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in the season, are aJso desirable, and in th^ respect the 

 Horse-chestnut varies exceedingly." As aU the species oi 

 ^sctdus and Pavia seed freely, and hybridise almost as 

 freely with each other, the ^sculus also with the I'avia, a 

 great abundance of varie- 

 ties might be raised. All 

 at present recognised are 

 truly beautiful, and it is 

 not at all to be regretted 

 that theu' number can be 

 largely increased. 



Pavia rttbka (The Red- 

 flowered Pavia) is a slen- 

 der-growing tree from the 

 mountains of Virginia 

 and Carolina. It pro- 

 duces flowers of a brown- 

 ish scarlet colour in May 

 and June. 



P. FLAVA (The Yellow- 

 flowered Pavia). — This 

 species differs from P. ru- 

 bra in being a much 

 stronger plant, assuming 

 more the character of a 

 tree. As its name im- 

 plies, the flowers are yel- 

 low ; the leaves are pube- 

 scent, and much paler 

 than those of P. rubra. 

 P. flava appears to be the 

 connecting link between 

 .Slsculus and Pavia, as it 

 partates of the character 

 of both. It loses its foliage 

 at the end of summer, so 

 that it is frequently bare 

 by the beginning of Sep- 

 tember. 



P. DISCOLOR. — Thia 

 must be considered rather 

 a shrub than a tree, as it 

 is seldom seen above 5 or 

 6 feet in height, when 

 raised from seed, but at- 

 tains a large size when 

 grafted upon ^sculus 

 hippocastanum; it is then 

 said to be short-lived. 



P. HTBEiDA is described 

 ty Loudon as being a 

 very distinct variety, 

 which ought to be in ge- 

 neral cultivation. There 

 is a plant of it in the 

 Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Garden at Chis- 

 wiok. Its flowers are va- 

 riegated with yeUow, 

 white, and purple. 



P. NEGLECTA is another 

 kind but little attended 

 to, although it is known 

 to partake in all the most 

 striking features of its 

 tribe. Its name is the 

 Neglected Pavia, which 

 so far is very appropriate. 

 There is, or was, a plant 

 of it in the Royal Horti- 

 culturalSociety's grounds 

 at Chiswick. Will some 

 influential member en- 

 deavour to retrieve the 

 neglect by getting this 

 and other trees almost 

 forgotten, and which are 



known to exist at Chiswick, propagated and distributed? 

 There is room for a world of good to be done in this way. 



P. MACBOCAEPA (The Large-fruited Pavia). — Loudon 



thought this kind intermediate between M. hippocastanum 

 and P. rubra. " The leaves are large, smooth on the upper sur- 

 face, and shining. The flowers are nearly as large as those of 

 the commonHorse-chestnut,but the petals are less spreading, 



and of a pale red colour 

 mixed with yellow. The 

 branches are spreading 

 and loose, and the whole 

 tree has an open, grace- 

 ful appearance, quite dif- 

 ferent from the compact- 

 ness of form, and rigidity 

 of branches which belong 

 to most of the varieties 

 of ^sculus and Pavia." 



P. MACBOSTACHTA IS a 



shrub with loose racemes 

 of white flowers, with 

 long projecting stamens, 

 which give the spike a 

 fine fringed appearance. 

 It is also remarkable for 

 its large deep green 

 leaves, entire, and very 

 even in their outline. 

 " This variety comes into 

 flower about a month or 

 six weeks later than the 

 other ^sculaceae, and 

 continues flowering, in 

 the case of large plants, 

 on moist soils, for three 

 months, or longer, form- 

 ing one of the greatest 

 floral ornaments of the 

 shrubbery at a season 

 when very few trees are 

 in flower. The flowers 

 are agreeably fragrant, 

 and the spreading leaves 

 being supported on long 

 slender petioles, which 

 from their graceful dis- 

 position, combined with 

 the feathery lightness of 

 the racemes of flowers, 

 gives the whole plant an 

 air of elegance quite dif- 

 ferent from any other 

 species of dwarf Pavia." 

 — Adolphus H. Kent. 

 {To be continued.) 



GoosEBEBKY Seed- 

 linos. — I THINK your 

 correspondent at page 

 131, need not be dissa- 

 tisfied with the result of 

 his experiment. To have 

 raised two reaUy new and 

 excellent varieties is no 

 small success. I would, 

 however, recommend any 

 who wish to distinguish 

 themselves in this line, 

 not to trust to chance 

 seedlings, but to artifi- 

 cially fertilise. Some 

 years ago, I took White- 

 smith as a female parent, 

 and fertilisedwithHedge- 

 hog and Pitmaston Green 

 Gage. Four plants of each 

 were raised. Those from 

 Hedgehog were coarse and 

 Pavia maeroEtachya. inferior to both parents. 



Amongtheotherfour were 

 two good Yellows— one remai-kably good, which has been pre- 

 served, but, unfortunately, it seems a bad bearer. So my own 

 success is not great, but I think I took the right road.— S. B. 



