta Hort., C. p. stricta Ronalds, has the fruit red, like 

 the preceding sort; but the general habit of the plant is fastigiate, 

 like that of the following sort. 



* C. p, 3 aurea Pursh ; C. p. flava Hort., C. dulcis Ronalds, C. edulis, 

 Lodd. Cat., C. pentagyna flava Godefroy, ( fig. 570. in p. 854.) is a 

 fastigiate-growing tree, with yellow fruit, and also, when old, with 

 few thorns. 



Statistics. In the environs of London, at Syon, this tree is 31 ft. high ; and at Ham House it is 

 .34ft. high In Berkshire, at White Knights, 28 years planted, it is 20ft. high. In Worcestershire, 



