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9 2 2 A R B O R E T U M E T F R U T IC E T U M B R IT A N N IC U M .
A. Botanical Varieties.
SÉ C. A. 1 sylvéstris Ait. C. .Ivellàna Svensk., E n g . Bo t. t. 723. • C svi
v éstris Batik. Fin. 4.18., an d o u r Jig. 1720. — T h e common hazel
^ nut, in a wild state.
$ C. A. 2 pùmila. C. piimila Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. — R a th e r dwarfer than
th e species.
1720. C. A . sylvéstris.
^.» cL c iu p iiy iia i.oaa. L-at. ea. 1 8 3 6 ; C. Jaciniàta
t e ‘""''»'■iou®. o r N ettle, leaved Hazel,
(U u r f c . l i 2 | . ) _ T h e leaves variously cu t, and thickly covered
with hairs. •'
$ C. A. ip u r p fr e a . C. p u rp u rea Lodd. C a t.e i. 1836 ; C. àtro-purpArea
Hort. — T b e leaves o f a dark red o r purple. A very striking variety.
I f grafted standard high on C. Colúrna this would make a most
singular and beautiful small tre e . Grafted on th e common hazel,
It imparts its colour to th e leaves o f th e stock.
B. Varieiies cultivated fo r their Fruit.
T h e cultivated hazels a re o f two kind.s ; viz. n u ts an d filberts. The
former a re distinguished by th e sho rtn ess o f th e ir calyxes, o r husks,
an d th e la tte r by th e ir length ; b u t, in consequence o f th e numerous
crosses between th e re two classes o f varieties, th e distinction can scarcely
now be k ep t up. T h e term filbert is supposed, according to some, to
be a corruption o f full beard, alluding to th e husk
In th e Horticultural Society's Catalogue o f Fruits, 31 so rts o f nuts and
filberts a re en um e ra ted ; but th e kinds b est deserving o f cu ltu re for their
flin t, and also as ornamental shrubs o r low trees, are considered by Mr.
Thompson to be only th e five following : __
» C. A. S tubulòsa a tubiilòsa WiUd. Abbild. t. 152., and o n r f c . 1723.;
C. maxima M d l. D ie t.; C. sativa Bauh. ; C. s. ru b ra //.■ ; red Fib
b e lt, rto ri. Noo. Cat. No 1 8 .; Langbartnuss, o r Lambertsnuss,
G o t ; Noisetier franc a fruit rouge, Poit. et T u rp . Arb. Fruit 11.
— Long tub u la r calyx, contracting so much beyond th e apex o f the
fruit, as to prevent its falling o u t. "
^ ‘‘ ■ . t e ? iùiulòsa álba. C. sativa álba Ait.-, C. A. élba Lodd. Cat. ed.
1836 ; white Ffibert Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 19. ; weisse Langbartnuss,
V cliffers from tb e preceding variety in having th e pellicle
o f Its kernel white. o - o F
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I C. A. 7 crispa En cy c. o f P lan ts ; th e
frizzled F ilb e rt, Pom. M a g . t. 70.,
Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 16. (O u r
1722. C. «4. crispa. 1723. C. A. tubulosa.
fig . 1 7 2 2 .)— A most remarkable variety, and well deserving o f cultivation
as an ornamental shrub, from th e singular appearance it
presents in its greatly laciniated calyx.
afe C. A. 8 tenuis Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Th e thin-shelled, o r Cosford,
Nut, Pom. M a g . t. 55., Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 12. — Nut with a thin
shell, beautifully stria ted longitudinally.
Sfe C. A. 9 barcelonénsis Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. C. sativa grándis Bauh.
Pin. 418. ; C. A . grándis Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 ; th e Cob N u t, syn.
th e Barc elona N u t, Downton large Nut, &c., Hort. Soc. Cat. No.
8. — F orms a tre e o f upright growth, with a sh o rt, ovate, slightly
compressed n u t, having a thick and very stro n g hard shell, well filled
by th e kernel.
The hazel grows b est upon what is called a hazel mould, th a t is to say,
a reddish brown calcareous loam ; b u t it will grow on any soil, from a chalk
or gravel, to a cold and wet clay : th e rods are durable in p roportion to th e
dryness o f the ground on which th e hazel grows, and they are particularly
good where th e bottom is chalk. The situation most favourable is on th e
.sides o f hills, for it will n o t thrive in a soil where water is stagnant : though,
like all trees and shrubs th a t grow in dense masses, it requires a great
deal o f moisture ; and, indeed, it will always keep th e ground moist u n d er it
by the denseness o f its shade. T h e species is propagated by n u ts, and th e
varieties by layers. T h e n u ts may be dried in th e sun, and preserved in a
dry loft, covered with straw, o r in sand, till th e following F eb ru a ry ; when they
may be sown, and tre a ted in th e same manner as mast o r chestnuts.
2 2. 6’. 6'o l u 'r n a L . T h e Constantinople Hazel.
Id e n tific a tio n . H o r t . C liff., 4 48. ; N . D u H am ., 4 . p . 20.
S y n o n ym e s . C. b y z a n t in a H e r m . L u g d b . 9 1 . ; « 4 v e lià n a p e re
:r in a h ù m i l i s B a u h . P in . 418. ; A .
p ín n ila b y z a n t in a C lu s . H i s t . 1. p . 11. ; C. a r b ò r e a H o r t. ; le
“f ro is e tie r d e B i z a n c e , F r . ; B y z a n -
tin i s c h e H a s e ln u s s . G e r .
E n g r a v in g s . S e b . M u s ., I . t. 2 7 . f . 2 . ; D e n d . B r i t . , t . 9 9 . ; t h e p l a t e s o f t h i s t r e e in A r b . B r i t . , 1 st
e d it., v o l. viii. ; a n d o u r / g - s . 172.5. a n d 1726.
Spec. Char., S/c. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate. Leaves roundish ovate,
cordate. Involucre o f th e fruit double ; th e exterior many-partite, th e interior
3-partite ; divisions palmate. (W illd .) A deciduous tre e . Turkey
and Asia Minor. H eig h t 50 ft. to 60 ft. Introduced in 1665. Flowers
and fruit as in th e common hazel, b u t longer and larger.
Varieties,
¥ C. C. 2 intermèdia. C. intermèdia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. — Probably a
hybrid between C. Coliirna and C. ^ivellana.