Pavia — Dwarf Horse-Chestnut. 



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native of the mountainous sections of the Carohnas, and 

 extends thence both southward and westward. As it 

 proves reasonably hardy throughout the Northern 

 States also, it comes nearer than most others to meeting 

 the demands of all sections. Still it cannot be advised for 



/tSCULUS PARVIFLORA. 



the extreme Northwest or the most exposed portions of 

 New England. In the Ohio valley, where it abounds, it is 

 popularly known as one of the buckeyes, and, though never 

 a tree, it gains a height of fifteen to twenty feet, with a broad, 

 well-rounded head, the foliage resembling that of the 

 common horse-chestnut, but sufficiently distinct to be 

 characteristic. The leaves are smaller, and composed of 

 from five to seven oval-obovate leaflets, somewhat rough 



