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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



cultivator, or that he may procure from any British garden or nursery, is not 

 to do justice to the loquat, since many of the plants to be procured in 

 nurseries have been raised from seed in this country ; and these seedlings, as 

 in the case of seedlings of every other tree, doubtless differ considerably in 

 the size and quality of their fruit, as well as they do in their leaves. It should 

 not be forgotten, that even the common white beam tree (Pyrus A^r'isC), and the 

 common mountain ash (P. aucuparia), in a wild state, differ exceedingly in the 

 quality of their fruit; and that, while some trees produce such as are large, mild, 

 mealy, or sweet, those produced by others are extremely harsh and austere. 

 The same may be said of the fruit of all rosaceous plants, and, we believe, 

 also of all others. 



E. elliptica Lindl. Lin. Trans., 13. p. 102., Dec. Prod., 2. p. 631., Don's Mill., 2. p. 603.; JWes- 

 pilus Ciiila Hamilt. MS. in D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 238.'; is a native of Nepal, and has leaves 

 flat and elliptic, and downy yellow fruit. It was introduced in 1823 ; but we have not seen the plant. 



E. cordata. Lindl., E. obtustfblia Dec., and E. chintnsis G. Don., are species not yet introduced 

 (See Don's Mill., 2. p. 603.) 



Kageneckvd. (in honour of F. De Kageneck, ambassador from Holland to 

 Spain) Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. Prod., t. 37., Don's Mill., ii. p. 522., is a genus 

 of South American trees or shrubs, of which only one species is as yet in- 

 troduced. 



K. crateegoides D. Don ; K. crataegifolia Lindl. Rot. Reg., t. 1836., and 

 our^g. 657. ; is an evergreen shrub, with oval-lance- "^~ 



olate, smooth, glaucous green leaves, and cratsegus- 

 like flowers ; the male and female flowers being pro- 

 duced separately on the same plant. The leaves are 

 intensely bitter; and they are used by the inhabitants 

 of Chili to cure intermittent fevers. The tree is 

 said to grow to the height of 60ft. in its native coun- 

 try, and to produce a valuable timber. A plant of 

 this species, in the Horticultural Society's Garden, has 

 stood against a wall since 1831 ; and its foliage has 

 not been in the slightest degree injured by the late 

 severe winter; and it is now (May 1. 1836) coming 

 into flower. In all probability, this plant will soon be 

 added to our hardy evergreen shrubs or trees. It 

 strikes readily by cuttings, and it may probably be 

 grafted on the common hawthorn. 



K. obldnga Ruiz et Pav., and K. lanceoldla and K. elutinosa of 

 the same authors, are species from the mountain* of Chili and Peru, 

 which have not yet been introduced. If they prove as hardy as K. crataego'ides seems likely to do, 

 they will be valuable additions in an ornamental point of view, and perhaps, also, as supplying a 

 medicinal bitter. 



App. II. Half-hardy Species of Rosdcete, belonging to the 

 Suborder Sangtiisorbcte. 



Mareyricdrpus setdsus Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per., 1. p. 28. t. 8. f. d., Don's Mill., 2. p. 592. ; E'm- 

 petrum pinnatum Lam. Diet. ; Ancfstrum barbatum Lam. III.; is a native of Brazil, and other parts 

 of South America, on arid hills, with white pearl-like fruit, esembling that of the mistletoe; but 

 differing from it in having a grateful and acid taste. It i 



commonly kept in green-houses, and has ripened fruit in the ^ 658 



Cambridge Botanic Garden. It might possibly pass the win- 

 ter in the gardem in the neighbourhood of London, on con. />/' 

 servative rockwork. 



Cercocdrpus fothergillMdes H. B. et Kuxth, Nov. Gen. 

 Amer., 6. t. 559., Don's Mill., 2. p. 590.; Bertolonia guitroldf* 

 Mac. et Sesse, Fl. Mex. Icon. Ined. ; is a tree, a native of 

 Mexico, with elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous leaves, growing,to 

 the height of 12 ft. Flowers and fruit inconspicuous. It has 

 not yet been introduced. 



Acafna Vahl is a genus of which there are some species, 

 natives of Mexico, which grow in situations at a low tem- 

 perature ; but, though they are technically considered ligne- 

 ous, as they do not grow above half a foot or a foot in 

 height, they do not appear to merit more than this general 

 notice. (See Don's Mill., 2. p. 592.) 



Tot Mum spindsum L. (Mori's. Oxon , sect. 8. t. 8. f. 5.) is a 

 shrub introduced in 159.), and growing to the height of .3 ft. 

 The leaves are small, the flowers greenish, the fruit baccate, 

 and the aperies branched It is a native of the islands in the 

 Archipelago, about Constantinople; and, though, an old in- 



