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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART nr.

a place in every collection, especially when trained as in our figure, so as toresemble a small tree. The plant appears nearly allied to Shepherdia cana-densis, and we have no doubt it will ultimately be referred to that genus.Possibly, indeed, it may be only a modification of S. canadensis; for it isnot more different from it than the woolly-leaved varieties of the commonpear in a wild state, such as Pyrus communis salicifolia, are from the green-leaved varieties, such, for example, as those which are found indigenous inmost parts of England, or are grown for stocks in British nurseries.

App. i. Half-hardy Species of'Eleeagnus.

E. confirta Roxburgh, Burra. Zeyl., t. 39. f. 1., according toDon’s Prod. FI. Nep., the grouped-flowered elaeagnus, is a large,branched shrub, and, according to Roxburgh, a climbing one.

Leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, 3—4* in. long, U—2 in. broad, sil-very beneath. Fruit oblong, succulent, eatable. A native of Nepal ,where it flowers in November, and where the fruit is eaten by theinhabitants. ( Don's Prod. FI. Nep.; Lindl. Nat. Syst. of Bot.)

This species is stated to have been introduced in 1825; but wehave not seen it.

=¥ E. arborea Roxb., Don Prod. FI. Nep., p. 67., is a large tree,with spiny branchlets, and oval-oblong leaves, a native of Nepal ,at Nahrinhetty, where it flowers in November, and produces anedible fruit. It was introduced in 1819.

& E. latifolia L.,Bur. Zey., 39. t.2., is a native of the East In-dies, where it forms an evergreen shrub, 4 ft. or 5 ft. high. Thereare plants at Messrs. Loddiges, which are preserved through thewinter in cold-pits; whence we infer that, like the precedingsorts, it would stand against a conservative wall.

S£ E. s alicifblia? D.Don, {fig. 1205) is a species apparently verydistinct, and tolerably hardy, of which we have only seen oneplant about 3 ft high, in the arboretum at Kew. It promises tobe a most valuable addition to our nearly hardy shrubs. Itbears in foliage a close resemblance to Shepherdm canadensis.

Genus II.

ffiPPO'PHAE L. The Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn, or Sallowthorn.

, Lin. Syst. Dioe'cia Tetrandria.

Identification. Lin. Gen., 517., in part: the H. canadensis L. is now included in the genus Shep-herd?# Nutt.

Synonymes. Kharanoides Tourn. Cor. 53 .; Argoussier, Fr. ; Haffdorn, or Sanddorn, Ger. : Espinoamarillo, Span.

Derivation. Hippophaes, or Hippophues, was the name of a shrub mentioned by Theophrastus and Dioscorides; and which is supposed to be the same as the hippophyes of Pliny . The deriva-tion is supposed to be from hippos, a horse, and pkao, to brighten; and, as according to theNouveau Du Hamel the plant was employed by the Greeks as a medicine for horses, it may havebeen given to them to make their coats sleek and shining, and have thus procured its name.

Description, fyc. Large shrubs or trees; natives of Europe and Asia ;

ornamental in British gardens, on account of their grey silky foliage, and of

their berries.

S ® 1 . H. Rhamnoi'des L. The Buckthorn-like Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn,

or Sallowthorn.

Identification. Lin. Sp. PI.,1452.; Smith Engl. Flora, 4. p. 238.; Eng. Bot., t. 425.

Synonymes. Rhamnoides florffera salicis fblio Town. Cor., 53. ; RhamnSldes fructlfera Raii Sun.445.; Argoussier faux Nerprun^ Fr.; Weidenblattriger Sanddorn, Ger. : in the Alps of Swit-zerland it is called Arve , or Saule epineux.

Engravings. Eng. Bot., t 425.; FI. Dan., t. 265.; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 80.; Pall. FI. Ross., 1.1.68.;and ovr fig. 1206.

Spec. Char., #c. Branches each ending in a spine. Leaves, linear-lanceolate,mostly bluntish, dark green, and minutely dotted, not scaly on the upperside ; silvery as well as scaly on the under one. {Smith.) A low tree, orlarge shrub; a native of many parts of Europe , on sandy sea coasts. Foundin England, in various places on the east and south-east coast, but not inScotland ; flowering in May, and producing bright orange-coloured berries,