CHAP. XXXIII. 



CELASTRA CE.E. £UO NYMUS. 



499 



and our fig. 167. 



or trees ,• so that it is never allowed a chance of attaining either its full size 

 or its proper shape. Notwithstanding this, at Purser's Cross, and in the 

 arboretum at Kew, it is 15 ft. high. If treated as a tree, placed by itself on 

 a lawn, it would form one of the very handsomest small trees that we 

 possess during summer, from its fine broad shining leaves; and one of great 

 singularity and beauty in autumn, when covered with its brilliant scarlet 

 fruits. It appears much less liable to be attacked by insects than the common 

 species, or than E. verrucosus, as may be seen in Loddiges's arboretum, 

 where all the species and varieties are placed together ; and where E. lati- 

 folius always appears with leaves uninjured; while the other species and 

 varieties are sometimes almost entirely without leaves, from the ravages of 

 caterpillars. Like the other species, E. latifolius may be propagated in 

 abundance by seeds, or by cuttings, either of the young or of the ripened 

 wood. Plants, in London, are 1*. Qd. each ; at Bollwyller, 1 franc 50 

 cents ; and at New York, ?. 



& 4. E. na v nus Bieb. The dwarf Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 

 Identification. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Suppl., p. 160. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 4. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Branches smooth, somewhat herbaceous. Leaves lanceolate, 

 entire, nearly opposite. Flowers 4-cleft, from 1 to 3 on a peduncle. A 

 subshrub, with the aspect of the widow wail (Cneorum tricoccum), and a 

 native of northern Caucasus. The fruit is not known ; hence the species 

 may not be of the genus jEuonymus. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) 



afe 5. E. atropurpu v reus Jctcq. The dark-purple^cw6Te>o? Euonymus, or 



Spindle Tree. 



Identification. Jacq. Hort. Vind., 2.; Ph. Fl. Am. Sept., 1. p. 168. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 



2. p. 5. 

 Synonymes. E. caroliniensis Marsh. Arb. Amer., No. 1.; and, probably, E. latifdlius Marsh. Arb. Amer., 



No. 2. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Hort. Vind., 2. t. 120. ; Schmidt Arb., t. 73 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches smooth. Leaves 

 stalked, lanceolate, sawed. Flowers many 

 upon a peduncle; the peduncle compressed. 

 Petals orbiculate. Capsules angulately fur- 

 rowed, smooth. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A 

 native of N. America, from New York to Ca- 

 rolina, on the banks of rivulets. Introduced 

 in 1756, and producing its dark purple flowers 

 in June and July, which are succeeded by red 

 fruit. This and the other American species 

 of JSuonymus are rarely found in a thriving 

 state in Britain : as it appears to us, from not 

 being planted in moist shady situations, and in 

 peat or sandy soil. The plant in the London 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, named E. 

 atropurpureus, was, in 1834, 3 ft. high, after 

 being 6 years planted. Plants, in the London 

 nurseries, are Is. 6d. each ; at Bollwyller, 1 franc ; and at New York, 

 25 cents. 



& 6. E. america v nus L. The American Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 286. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5. 



Synonymes. E. sempervirens Marsh. ; E. alternifolius Mcench ; the Burning Bush, Amer. 



Engravings. Nnuv. Du Ham., 3. t. 9. ; Pluk. Aim., t. 150., fig. 5. ; Schmidt Arb., t. 75. ; our 



fig. Ifi8., representing the plant in flower; and fig. 169, representing it in seed, with the warty 



capsule. * 



Spec. Char., cfc. Branches smooth. Leaves almost sessile, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 sawed. Flowers 1 to 3 on a peduncle. Petals sub-orbicuiate. Capsule 

 echinately warty. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A sub-evergreen shrub, growing 

 to the height of 6 ft. or 8 ft. ; a native of North America, from New 

 England to Carolina, in hedges and shady woods, among rocks, and on the 



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