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PKACTICAL FOEESTKY. 



M» Pa via.— Red Buckeye. — Very similar to the last, and by 

 some considered only a variety, but by others as a distinct spe- 

 cies. It is a shrub, or at best only a small tree, with bright-red , 

 flowers, A very showy and handsome jjlant. Natural varieties 

 of all the above-named species occur in the forests where these 

 trees abound, and quite a number have been secured and are 

 now propagated for sale by our nurseiymen. In addition to 

 these natural varieties, others are constantly occurring among 

 seedlings raised under artificial conditions. For Spanish Buck- 

 eye, see Unganadia, 



FOEEIGK SPECIES A.^T> VARIETIES. 



M» Hippocastannm. — European Horse-Chestnut. — This tree is 

 supposed to have been brought from Asia, although its native 

 country is not positively known. It has been cultivated for 

 many centuries in Southern Europe, and for more than three 

 hundred years in Great Britain, and is eveiy where much admired 

 as an ornamental tree. Each leaf is composed of seven leaflets, 

 and these are of the purest green color, but not glossy or shining. 

 The flowers are large, white, spotted with purple, produced in 

 large, compact spikes, making a splendid appearance among the 

 rich, green leaves. A grand ornamental tree, hardy in nearly 

 all of our Northern States, and thriving in a great variety of 

 soils, but succeeds best in a rather compact loam or clay. In 

 light, sandy soils it often fails for want of moisture at the root. 

 The Double White Flowering " is a superb variety, bearing long 

 panicles of very double flowers. The trees commence blooming 

 when quite young, and seldom fail to produce flowers in great 

 abundance. The ' 'Cut-leaved Horse-Chestnut " is another variety • 

 with deeply-cut foliage. Memminger's Horse-Chestnut " has 

 its f ohage sprinkled and spotted with white. In another variety 

 the leaves are spotted with green. There are about a dozen 

 additional varieties mentioned in the catalogues of European 

 nurserymen, but those named above are the best. 



M* rubicunda. — Red-Flowering Horse-Chestnut. — The origin of 

 this tree is unknown, but it is supposed to be a hybrid between 

 the White Flowering and some species of the Eed Buckeye. 

 Leaves of five to seven leaflets. Flowers of a bright, rosy-red 

 color, in large panicles. One of the handsomest and most showy 

 trees in cultivation. This tree grows to a hight of thirty feet, 

 or more, with a close, compact form. There are several varie- 

 ties, varying in habits of growth, color of the flower, or form of 



