TREES AND SHRUBS 



long, 1 2^ 2^ ins. wide ; petioles slender, sometimes glandular ; stipules acumi- 

 nate. Autumn tint yellow. 



A deciduous tree, 15-30 ft. ; Twigs tomentose, pubescent or glabrous, spiny, 

 red-brown ; Bark red-brown, fissured ; Btids minute, obtuse ; scales red, 

 scarious, ciliate; Wood soft, reddisli. 



Introduced from N. America, 1724. Syns. Cratcegus coro?ia?ia, Blalus 

 coroncu'ia. 



CORAL-BUD APPLE, Pyrus floribunda. 



Gardens, lawns. April, May. This is one of the most ornamental of 

 hardy flowering shrubs, its slender, green, arching branches being almost hidden 

 beneath a wealth of crimson buds or soft rosy-white blossoms. It makes a 

 handsome specimen when planted singly on a lawn. It is usually grafted on 

 Pijr%i,s communis. 



Flowers white, suffused with rose, in the bud stage a deep rich crimson, 

 borne in cymosc clusters, completely covering the shoots ; Calyx 5-lobed ; Petals 

 5, tapering and widely separated at base ; Stamens numerous, perigynous ; 

 Ovary inferior, carpels 5 ; Fruit a pome, yellow, nearly spherical, about size 

 of a pea, pedicel long. 



Leaves alternate, elliptical-lanceolate, petiolate, stipulate, serrated, acumi- 

 nate, 1-1|^ in. long. 



A deciduous shrub or small ti'ce, 10-15 ft. ; Shoots long and flexible. 



Native of Japan. Considered by some to be a variety of P. spectabilis. Syn. 

 3Ialus floribunda. 



CRAB APPLE, Pyrus Malus. 



Woods and hedges. May, June. 



Flowers white, streaked with pink, li in. diam., proterogynous, entomo- 



philous, few, in a sessile umbel, 5-6 flowered ; Calyx-lobes broad, downy ; Styles 



shortly united at base ; Fruit a pome, 1 in. diam., sub-globose, indented at 



base and apex, smooth, very acid, yellow or red, 5-celled. 



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