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This favorite tree attains tlie lioiorht of 25-30 

 ft., witli trunk rarely more tlian 12-14 in. in 

 diameter, and when isolated develops a broad 

 top with rigid branches bearing many short 

 branchlets terminating in sharp spur-like leaf- 

 less tips. 



It inhabits rich, moist, but well drained 

 soil, often in forest glades among taller trees. 

 The beauty of its light pink ilowers and their 

 delicious fragrance, which is so marked as to 

 actually perfume the surrounding atmosphere. 

 are as noticeable as of the Narrow-leaf Crab. 

 On account of these attractive features it is 

 deservedly popular for ornamental planting in 

 shrubberies and door-yards. Its attractiveness 

 is not limited to the flowering season alone, for 

 its fragrant fruit, pendent with long stems 

 and persisting until autumn has tinted and 

 removed many of its leaves, enhances its beauty. 



Its wood is heavy, a cubic foot when abso- 

 lutely dry weighing 43.92 lbs., very close grain 

 and useful in turnery for small articles of 

 wooden-ware, tool-handles, etc. 2 The fruit is 

 sometimes used for preserves and for making 

 cider and vinegar. 



Leaves ovate to almost triangular, tnincato. 

 subcordate or sometimes tapering at base, acuto 

 or acuminate at apex, irregularly cut-serrate or 

 sometimes lohed on sterile shoots, membranaceous, 

 bright green above, paler and glabrous or sparingly 

 pubpscent beneath : petioles slondor glabrous and 

 with two glands near the middle FI(iir< rn very 

 fragrant. lV.>-2 in. across in .")-•> flowi'icd umlu'ls 

 with slender pedicels; calyx-tube tomcntose with 

 taper-pointed lobes tomontose inside ; petals whito 

 or pinkish : ovary hairy : styles united at baso. 

 Fruit shortonod globose. 1-1 Vj in. in width, pale 

 green, fragrant and with waxy surface. ^ 



1. Syn. Mains coroniirin (L.) Mill. 



2. A. w., IV, s:;. 



3. For genus see pp. 4.^8-439. 



