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nuts, so that the tree has less value on this account than the im¬ 
ported sorts. It is in fact inferior in nearly every element of beauty. 
The name Buckeye is supposed to have been given by western 
hunters to the beautiful nuts of this species in consequence of a 
fancied resemblance to a buck’s eye. Some varieties, crosses 
probably between the different species, have been originated in 
English gardens and nurseries that are interesting, and will be 
mentioned hereafter. 
The Small Buckeye, or American Red-flowered Horse- 
chestnut. sEsculus pavia (Pavia rubra). —This is a small tree 
with more slender branches and leaves than the Ohio buckeye, and 
dull reddish-colored flowers. It grows wild in Virginia and North 
Carolina on the mountains. Height from ten to twenty feet. 
Blossoms in May and June. There is a trailing variety (P. rubra 
humilis ), which is insignificant on its own roots, but makes a pretty 
weeping tree if grafted on the branches of upright varieties. There 
are several other dwarf varieties of this red-flowered Pavia which 
are being grown in our best nurseries, but whether their peculiari¬ 
ties are sufficiently distinct to make them valuable is yet to be 
determined. All the dwarf or small horse-chestnuts or Pavias 
should be encouraged to branch pretty close to the ground. 
The Two-colored Pavia, P. discolor , is a straggling low shrub 
with beautiful flowers in May, which continue to expand for a long 
time. It is admirably suited to make picturesque small trees by 
grafting on other stocks. 
The Long-fruited Horse-chestnut. Pavia macrocarpa .— 
Loudon describes this as follows: “ This variety appears to us 
intermediate between some variety of the PE. hippocastanum and 
Pavia rubra. The leaves are large, smooth on the upper surface, 
and shining. The flowers are nearly as large as those of the com¬ 
mon horse-chestnut, and of a pale red color mixed with yellow. 
The branches are spreading and loose ; and the whole tree has an 
open graceful appearance, quite different from that compactness of 
form and rigidity of branches which belong to the tree species and 
