430 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
777. P. ooronaria. 
white, becoming purple before they drop off. The fruit is flatly orbiculate, 
of a deep green when it falls from the tree, and becoming yellow after lying 
some time on the ground. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous or sub-evergreen tre:. 
North America, from Pennsylvania to Carolina, and more especially abundant 
in the back parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia. Height 15 ft. to 18 ft., with 
a trunk 5 or Ginches in diameter; sometimes 25 ft. high. Introduced in 
1724. Flowers white, tinged with pink, violet-scented ; May. Fruit green, 
in no state fit to eat; ripe in October. Decaying leaves green, violet- 
scented, dropping off by the first severe frost; but in mild winters remain- 
ing on till spring. ; 
In British gardens, the leaves and the fruit are retained much longer on the 
tree than is the case with the European crab; so much so, that in very mild 
seasons, and sheltered situations, it might be almost considered sub-evergreen. 
The deep green and flat round form of the fruit, and the lobed and veined 
character of the leaves, render this sort of dfalus easily distinguished from 
every other; and this distinctiveness of character, and the fragrance of the 
blossoms, together with the lateness of their appearance (which is in the end 
of May), render it a most desirable tree in every shrubbery, however small. 
¥2 19. P. (c.) aneustiro‘Lia Ait, The narrow-leaved Apple Tree. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 276.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. 24.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 635. ; 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 647. 
Synonymes. P. coronaria Wang. Amer. 61. t. 21. f.47., upon the authority of Willdenow, and Wats. 
in Dend, Brit.; Malus sempervirens Desf. Arb. 2. hy 141.; P. pdmila Hort. 
Engravings. Wang. Amer., 61. t. 21. f.47.3; N. Du Ham., 6, t. 43. f. 1. ; Wats. Dend., t. 132. ; Bot. 
eg., t. 1207. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 778. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves glossy, lanceolate-oblong, dentately serrated, tapered 
and entire at the base. Flowers in corymbs. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous 
tree, sometimes sub-evergreen. Carolina,in woods. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. 
Introduced in 1750. Flowers pale blush; May or June. Fruit green; 
ripe in October. 
Differs from the preceding sort in having the leaves narrower and the 
fruit much smaller, in being more decidedly sub-evergreen, and in having 
