occur, and it is by continued attention to propaga- 
tion from the best varieties of each successive gene- 
ration, that improvements have been obtained ; so 
great has been the change sometimes effected, that 
the parent is scarcely discoverable in the offspring. 
Many of our garden fruits and vegetables may be 
mentioned as examples. But the increase obtained 
from offsets, cuttings, grafts, and buds, never 
afford improvement ; they are literally but an 
extension of the parent plant, and perpetuate its 
qualities, both good and bad. 
The iEsculus rubicunda is said to have been 
introduced from North America, but this is not 
quite certain, for we never have heard of its being 
traced to its introducer, it is quite as likely to 
have been a seedling variety produced in our own 
country. It has been universally admired, and 
Mr. Loudon in his most elaborate and inestimable 
w'ork, the Arboretum and Fruticetum, pronounces 
it to be without doubt, the most ornamental sort of 
the genus. The tree is not of so vigorous growth 
as the common Horse-chesnut, but whether it will 
ultimately rival that species time has not yet 
allowed a proof. The largest tree mentioned in 
the work just quoted, is growing at Endsleigh 
Cottage, Devonshire, which was thirty feet high 
at the time of measurement, (1838) having then 
been planted eighteen years. It should be known 
to those who apply at nurseries for this tree, that it 
is called by different names, as iEsculus rosea, 
carnea, coccinea, and Whitley’s scarlet. 
It is usually propagated by being budded on 
the common species ; and grows in any good soil. 
