| | |lists under the name of AE.
| | |rubicunda, the red Horse
| | |Chestnut. Rosea is a good
| | |variety recommended by Mr.
| | |Anthony Waterer as a "tree
| | |for planting in smoky
| | |districts." Another fine
| | |variety, peculiarly bright
| | |in flower colouring, is AE.
| | |Brioti.
| | |
AE. flava |A native of |Pale |Those who want a tree in
|Carolina and |yellow |this family of distinct
|Virginia, on | |colour will find pleasure
|mountain slopes;| |probably in this, but its
|introduced in | |colouring is dull, and the
|1764. Sanguinea | |flowers are not plentiful.
|has red flowers.| |
| | |
*AE. Hippocastanum |From the |White; |The common Horse Chestnut
(Common Horse |mountains of |late May |is too well known to
Chestnut) |Greece. Gerard |or early |describe. It is not a tree
|mentions the |June. |for very exposed places, as
|Horse Chestnut |There is |its large leaves offer
|in his "Herbal" |consider- |considerable resistance to
|in 1579 as a |able |the wind, and get torn and
|rare foreign |variation,|unsightly. The double
|tree |as many of|variety (flore-pleno) is
| |the trees |very distinct, having quite
| |in parks |double flowers. Foliis
| |and |aureis variegatis is a
| |gardens |variegated variety, as the
| |have been |name suggests, with
| |raised |blotches of yellow on the
| |from seed |leaves; and laciniata