500 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
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FOTHERGYLLA L. Tue Forueremia. Lin. Syst. Icosindria Digynia. 
Identification. Lin. fil. Suppl., p. 42.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 269. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 397. 
Derivation. In memory of John Fothergill, M.D., an eminent physician and patron of botany, who 
introduced many new plants, and cultivated an excellent collection in his grounds, at Ham House, 
at Stratford-le-bow, in Essex. He was, besides, one of the most charitable men of his time. 
Gen. Char, Calyx campanulate, adhering to the ovarium at the base, some- 
what truncate, with 5—7 callous subrepand teeth. Petals wanting. Stamens 
about 25. Styles 2. Capsule adnate to the base of the calyx, 2-lobed, 
2-celled, I-seeded. Seed bony. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, bistipulate, deciduous ; feather-nerved, clothed 
with soft starry down. Flowers white, sweet-scented, sessile, anthers 
yellow; in terminal ovate spikes, having a solitary bractea under each 
flower; those bracteas at the base of the spike are trifid, and those at its 
apex are nearly entire. 
Shrubs, deciduous, of which there is only one species, but several varieties. 
Natives of North America. 
% 1. F. aniro‘tia L. The Alder-leaved Fothergilla. 
Identification. Lin. fil. Suppl., 257. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 269. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 397. 
Synonymes. F. Garden? Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p.313.; Hamamélis monofca Lin. ex Smith in 
Rees’s Cycl. vol. xvii. 
Spec. Char., §c. See the generic character. The flowers, which are white 
and sweet-scented, appear before the leaves ; the latter resembling those of 
the wych hazel. A low deciduous bush. North America, Virginia to 
Carolina, in shady woods on the sides of hills. Height 3 ft. to 6 ft. In- 
troduced in 1765. Flowers white, sweet-scented ; April and May. 
Varieties. The following are very distinct :— 
& F, a. 1 obtusa Sims Bot. Mag. t. 1341., Pursh Sept. 1. p. 335.; F. 
major Bot. Cab. t. 1520.; F. 
alnifolia Lin. fil. Supp. 257.; 
and our fig. 910. ; has obovate 
leaves, downy beneath. 
% Fa, 2 acuta Sims, Pursh Sept. 1. 
p- 335.; F. Gardeni Jacq. Icon. 
rar. t. 100. (Bot. Cab, t. 
1507.), has narrow leaves, 
nearly entire, white from down 
beneath. 
& F. a, 3 major Sims Bot. Mag. 
t. 1342.,  Pursh Sept. 1. 
p. 335. (Bot. Cab., t. 1520. ; 
and our fig. 9t1.) has leaves 
ovate-oblong, somewhat cor- 
date at the base, very black and 
‘ i serrated at the apex; when Sy 
910. F. a, major. young, tomentose beneath. 911. F. a. obtisa. 
In British gardens the fothergillas thrive best in moist sandy peat. They 
are propagated by seeds, which are sometimes ripened in this country, but 
are generally received from America. The varieties are increased by layers. 
The fothergillas are naturally somewhat tender, and though not impatient of 
cold, yet they are easily injured by the proximity of other trees or bushes, 
and by excessive drought or perpetual moisture. 
