HI PPOCASTANACE.E— HORSE-CHESTNUT 



FAMILY 



DWARF BUCKEYE. DWARF HORSE-CHESTNUT 



sEsculus pLWviJlbra. ACsadus macrost&chya. 

 JEsculuSi derived from esca, nourishment. 



The Dwarf Buckeye is an effective shrub in mid- 

 summer, blossoming 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 that a well-grown plant assumes a dome- 

 like form. The branches 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 of flowers. 

 The flowering axis is eight to sixteen inches long, 

 thickly studded with buds arranged in little groups 

 of which the lowest group is the first to expand, the 

 others following in due order. This arrangement 

 greatly lengthens the flowering period. 



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