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ANDBOOI' 



■: f)F Trees of the XoirrnEitx States and Canada. 2-31 



This favorite tree uttnins tlie lioight of 25-30 

 ft., with trunk rarely more tluiii 12-14 in. in 

 diameter, and when isolated develops a broad 

 top with rigid branches bearing many short 

 branclilets terminating in sharp spur-like 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, which is so marked as to 

 actually perfume the surrounding atmosphere, 

 are as noticeable as of the Narrow-leaf Crab. 

 On account of these attractive features it is 

 deservedly popular for ornamental planting in 

 shrubberies 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 beautj'. 



Its wood is heavy, a cubic foot when abso- 

 lutely dry weighing 43.92 lbs., very close grain 

 and useful in turnery for small articles of 

 wooden-ware, tool-handles, etc.- The fruit is 

 sometimes used for preserves and for making 

 cider and vinegar. 



Leaves ovate to almost triangular, truncate, 

 subcordate or sometimes tapering at base, acute 

 or acuminate at apex, irregularly cut-serrate or 

 sometimes lobed on sterile shoots, membranaceous, 

 bright green above, paler .and glalirous or sparingly 

 pubescent beneath ; petioles slender glabrous and 

 with two glands near the middle. Floiocrs very 

 fragrant, 1^/^-2 in. across in .5-6 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-] 1/2 in. in width, pale 

 green, fragrant and with waxy surface. ^ 



1. Syn. Malus coronarla (L.) Mill. 



2. A. W., IV, S3. 



3. For genus see pp. 438-439. 



