72 FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



117. Pyrus coronaria, Linnions, 



Spec. 1 ed. 480. Kalm, Travels, English ed. ii, 166. Du Roi, Harbk. i, 229. Marshall, Arbustum, 118. Alton, Hort. Kew. 11, 176; 2 

 ed. ill, 209. WlUdenow, Spec. 11, 1019; Euum. M7; Berl. Bauinz. 3:(0. Pereoon, Syn. 11, 40. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1, 340. Eaton, 

 Manual, 56; 6 eU. 291. Nuttall, Genera, i, 307. Barton, Compend. Fl. Philadelph. i, 228. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 86. Torrey, Fl. U. 

 8. i, 180; Compend. Fl. N. States, 203; Fl. N. York, i, 223. Bot. Mag. t. 2009. Elliott, Sk. 1, 559. Bot Eeg. viii, 651. Sprengel, 

 Syst. li, 510. De Caudolle, Prodr. ii, 635. Don, Millei-'.s Diet, ii, 6^17. Beck, Bot. 113. Hooker, Companion Bot. Mag. i, 25. 

 Reichcnbach, Fl. Exot. t. 240. Torrey & Gray, Fl. N. America, 1, 223. Dietrich, Syu. iii, 154. Loudon, Arboretum, ii, 908 &t. 

 Browne, Trees of America, 297. Richardson, Arctic Exped. 428. Parry in Owen's Rep. 612. Darby, Bot. S. States, 307. Cooper 

 in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 252. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 128. Curtis in Rep. Geological Snr%'. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 69. 

 Lesquei-eux in Owen's 2d Rep. Arkansas, 359. Wood, CI. Book, b32; Bot. & Fl. 112. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 149. Gray, 

 Manual N. States, 5 ed. liJl. Koch, Deudrologie, i, 214. Weuzig in Liumea, xxxviii, 40 (excl. var. ). Macouu & Gibson iu Trans. 

 Bot. Soc. Edinburgh, xii, 325. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 13. Loudon Garden, xix, 400, t.280. Ward In Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 

 22.78. Eidgway in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1882, 66. 



Maluft coronaria. Miller, Diet. No. 2. Mcunch, Meth. (182. Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. i, 292. Poiret in Lamarck, Diet, v, 562. 

 Desfoutainos, Hist. Arb. ii, 140. Nouveau Duhamel, vi, 139, t. 44, f. 1. Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii, ('&, t. 10; N, 

 American Sylva, 3 ed. ii, 58, t. 65. Barton, Prodr. Fl. Philadelph. 55. Spach, Hist. Veg. 11, 136, t. 8. Roemer, Syn. Mon. 

 ill, 191. Decaisue iu Nouv. Arch. Mus. x, 154. Carrifere in Rev. Hort. 1877, 410 &. t. 



Crataegus coronaria, Salisbury, Prodr. 357. 



Mains microcarpa coronaria, Carrlfere in Rev. Hort. 1884, 104, f. 24. 



AMERICAN CRAB. SWEET-SCENTED CRAB. 



Ontario, valley of the Humber river, .shores of lake Erie, southward through western New York and 

 Pennsylvania to the District of Columbia, and along the Alleghany mountains to central Alabama and northern 

 Mississippi ; west to southern Minnesota, Iowa, eastern Kansas, the Indian territory, and northern Louisiana. 



A small tree, rarely G to 9 meters in height, with a trunk often 0.30 meter in diameter; rich, rather low woods, 

 reaching its greatest development in the valleys of the lower Ohio region. 



Wood heavy, rather soft, not strong, very close-grained, checking badly in drying ; medullary rays numerous, 

 obscure; color, brown varying to light red, the sap-wood yellow; specific gravity, 0.7048; ash, 0.52; used for 

 levers, handles of tools, and in turnery. 



Often planted for ornament on account of its fragrant blossoms ; the small, yellow-green austere fruit used for 

 preserves, and occasionally made into cider. 



118. Pyrus angustifolia, Alton, 



Hort. Kew. ii, 176 ; 2 ed. iii, 209. Willdenow, Spec, ii, 1020. Poiret in Lamarck, Diet, v, 455. Persoon, Syn. ii, 40. Pursh, Fl, Am. Sept. 

 i,341.Elliott,Sk.i,559. Torrey, Fl. U.S. 480; Compend. Fl.N. States, 203. Sprengel, Syst. ii, 509. De Candolle, Prodr. ii, 635. 

 Watson, Dend. Brit, ii, t. 132. Bot. Reg. xiv, 1207. Don, Miller's Diet. 647. Beck, Bot. 113. Hooker, Companion Bot. Mag. i, 25. 

 Torrey & Gray, Fl. N. America, i, 471. Loudon, Arboretum, ii, 90!) & t. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 382. Dietrich, Syn. iii, 1.54. Nuttall, 

 Sylva, ii, 24; 2 ed. i, 174. Darby, Bot. S. States, 307. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858,252. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 128. 

 Curtis iu Rep. Geolog'oal Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 69. Lesquereux in Owen's 2d Rep. Arkansas, 359. Wood, CI. Book, 333; 

 Bot. & Fl. 112. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 ed. 161. Koch, Dendrologie, i, 213. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 14. Ridgway in Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mns. 1882, 66. 



P. coronaria, Waugenheim, Amer. 61, t. 21, f. 47 [not LinnseosJ.- Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 148. 



Malus angustifolia, Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. i, 292. Decalsne in Nouv. Arch. Mns. x, 155. 



Mains semper virens, Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. ii, 141. Nouveau Duhamel, vl, 638, t. 43, f. 1. Poiret, Suppl. iv, 524. Spach, 

 Hist. Veg. ii, 135, t. 8, figs. Roemer, Syn. Mon. iii, 191. 



P. coronaria, var. angustifolia, Wenzig in Linnsea, xxxviii, 41. 



Chloromeles sempervirens, Decalsne in Fl. des Serres, xxiii, 126. 



AMERICAN CEAB APPLE. SOUTHERN CRAB APPLE. 



Pennsylvania f , southern Delaware, and the valley of the lower Wabash river, Illinois, south to the Chattahoochee 

 region of western Florida. 



A small tree, 6 to 9 meters in height, with a trunk rarely 0.30 meter in diameter ; low, rich woods; most common 

 and reaching its greatest development along the river bottoms of the south Atlantic states; less common west of 

 the Alleghany mountains. 



Wood heavy, hard, close-grained, checking badly iu drying; medullary rays numerous, obscure: color, light 

 brown tinged with red, the sap wood yellow ; .specific gravity, 0.G895 ; ash, 0.33; used for levers, handles of tools, etc. 



The austere fruit used for preserves and made into cider. 



