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a r b o r e t u m e t FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM.
777. P. ooronaria.
o f a deep green®£hm ft fefk fr«;» « «atly orbiculate,
some time on the ground. (Dec PrTl I 4 horommg yellow after lying
North America, from Pennsylvania to ftar ®“lJ-eYergreen tree.
in the back parts of P ennsylvani a ? Vh "’ abundant
a trunk 5 or 6 inches in : Virginia. Height IS ft. to 18 ft., with
1724. Flowers white, tinved with’Dinic'®riTt fofooilaoad in
in no state fit to e a t; ripe ¡rS cZ bm - D?®®" ® / ‘’" ‘“ green,
scented, dropping off by the first severe V,-„ Z i ’’!"® ®!!®^ ®®®®"’ ''■olet-
ing on till spring. ® “ »ali imt m mild winters remaintree
than is the case’with T E i im t e w m b "*® re ta iftd much longeron the
seasons, and sheltered situations it ml to 1, j '" “® f o " "‘ ™'7 mild
The deep green and flat round for£ £ th ? ®'’" f fre/^nb-CTergreen.
character ot the leaves, render this sort of r e ' ^“ “ .1*'® .'»bed and veined
»P May), render it a most
KSST SS'Xr,, ‘T'ifi »Si, J npe in October. '»'™‘'® Pm» blush; May or June. F
f c ? 5 - r , . £ n s ; ? r . ‘; j s §
pered
luous
ft.
778. P . (c.) angustifòlia.
lead-coloured speckled branches. Notwithstanding all these points of ÿf-
ference, however, it bears such a general resemblance to P . coronaria that
we cannot doubt its being only a variety of ft. The fruit is intensely acid, like
that of P. coronària ; but it is much narrower and smaller.
f 20. P. s p e c ta 'b ilis Ait. The showy-/owering oeild Apple Tree, or
Chinese Crab Tree.
IdmtmcaUon. Ait, Hort. Kew., 2. p. 175. ; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 267. ; Dec. Prod,, 2, p. 635. ; Don’s
S „ d e T lâliuB spectabilis Dctf, A r i. 2. p. 141., N. D u Ham. 6. p. 141. ; J lilu s sinénsis D um ..
E^ZLt- "'eoU m S '.. t. 267. ; N. D u Ham., 6. I. 42. I. 2. ; the plate of the species In Arh. Brit.,
1st edit., vol. vi. ; and o u r^ g . 779.
Spec. Char., f r . Leaves oval-oblong, serrated, smooth. Flowers m sessile
umbels, ¿ an y in an umbel ; large, and very elegant ; at first of an intense
rose-colour, but afterwards of a pale one. Tube of c f t x smooth. Petals
ovate, clawed. Styles woolly at the base. {Dee. I rod.) A ueciduous
tree, thickly crowded with upright branches, which at length become spreading.
China. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1780. Rowers pmk,
large, showy ; April and May. F ruit greenish yellow, and unfit to eat till
it is in a state of incipient decay.
This is by Sir the most showy of all the different species of Pÿrus, both of
this and of the other sections. The flowers are seimdoftle, and of a pale
rose-colour; but before they are expanded, the flower buds, which are large,
appear of a deep red. In this state the tree is extremely beaiftitul. Ih e
stamens and pistils are much move numerous than in the other species, the
former sometimes exceeding 40, and the latter 20. The frmt is small, iiiegu-
larly round, angular, and about the size of a cherry: it is of a yellow coloul
w h ? ripe, but is without flavour, and is only fit to eat when in a state of
incipient decay ; at which period it takes the colour and taste of the medlar.
No garden, whether large or small, ought to be without this tree.