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The YELLOW BUCKEYE, Pavia flava; JEsculus, Willd., grows eight or ten meters 

 high. The leaves are opposite, digitate with five oval-oblong leaflets or digitations, finely 

 denticulated, and cottony on the inferior vein. The yellow flowers are arranged in 

 bunches that are not very full. The calyx is tubular with five teeth. The corolla has four 

 petals; two of them are narrower than the others. Their unguis is much longer that the 

 calyx. 



FLOWERS: in May. 



RANGE: North Carolina. 



USES. Buckeyes are cultivated in parks and in large gardens. They have elegant 

 foliage and the flowers have a pretty color. The hybrid is the one of choice. Its flower 

 clusters are erect and striking. 



CULTIVATION. They're propagated from seeds, by layering, and by grafting. 

 They've been acclimatized here for a long time and they're not harmed by our cold 

 weather. But they still need to be sheltered when they're young. They're sometimes 

 grafted onto the horse chestnut. They take very well, but the grafted plants don't last long 

 because the horse chestnut grows a great deal more than the pavia. Moreover, they take 

 on an unattractive shape. 



KEY TO PLATES. 



421. Red buckeye. 1. Calyx and pistil. 2. Pistil and stamen. 3. Four detached 

 petals that form the corolla. 



422. Hybrid pavia. 1. Complete flower, opened longitudinally. 2. Four detached 



petals that form the corolla. 3. Pistil. 



423. Yellow buckeye. 



