CHAP. XLii. jiosa'ce^. py^rus. 909 



t 19. p. (c.) ANGUSTIFO^LIA Ait. The narrow-leaved Apple Tree. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 276. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. 24 ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 635. ; 



DoiVs Mill., 2. p. 647. , , „,.„ , 



Si/no»i/mcs. P. coronkria Wang. Amer., 61. t. 21. f. 47., upon tlie authority of WiUdenow, and Wats. 



in Jbend. Brit. ; Mhhis sempervxiens Desf. Arb., 2. p. 141. ; P. piimila Hort. 

 Engrauing.i. Wang. Amer., 61. t. 21. f. 47. ; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 4i f. 1. ; Wats. Dend., 1. 132. ; Bot. 



Reg., 1. 1207. ; and our plate in Vol. II. 



Spec. Char.,Sfc. Leaves glossy, lanceolate-oblong, dentately serrated, tapered 

 and entire at the base. Flowers in corymbs. A native of the woods of 

 Carolina. {Dec. Prod., ii.p.G35.) Its flowers, which are produced late, as 

 in tlie preceding sort, are sweet-scented ; the corolla is of a very pale blush 

 colour. This sort differs from the preceding one, in having the leaves 

 narrower, and the fruit much smaller; also in being subevcrgreen, and in 

 having lead-coloured speckled branches. Notwithstanding all these points 

 of difference, however, it bears such a general resemblance to P. coronaria, 

 that we cannot doubt its being only a variety of it. It is found wild in the 

 low woods of Carolina; and it was introduced in 1750, by Christopher Grey. 

 It grows to the height of lo ft. or 20 ft.; and, on account of its fragrance 

 and persistent leaves, it deserves a place in every collection. The fruit is 

 green when ripe, and intensely acid, like that of P. coronaria; but it is 

 much narrower and smaller. 



S 20, P. specta'bilis Ail. The shov/y-J/oiveriiig wild Apple Tree, or 

 Chinese Crab Tree. 



Jdentification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 175. ; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 2C7. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 635. ; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 646 

 Synonymes. MWwf. spectabilis Desf. Arb., 2. p. 141. ; N. Du Ham., 6. p. 141. ; 3Alus sinensis Duvi. 



Cours., ed. 2. 5. p. 429. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 267. ; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 42. f. 2. ; and the plate of this species in Vol. II. 



Spec. Cliar.,Sfc. Leaves oval-oblong, serrated, smooth. Flowers in sessile 

 umbels, many in an umbel ; large, and very elegant ; at first of an intense 

 rose-colour, but afterwards of a pale one. Tube of calyx smooth. Petals 

 ovate, clawed. Styles woolly at the base. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. G35.) A 

 native of China; cultivated in 1780, by Dr. Fothergill ; growing to the 

 height of 20 ft. or 30 ft.; and flowering in the end of April and beginning of 

 May. This is by far the most showy of all the different species of i^yrus, 

 both of this and of the other sections. The flowers are semidouble, and 

 of a pale rose-colour ; but before they are expanded, the flower buds, which 

 are large, appear of a deep red. In this state the tree is extremely beau- 

 tiful ; particularly as the flowers appear early in the spring, when few 

 other trees are in blossom. The stamens ancl [)istils are much more nu- 

 merous than in the other species ; the former sometimes exceeding 40, 

 and the latter 20. The fruit is small, irregularly round, angular, and about 

 the size of a cherry: it is of a yellow colour when ripe, but is without 

 flavour, and is only fit to eat when in a state of incipient decay; at which 

 period it takes the colour and taste of the medlar. No garden, whether 

 large or small, ought to be without this tree. 



."Statistics. In the environs of London, at Spring Grove, a tree, believed to be upwards of 50 years 

 old was, in 1834, 35 ft. high; at Kenwood, 38 years planted, it is 34 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 1 ft 7 in., and of the head 28 ft. ; at Fulham Palace, 12 years old, and 20 ft. high ; in Harap. 

 shire at Eastwood, 20 years planted, and 16ft. high; in Berkshire, at White Knights, SO years 

 planted and 30 ft. high; in Cheshire, at Eaton Hall, 17 ft. high ; in Oxfordshire, in the Oxford 

 Botanic Garden, 30 years planted, and 25 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk lOin., and of the head 

 "Oft ; in Shropshire, at Golden Grove, 40 years planted, and 25ft. high ; in Staffordshire, atBlythe- 

 tield, 25 years planted, and £8 ft. high ; in Suffolk, at Great Livermere, 33 years planted, and 28 ft, 

 high'- in Worcestershire, at Croome, 25 years planted, and 25 ft. high. In Scotland, in Perthshire, 

 in the Perth Nursery, 30 years planted, and 17 ft. high. In Ireland, at Dublin, in the Glasnevin 

 Garden, 20 years planted, and 20 ft. high; at Terenure, 15 years planted, and 14 tt. high ; in the 

 Cullenswood Nursery, 20 years planted, and 35 feet high ; in Fermanagh, 20 years planted, and 2u ft. 

 high; in I.outli, at UriJl Temple, 25 years planted, and lU It hi^'h. In France, at Pans, in the 

 Jaidin des Plantes, 30 years planted, and 3J ft. high. 



App. i. Additional Species of Vyrus belonging to the Section Mdhts 



P Qui7iqueflura Hamilt. {Don's Mill., 2. p. f>47.) has elliptic acute leaves, and is indigenous in 

 Chithong. The flowers are supposed to be white. All that is known in Europe of this species has 

 been derTved from dried specimens in the Linna;an Society's herbarium. 



