Apples and Apple-Like Forms 295 
with oval, smooth leaves, and double rose-colored flowers in umbels 
(April, May), also a variety, P. flore rosco pleno, whose flowers are 
nearly two inches in diameter. Similar to this is— 
P Iensis Bailey var. Bechtel (252), with very fragrant, rose-like, 
Fic. 102. —- Parus Ioensis Bailey. 
double flowers, appearing after the leaves are fully developed, lengthen- 
ing the period of apple blossoms by several weeks. 
P. baccata Linn. (253) and P. prunifolia Willd. (254) (with larger 
fruit), Szbertian Crab (Paradise Apple) with a profusion of handsome 
white flowers, and small yellow and cuerry-red fruit. This tree 1s 
hardy as far as the Canadian Northwest. 
