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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Varieties. 



5^ A. w. 1 ovalifdlia Ser. Abricot Angoumois, A. precoce, A. blanc, Fr 



(N. Du Ham.,o. t. 50. f. 6.; 

 and our^g. 429.) Leaves 

 oval ; fruit small. 

 i A. V. 2 cordijvlia Ser. (N. Du 

 Ham., 5. p. 167, t. 49 ; 

 and our Jig. 430.) Leaves 

 heart-shaped, broad. Fruit 

 larger. 

 5' A. w. 3 foliis variegdtis Hort. 

 Leaves variegated. Flow- 

 ers double. The Breda va- 

 riety is generally that which 

 has variegated leaves in British gardens, 

 i A. V. ^! fibre pleno Hort. Grossier says that the 

 Chinese have a great many varieties of double-blossomed apricots, 

 which they plant on little mounts. 



Very few trees attain the appearance of maturity so soon as the apricot; a 

 standard 10 or 12 years planted, in good loamy rich soil, will grow to the 

 height of 20 ft., with a head 25 ft. in diameter, presenting all the appearance 



450. A. V cordifolia 



429. A. V. ovalifuiia. 



431. ^ttiisni.-'.a vulgaris. 



of a tree of 20 or 30 years' growth, or of a tree arrived at maturity. The best 

 variety for producing fruit, as a standard, is the Breda apricot. It is also a 

 very handsome-growing plant, and its blossom buds, before they are expanded, 

 are of a most beautiful and brilliant scarlet. 



1f 2. A. dasyca'rpa Pcrs. The rough-fruited Apricot Tree. 



Identification. Pers. Sjii., 2. p. 30. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 532. ; Don's Mill, 2. p. 497. 



Synonymes. A. atropurpilrea Lois, in N. Du Ham. 5. p. 172.; Prdnus dasycarpa /irA. Beitr.6. 



p. 90. ; P. .(Irmeiiiaca nigra Dctf. Cat. ed. 2. p. 206. ; the black Apricot. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., ). t. 51. f. 1. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1250. ; and our figs. 432, 433. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves ovate, acuminate, doubly serrate. Petioles glanded. 

 Flowers upon thread-shaped pedicels. In the flowers of a plant in the 

 Geneva Botanic Garden, the calyx was purple, and 6-lobed; the petals 

 were 6 ; and the stamens 24. (Dec. Prod.) A tree with a twisted trunk, 

 resembling the common apricot, but smaller. Levant ?. Height JO ft. to 

 15 ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers white; April. Drupe purple or 

 black ; ripe in August and September. 



