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PYRUS* angustifdlia. 



The Evergreen Crab. 



ICOSANDRIA DI.PENTAGYNIA 



Nat, ord. PomacEjE. 



PYRUS. — Supra, vol. 6. fol. 514. 



P. angustifolia ; foliis lanceolato-oblongis basi acuU's levitef crenato-den- 

 tatis nitidis, pedunculis corymbosis. Willd. sp, pi. 2. 1020. Pursh 



fi. am. sept. 1. 340. Smith in Rees, no. 17. Watson dendrol. brit. 

 t. 132. 



P. coronaria. Wangenh. am. Gl.t. 21. f. 47. 

 P. pumila q/" some nurseries. 



This handsome hardy shrub is not often found in cul- 

 tivation, and yet it deserves to be known much more than 

 many of greater note. In sheltered situations, or in mild 

 winters, it is nearly evergreen, especially if its shoots are 

 not over vigorous. In the low woods of Carolina, which 

 are its birth-place, it forms a small tree, resembling 

 Pyrus coronaria. 



Perfectly hardy, and propagated by grafting upon the 

 common Crabstock. 



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According to the Hortus Kewensis, it was introduced 

 in 1750, by Mr. Christopher Gray. Our drawing was 

 made in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, in 

 May 1828. 



The fruit is said to be a small green turbinate pome, 

 not bigger than a haw. 



A small tree or large bush, growing from 8 to 10 feet 



See fol. 1196. 



