PYGMY TREES 



confounded with other species yet rank among the 

 handsomest flowering plants of the Southern states. 

 One {Aesculus georgiand) has short, compact clusters 

 of red and yellow flowers ; those of another {A. discolor) 

 are yellow flushed with rose and have a red calyx. 

 A variety {mollis) of the latter, and known in books as 

 A. austrina, has scarlet flowers. This plant is widely 

 distributed from Georgia to Texas and southeastern 

 Missouri, and is the only red-flowered Buckeye found 

 west of the Mississippi River. The third (A. Har- 

 hisonii) is probably of hybrid origin and is the latest 

 of its class to blossom. The stem and branches of the 

 flower-cluster and the calyx of the flowers are rose 

 coloured; the petals are canary-yellow, slightly 

 streaked with red toward the margins. It is for- 

 tunate that these pygmy Buckeyes with their hand- 

 some flowers are so hardy for they are among the most 

 desirable plants that have been added to our gardens, 

 and for them garden lovers have to thank the Arnold 

 Arboretum, 



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