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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



777. P. ooronkria. 



white, becoming purple before they drop off. The fruit is flatly orbiculate, 

 of a deep green when it falls from the tree, and becoming yellow after lying 

 some time on the ground. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous or sub-evergreen treL3. 

 North America, from Pennsylvania to Carolina, and more especially abundant 

 in the back parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia. Height 15ft. to 18 ft., with 

 a trunk 5 or 6 inches in diameter ; sometimes 25 ft. high. Introduced in 

 1724. Flowers white, tinged with pink, violet-scented ; May. Fruit green, 

 in no state fit to eat ; ripe in October. Decaying leaves green, violet- 

 scented, dropping off by the first severe frost ; but in mild winters remain- 

 ing on till spring. 



In British gardens, the leaves and the fruit are retained much longer on the 

 tree than is the case with the European crab ; so much so, that in very mild 

 seasons, and sheltered situations, it might be almost considered sub-evergreen. 

 The deep green and flat round form of the fruit, and the lobed and veined 

 character of the leaves, render this sort of J/alus easily distinguished from 

 every other ; and this distinctiveness of character, and the fragrance of the 

 blossoms, together with the lateness of their appearance (which is in the end 

 of May), render it a most desirable tree in every shrubbery, however small. 



t 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. ; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 647. 

 Synonymes. P. coronaria Wang. Amer. 61. t. 21. f. 47., upon the authority of Willdenow, and Wats. 



in Dend. Brit. ; A/alus sempervirens Desf. Arb. 2. p. 141. ; P. pumila Hort. 



Engravings. Wang. Amer., 61. t. 21. f. 47. ; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 43. f. 1. ; Wats. Dend., 1. 132. ; Bot. 

 Keg., t. 1207. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 778. 



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

 and entire at the base. Flowers in corymbs. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous 

 tree, sometimes sub-evergreen. Carolina, in woods. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. 

 Introduced in 1750. Flowers pale blush; May or June. Fruit green; 

 ripe in October. 

 Differs from the preceding sort in having the leaves narrower and the 



fruit much smaller, in being more decidedly sub-evergreen, and in having 



