268 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Varieties. 
¥ A. v. 1 ovalifolia Ser. Abricot Angoumois, A. précoce, A. blanc, Fr 
CN. Du Ham., 5. t. 50. f. 6.5 F 
and our jig. 429.)—Leaves 
oval; fruit small. 
¥ A. v. 2 cordifolia Ser. (N. Du 
Ham., 5. p. 167. t. 49.; 
and our jig. 430.)— Leaves 
heart-shaped, broad. Fruit 
larger. 
¥ A. v. 3 foliis variegatis Hort. 
—Leaves variegated. Flow- 
ers double. The Breda va- R 
riety is generally that which 450) As yr corditoliat 
has variegated leaves in British gardens. 
¥ A.v. 4 flore pléno Hort.— Grossier says that the 
Chinese have a great many varieties of double-blossomed apricots, 
which they plant on little mounts. 
429, A. v. ovalifolia. 
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 20ft., with a head 25 ft. in diameter, presenting all the appearance 
431, Armen}aca 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. 
+ 2. A. pasyca’RPA Pers. The rough-fruited Apricot Tree. 
Identification. Pers. Syn., 2. p.36.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 532. ; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 497. 
Synonymes. A. atropurpirea Lozs. in N. Du Ham. 5. p.1\72.; Pranus dasycérpa Ehrh. Beitr. 6. 
p. 90.; P. Armeniaca nigra Degf. Cat. ed, 2. p, 206, ; the black Apricot. 
Engravings. N.DuHam., 5. t. 51. f. 1.5 Lodd. Bot. Cab., t, 1250.; and our jigs. 432, 433. 
Spec. Char., 5c. 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 10 ft. to 
15 ft. Introduced in 1800, Flowers white; April. Drupe purple or 
black ; ripe in August and September. ; 
