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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



TAUT III. 



1 place in evorv collection, especially when trained as in our figure, so as to 

 resemble a small tree. The plant appears nearly allied to Shcpherd/V/ cana- 

 densis, and we have do doubt it will ultimately be referred to that genus. 

 Possibly, indeed, it may be only a modification of S. canadensis; for it is 

 DOt more different from it than the woolly-leaved varieties of the common 

 pear in a wild state, such as Pyrns communis .salicifolia, are from the green- 

 leaved varieties, such, for example, as those which arc found indigenous in 

 most parts of England, or are grown for stocks in British nurseries. 



App. 



i. 



Half-hardy Species qfElccagnus. 



31 R cot{ftrta Roxburgh, Burm. Zeyl., t. S9. f. 1., according to 

 Don's Prod Fl. Ncjv, the grouped-flowered cla>agnus, is a largo, 

 b um ch a d shrub, and, according to Roxburgh, a climbing one. 

 Leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, 3 — I- in. long, U — 2 in. broad, sil- 

 very beneath. Fruit oblong, succulent, eatable. A native of Nepal, 

 where it flowers in November, and where the fruit is eaten by the 

 inhabitants. K Don's Prod. Ft. Kcp. ; I.indt. Nat. St/St. of Bot.) 

 This species is stated to have been introduced in 1825; but we 

 have not seen it 



¥ E. arborca Roxb., Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 67., is a large tree, 

 with spiny branchlets, and oval-oblong leaves, a native of Nepal, 

 at Nahrinhctty, where it flowers in November, and produces an 

 edible fruit, it was introduced in 1819. 



* E. latifolia L.,Bur. Zey., 39. t.2., is a native of the East In- 

 dies, where it forms an evergreen shrub, 4 ft. or 5 ft. high. There 

 are plants at Messrs. Loddiges, which are preserved through the 

 winter in cold-pits ; whence we infer that, like the preceding 

 sorts, it would stand against a conservative wall. 



A E. sa/ici/olia? D.Don, (fig. 1205) is a species apparently very 

 distinct, and tolerably hardy, of which we have only seen one 

 plant about 3 ft- high, in the arboretum at Kew. It promises to 

 lie a most valuable addition to our nearly hardy shrubs. It 

 bears in foliage a close resemblance to Shepherd/Vi canadensis. 



Genus II. 



7/iPPO'PHAE L. The Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn, or Sallowthorn. 

 Lin. Si/st. Dice v eia Tetrandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 517., in part : the H. canadensis L. is now included in the genus Shep- 

 herd^/ Nutt. 



Xynont/mes. Rhamnoides Tourn. Cor. 53. ; Argoussier, Fr. ; Haffdom, or Sanddorn, Gcr • Espino 

 amarillo, Span. ' 



Derivation. Wppophacs, or Hippophucs, was the name of a shrub mentioned by Theophrastus 

 and Dioscoridcs ; and which is supposed to be the same as the hippophyes of Pliny. The deriva- 

 tion is supposed to be from hippos, a horse, and phao, to brighten ; and, as according to the 

 Nouvcau l)u llamcl the plant was employed by the Greeks as a medicine for horses, it may have 

 been given to them to make their coats sleek and shining, and have thus procured its name. 



Description, eye. Large shrubs or trees; natives of Europe and Asia; 

 ornamental in British gardens, on account of their grey silky foliage, and of 



their berries. 



? m 1. //. RiiamnoYdes /.. The Buckthorn-like Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn, 



or Sallowthorn. 

 Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1452. ; Smith Engl. Flora, 4. p. 238. ; Eng. Rot., t. 425 



i. Cor., .03. ; 1 

 /•>-.; VVeidenbl" 

 same epineux. 

 Rot , t. |£5. ; H. Dan., t. 2o5. ; N. Du Ham., fi. t. 80. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. 1. G8. ; 



,me». Rhamnoides florffera salicis fblio Tourn. dor., 53.; Rhamnoides fructifera Rati Sim 

 \\ , , Ar;"-, ,.r f..uv Nerprun, Fr.; Weidenblattriger Sanddorn, Gcr. ; in the Alps of Swit- 



7frlaod it is called Arvc, fir Saulc epineux. 

 n^ramnn*. Eng. 

 Md hnr'fig. YA*>. 



Spec, Char., Sec. Branches each ending in a spine. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 mostly blmitish, dark green, and minutely dotted, not scaly on the upper 

 side ; silvery as well as scaly on the under one. (Smith.) A low tree, or 

 large - hruh ; a native of many parts of Europe, on sandy sea coasts. Found 

 n. England, fa various places on the east and south-east coast, but not in 

 Hand ; flowering in May, and producing bright orange-coloured berries 



