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rich lowlands, but is extensively planted in Texas as an orna- 
mental shade tree on dry uplands, where it thrives very well. 
The wood is heavy, hard, close-grained, but weak, takes 
a high polish and is used to some extent for interior finishing. 
The tree is not regarded in the northern states as desirable 
for ornamental planting as the leaves are attacked by a fungus 
which causes them to fall prematurely. In our area, how- 
ever, ihe defoliation does not appear to be so severe from this 
cause and it has been extensively used as a street shade tree. 
It is undoubtedly superior to some trees which are more 
abundantly grown. 
MALACEAE Small. The Apple Family. 
Trees with simple alternate leaves, regular perfect flowers, 
and more or less fleshy, pomaceous fruits. 
Mature fruit green in color with mature carpels 
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Mature fruit red, orange, blue, black, yellow with 
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MALUS. The Apples. 
Malus Seulardii (Bailev) Britton. Crab Apple. <A small, 
upright, stout tree reaching a height of 15°-25° and a trunk 
diameter of 6’-8’, with rather stiff and dense rounded crown. 
Bark reddish brown, fissured, and. scaly, rather thin. Leaves 
ovate, elliptic or obovate, blunt at the apex with rounded nar- 
row base, irregularly toothed or sometimes lobed, very wooly at 
first but becomine smooth above, remaining hairy beneath. 
Flowers rather large, about 144’-2’ in diameter when fully 
expanded, rose pink, in dense flat topped clusters. Fruit flat- 
,tened. globose about 114’ long and 11’ in diameter, greenish 
yellow when mature, the flesh is firm and is acid to the taste. 
Minnesota southward to Texas. It occurs but sparingly 
in the woods of east Texas. 
The tree is valuable for ornamental planting. 
CRATAEGUS. The Thorn Trees. Hawthorn. 
Small trees or shrubs. usually spiny; leaves simple, alternate, 
toothed, notched or lobed; flowers mostly white; fruit fleshy, 
