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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



a place in every collection, especially when trained as in our figure, so as to 

 resemble a small tree. The plant appears nearly allied to Shepherd ia cana- 

 densis, and we have no doubt it will ultimately be referred to that genus. 

 Possibly, indeed, it may be only a modification of S. canadensis ; for it is 

 not more different from it than the woolly-leaved varieties of the common 

 pear in a wild state, such as Pyrus communis salicifolia, are from the green- 

 leaved varieties, such, for example, as those which are found indigenous in 

 most parts of England, or are grown for stocks in British nurseries. 



App. i. Half-hardy Species of J&l&dgnus. 



flfc E. conferta Roxburgh, Burm. Zeyl., t. 39. f. 1., according to 

 Don's Prod. Fl. Nep., the grouped- flowered elaeagnus, is a large, 

 branched shrub, and, according to Roxburgh, a climbing one. 

 Leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, 34 in. long, If 2 in. broad, sil- 

 very beneath. Fruit oblong, succulent, eatable. A native of Nepal, 

 where it flowers in November, and where the fruit is eaten by the j 

 inhabitants. (Don's Prod. Fl. Nep. ; Lindl. Nat. Syst. of Sot.) 

 This species is stated to have been introduced in 1825 ; but we 

 have not seen it. 



E. arbbrea Roxb., Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 67., is a large tree, 

 with spiny branchlets, and oval-oblong leaves, a native of Nepal, 

 at Nahrinhetty, where it flowers in November, and produces an 

 edible fruit It was introduced in 1819. 



* E. latifolia L.,Bur. Zey., 39. t.2., is a native of the East In- 

 dies, where it forms an evergreen shrub, 4 ft or 5 ft. high. There 

 are plants at Messrs. Loddiges, which are preserved through the 

 winter in cold-pits ; whence we infer that, like the preceding 

 sorts, it would stand against a conservative wall. 



St E. salicifblia? D.Don, (Jig. 1205) is a species apparently very 

 distinct, and tolerably hardy, of which we have only seen one 

 plant about 3ft. high, in the arboretum at Kew. It promises to 

 be a most valuable addition to our nearly hardy shrubs. It 

 bears in foliage a close resemblance to Sliepherdj'a canadensis. 



GENUS II. 



mPPO'PHAE L. THE HIPPOPHAE, SEA BUCKTHORN, or SALLOWTHORN. 



Lin. Syst. Dioe'cia Tetrandria. 



n>> 517 '' ln Part: the H ' canadgnsis L - is now included in the genus Shep- 

 e8 T Ur *' Cor - 53 -' Ar g ussier > & i Haffdorn, or Sanddorn, Ger. ; Espino 

 Derivation. Hippophacs, or Hippophues, was the name of a shrub mentioned by Theoohrastus 

 and Dioscondes ; and which is supposed to be the same as the hippophyes of Pliny The deriva 

 tion is supposed to be from hippos, a horse, and phao, to brighten ; and, as according to the 

 Nouveau Du Hamel the plant was employed by the Greeks as a medicine for horses it may have 

 been given to them to make their coats sleek and shining, and have thus procured its name 



Description, tyc.^ Large shrubs or trees; natives of Europe and Asia; 

 ornamental in British gardens, on account of their grey silky foliage and of 

 their berries. 



* A 1. H. RHAMNOVDES L. The Buckthorn-like Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn, 



or Sallowthorn. 



Identification. Un. Sp. PL, 1452. ; Smith Engl. Flora, 4. p. 238. ; Eng. Bot, t. 425. 

 Synonymcs. Rhamnoldes florifera salicis folio Town. Cor., 53. ; Rhamniildes 



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t 265 ' ; Nt Du Ham -> 6 - l - 80 - J Pal1 - 



1. 1 68. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches each ending in a spine. Leaves linear-lanceolate 

 mostly bluntish, dark green, and minutely dotted, not scaly on the upper 

 side ; silvery as well as scaly on the under one. (Smith.) A low tree, or 

 large shrub; a native of many parts of Europe, on sandy sea coasts. Found 

 in England, in various places on the east and south-east coast, but not in 

 Scotland ; flowering in May, and producing bright orange-coloured berries 



