a r b o r e t u m e t FRUTICETUM BUITANNICU.M.
G e n u s I .
f H e p t - d r i a M o n o g en ia .
Id e n tjicn tio n . Lin . Gon., No. 4G2. • D pu Vmri i =;qt rv i n » -,, ,
o f oak, whicli had an eatable aiiorn. T lie w o rd ^la ip p o c k i'nm m a species
tanca, a che stnut, is said by some to have h e p n ^ iv in ?,? ft® ? •’ • k/PP s ^ horse, and cashave
th e appearance o f sweet che stnuts, being oiffr fii for h o r s S ^ . ^ 3 ‘ifi f ih ^
th e nuts a rc used in Tu rk ey , for curing h o rsfs o f p u lm o ia r n S e a s e s ^
®H>anded, w ith an o v a te b o rd e r.
Mameiu with th e filamen ts re cu rv e d inw a rd ly . Capsules e c h in a te d L e a ffd s
r f e S t t t S r * " - B e c i d r ^ n s tre e s ,
L ea v e s pa lm a te ly div id ed , w ith s ta lk ed le aflets, g en e ra lly ro u g h . Capside
The common horsechestnut is invariably propagated by the nuts which are
sown when newly gathered, or in the rollowing sp rin g ; and f f i e X l Tase thev
W.I come up the succeeding summer. All the o th eV sons as b ^ n « ? ' i e ^
- i - “ “ S - = j £ i 3 4 4
i 1. ri? . H ip p o c a 's t a n u m Z . T h e commoK H o rs e c h e s tn u t.
¿JleSKodskastanle, Uar •
'■ o f ‘h - in th e Arb, B rit., 1st edit.,
L ? r . i r s “ ' 4 i , . r i r i , i o i ' s
tro d u c e d m 1629. F low e rs w h ite , tin g ed with red Mav -r !..;! W
Z l " B u d s Z a g , la ® m ,tr :!n L T b r e ? ? lv ? ? T w ith ? ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Varieties.
^ in nurserymen’s cattdognes, bnt not
"* tiie v 'h ? v f7 ? T f “ ^“ 7 ' X T!®, fo“ ''®" “P® b lo tc h e d w ith yellow, b u t
o rn am en ta f. " ™''®f‘' ‘'A nPPen-'ance, an d a r e by no me an s
I 4 « rg ^ fc o -M ric g a /am . _ L e av e s b lo tch ed w ith white .
s i t ? d s "®- - P f o n i f o l i n ^ o n L - L e a f l e t s c u t in to
^ Olher Varieties. In B o o th ’s Catalogue a re th e names M H crisn nm
v " ; ,; 4 .S 4
A tree o f the largest size, with an erect trunk, and a nvramidal head The
5 lb. 7 o z .; losing, by drymg, a sixteenth pa rt o f its bulk. It is soft, and
XIV. riBSCULA'CE^ : r ij 'SCULUS. 125
166. riS'sculus H ip p o c à s ta n um .
unlit for use where great strength, and durability in th e open air, are required ;
nevertheless, there are many purposes for which it is applicable when sawn
ui) into boards ; such as for flooring, linings to carts, packing-cases, &c. The
nuts may be used when burned as a kind of ley, or substitute for soap. The
nuts, if wanted for seed, should be gathered up as soon as they drop, and
either sown or mixed with earth ; because, if they a re left exposed to the air,
thev will lose their germinating properties in a month. Some nurserymen
cause th e nuts to germinate before sowing them, in order to have an op|tortu-
nity o f pinching off th e extremity o f the radicle ; by which means th e plants
are prevented from forming a taproot ; or, at least, if a taproot be formed, it
is o f a much weaker description than it otherwise would be, and the number
o f lateral fibres is increased ; all which is favourable for transplanting. When
the tree is intended to attain th e largest size, in the shortest time, the nut
ought to be sown where the tree is finally to remain ; because th e use o f the
taproot is mainly to descend deep into the soil, to procure a supply of water,
which, in dry soils and seasons, can never be obtained in sufficient quantities
by the lateral roots, which extend themselves near the surface in search of
nourishment and air.
¥ 2. M . ( I I .) o h i o e ' n s i s Michx. The Ohio jEsculus, or Horsecheslnut.
Identification. M i c h . A r b . , 3. p. 242. ; Uec. P ro d ., 1. p. 697. : D o n ’s Mill., l . p. 652.
Svnonmnes. .« .o h io é n s is L in d i .; ì JE. pallida W illd .; rii. e c h in àta g làb ra Tor. &
G ra y ; P à v ia ohioénsis M ich x .; P àv ia glàbra Spach; Ohio Buckeye, fetid Buckeye, .
All these synonymes appear to us very douhtful, when we compare them with th e tre e bearing this
name in th e Hort. Soc. Gardens, and with D r. Liiidley’s d esc ription of it in Bot. Reg. for 1838,
Engravings. Michx. Arb., 2. t. 92.-; Bot. Keg., 1838, t. 61. ; and oar fig . 167. from Michaux.
Spec. Char., 4’». Stamens nearly twice the length o f
th e (yellowish white) corolla; petals 4, spreading, a
little unequal, the claw scarcely the length o f the
campanulate calyx ; thyrsus racemose, loosely flowered
; leaflets 5, oval or oblong, acuminate, fine and
unequally serrate, glabrous. (Tor. and Gray, i. p. 251.)
A deciduous tree of the middle size. Pennsylvania
and Virginia. Height in America 10ft. to 30ft. ; in the
climate of London apparently th e same as the common
horsechestnut. Introduced in ? 1820. Flowers
white, yellow, and red ; May and Ju n e. F ru it brown;
ripe ill October. Bark rough, fetid. Branches of
the thyrsus o f flowers short, 4—6-flowered ; the
flowers mostly unilateral, small (n o t half the size of
those o f the common horsechestnut). F ru it prickly,
resembling that o f th e cultivated horsechestnut.
but scarcely half the size. (Tor. and Gray, i. p. 251.)
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