224 PKACTICAl FOKESTBY. 



two native species, and one in cultivation, recently introduced 

 from Japan. 



Stnartia pentagynia. — ^L.'Her. — Leaves oval-acute, finely pubes- 

 cent, serrate. Flowers with five large crimped-edged petals, 

 with purple spot at the base. Flowers appear late in spring or 

 early summer, and of the size and form shown in fig. 4S. A 

 lai'ge shrub or small tree, from the mountains of North Caro- 

 lina and Georgia. The wood very hard, white. The plants are 

 hardy as far north as New York City, and in my grounds in 

 Northern New Jersey. 



Si Virginlca. — Cav. — Leaves oval, thin serrulate, finely pubes- 

 cent. Flowers two to three inches broad, with purple stamens. 

 A large shixib or small tree, not hai-dy north of Washington, 

 and found in shady woods from North Carolina to Florida. 



S. Japoniea is a rare shrub, introduced a few years ago from 

 Japan by the Parsons & Sons Company, Flushing, N. Y. 

 Flowers small, with yellow stamens. A variety of this, S. Ja- 

 poniea grandiflora, has larger fiowers than the species, both 

 handsome and desirable ornamental shrubs. 



swiETEWiA, Linn. — Mahogany. 



A genus of a few species of large evergreen tropical trees, 

 highly valued for their excellent wood. Flowers small, green, 

 or reddish-yellow, in spreading axillary panicles. Fruit a large 

 five-celled and five-valved capsule containing seeds, imbricated 

 in two rows. 



Swlctenia mabogoiii, linn. — Mahogany Tree. — Leaves alternate, 

 abruptly pinnate, and composed of six to ten opposite, entire, 

 ovate-lanceolate leaflets. Flowers greenish-yellow, three-eighths 

 of an inch broad. A large and rare tree in South Florida, but 

 formerly very abundant in the West Indies, but now becoming 

 scarce, owing to the great demand for the wood, which is ex- 

 tensively used for all kinds of cabinet work. 



STMPLOCOS, Jsicq.— Sweet Leaf. 



A genus of about a half dozen species of small trees or 

 shrubs, with evergreen or very persistent leaves, and small but 

 showy flowers. The species are widely distributed in China, 

 Japan, and in Mexico, and one in our Southern States, the last is 



Symplocos tinctoria, L.'Her. — Sweet Leaf, Horse Sugar. — Leaves 

 simple, smooth, oblong, rather persistent, almost evergreen. 

 Flowers yellow, six to twelve in a sessUe cluster. Fruit a one- 



