HaXDUOOK of TitF.KS OF TTIK XoUTIlFKX StATFS A .\i 1 1 ('aXADA. 2"! 



This favorite trpe attains the heiglit of 2ri-.'10 

 ft., with trunk rarely more than l-!-14 in. in 

 diameter, and when isolated develops a broad 

 top with rigid branches bearing many short 

 branchlrts terminating in sharp spurdike leaf- 

 less tips. 



It inhabits rich, moist, but well drained 

 soil, often in forest glades among taller trees. 

 The beauty of its light pink flowers and their 

 delicious fragrance, wdiich is so marked as to 

 actually perfume the surrounding atmospliere, 

 are as noticeable as of the Narrowdeaf Crab. 

 On account of these attractive features it is 

 deservedly popular for ornamental planting in 

 shruhheries 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 lieavy, a cubic foot wdien abso- 

 lutely dry weighing 4.3.02 lbs., very close grain 

 and useful in turnery for small ai'ticlcs of 

 wooden-^vare. tool-handles, etc.- The fruit is 

 sometimes used tor preserves and for making 

 cider and vinegar. 



Lrarr.9 ovate to almost triauixular. trnncnte. 

 .«;ubcordate or sometimes taperiop: at base, acute 

 or acuminate at apex, irregularl.v cut-serrate or 

 .sometimes lohed on sterile shoots, membranaceous. 

 bri£;l]t isreen above, paler and glal)rous or sparinKl.v 

 pubescent beneath ; petioles slender glalirous and 

 with two fflauds near the middle. F/oieer.s very 

 fra!^rant, l%-2 in. across in .')-6 flowered umbels 

 with slender pedicels : calyx-tube tomentose with 

 taper-pointed lobes tomentose inside : petals white 

 or pinkish ; ovary hairy : styles united at base. 

 Fruit shortened globose, 1-1 1^ in. in width, pale 

 green, fragrant and with waxy surface.^ 



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



2. A. w., i\'. ,s:;. 



3. For genus sec pp. l.-'..S-4:-',9. 



