. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XX. CELASTRA^CEjE. XXI. ylQUIFOLIA^CEjE. 155 m 1. N. canaue'nsis Dec. The Canadian Nemopanthes. Identijication. Dec. Mem. Soc. Gen., 1, p. 44.; PI. Rar. Hort. Gen. t. 3. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. Synonyines. /'lex canadensis Micbx. Flor. Bar. Amer. 2, p. 299. ; N. fascicuUris Ritfin. ; /'
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. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XX. CELASTRA^CEjE. XXI. ylQUIFOLIA^CEjE. 155 m 1. N. canaue'nsis Dec. The Canadian Nemopanthes. Identijication. Dec. Mem. Soc. Gen., 1, p. 44.; PI. Rar. Hort. Gen. t. 3. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. Synonyines. /'lex canadensis Micbx. Flor. Bar. Amer. 2, p. 299. ; N. fascicuUris Ritfin. ; /'lex delicatula Bart. FL Vir. p. 67.; ? Prlnos ICl- cidus Ait. Hort. Ketp. 2. p. 478.; Houx du Canade, Fr. Engravings. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. t. 49., as /'lex canadensis ; and oi;l., %. 3l2. Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves ovate, quite entire, or serrated at the apex, smooth Pedicels usually solitary, 1-flowered, very long. Flowers white. Berries large, beautiful crimson, very ornamental. (Don's Mill.) A deciduous shrub. Canada to Carolina, on mountains. Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1802. Flowers small, white ; April and May. Berry large, beautiful crimson; ripe in October. Very ornamental. Plants of this species in the Hort. Soc. Garden, and at Messrs. Loddiges's, under the name of Prinos lijcidus, form neat fastigiate shrubs, rather of slow growth. A few years ago there were some very handsome plants of this species at White Knights. Suckers or layers in loamy soil; or cuttings of the young wood in sand under a glass. Other Species of Celastrdcew.âMaytenus chilensis Dec. (our fig. 213.), a handsome evergreen branchy shrub, â with twiggy branchlets. The flowers are in axillary clus- ters, with the corolla of a yellowish green colour, not showy. It is a native of Chile, and stood eight or ten winters against a south wall in the Hort. Soc. Garden, and was thought to be tolerably hardy, but was kilted to the ground in the winter of 1837-8, and did not spring up again. It also st