926 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PARP ITT. 
tomentose. Pome dark red 
or purple. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 
637.) A deciduous shrub, 
a native of North America; 
introduced in 1700, and grow- 
ing to the height of from 4 ft. 
to 6ft. It is frequent in 
collections, and known in the 
nurseries under the name of 
Méspilus arbutifolia. It is 
prolific in flowers, which are 
produced in May, and which 
are followed by dark red or 
purple fruit, which, when not 
eaten by birds, will remain on 
the bushes till the following 
April or May, when the } 
plant is again in flower. This ale a ey \ 
species, whether as a bush, or grafted standard high on the common 
thorn, is highly ornamental in spring, when it is covered with its profusion 
of white flowers; in autumn, when its foliage assumes a deep red or 
purple ; and in winter, after the leaves have dropped, when it is still en- 
riched with its persistent fruit. It is propagated by layers, suckers, or 
seeds ; but most frequently by suckers. There was, in 1835, a remarkably 
fine plant of this species, grafted standard high, in Knight’s Exotic Nur- 
sery ; its branches hung down gracefully to the ground, not in one mass, 
but in varied tufts; and their appearance in autumn, when they were of an 
intensely purple red, was beyond expression interesting and beautiful. 
Plants, in the London nurseries, are from 9d. to 1s, each; at Bollwyller, 
1 franc; and at New York, 25 cents. 
Varieties. 
% P. a. 2 intermedia Lindl. (Hort. Trans., vii. p.229.; Don’s Mill., ii. 
p. 649.) has the fruit globose and brown. 
2 P.a.3 serétina Lindl. (Hort. Trans., 1.c.; Don’s Mill. 1. c.) has the 
leaves shining above, and velvety beneath; and the fruit late, and 
party-coloured. 


xv P. a. 4 pumila, Méspilus pumila 
Lodd. Cat., (Krause, t. 86., and 
our figs. 647. and 648.) appears 
to be different from the two 
preceding varieties. It isa low 
plant, seldom exceeding 1 ft. 
or 18 in. in height, and rooting at the joints. The fruit is interme- 
diate in colour between P. arbutifolia and P. melanocarpa, being of 
a reddish black. 
% 35, P. (A.) MELANOCA’RPA W, The black-fruited Aronia. 
Identification. Willd. Enum., 525.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 637.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 649. 
+, apa P. arbutifodlia 8 Willd. Sp., 2. p.1013.; Ardnia arbutifdlia Pers. Syn., 2. p. 39. 
ngravings. Schmidt Arb. t. 86.; Krause, t.79.; and our /fig. 649. 

