HIPPOCASTANACEyE— HORSE-CHESTNUT 

 FAMILY 



DWARF BUCKEYE. DWARF HORSE-CHESTNUT 



ALsculus parvijlbra. yEsciilus viacrosidchya. 

 yEsculus, derived from esca, nourishment. 



The Dwarf Buckeye is an effective shrub in mid- 

 summer, blossomini^ profusely in July and August, 

 after the majority of woody plants have passed into 

 the fruiting stage. Its natural habit is to spread 

 broadly ; the stems are numerous, the outermost and 

 lowest often becoming horizontal and resting upon the 

 ground, so tliat a well-grown plant assumes a dome- 

 like form. The brandies which rest upon the ground 

 readily form roots, and thus new plants are established 

 which blend with the old ones until the plant is en- 

 larged about its entire circumference. 



Crowning the upright stems and borne above the 

 dome of foliage appear the erect panicles ol flowers. 

 The flowering axis is eight to sixteen inches long, 

 thickly studded with buds arranged in little grou}is 

 oi whicli the lowest group is the hrst to expand, the 

 others following in due order. This arrangement 

 greatly lengthens the flowering period. 



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