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f Ä ' “ " v S “ P r i - 256. ; T h . S ep t . A l o n i a .
J P ; | ^ / i »'■“ 6 ., 2. p. 637. ; D o n 's M i ll. ,
S y y n y m e s . C ra toe 'gu s p y r ifò lla L a m . D ic t . 1,
p . 83. ; .ir im ia p y n fb l la T e o . .Sj,». 2. p. 39. ;
r c r a tæ 'g u s s e r r a ta Tor>. » a p p i. 1. p. 292 ' M S .
1 . 109 ^ c l im i d t A r l t, 86., M iU . D i d .
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Spec. Char., f r . Leaves obovate, lanceolate,
acute, crenate, tomentose
beneath, especially when young, the
midrih m each glandulous above.
Calyx tomentose. Pome dark red
or purple. {Dee. Prod.) A deciduous
shrub. North America, from
Canada to Carolina, in low copses
and swamps, common. Height 4 ft.
to 6 it. Introduced in 1700. Flowers
white ; May, Fruit dark red
or black ; npe in September. Decaying
leaves intensely dark red. or p„Pp|ig¡, black
Varieties.
tt p a. 2 intermèdia Lindl. (Hort
pZ. f6i4Z9 ’ a™nd-, Po-u r ß g .= 798.) hMasil kt.hiie.
fruit globose and brown
tt P in 3 serótina Lindi. (H ort. Trans.,
.C.; Don’s Mill., I.e .) has th¿
leaves shining above, and velvety
f tn e a th ; and the fruit late, and
party-coloured.
796. P . artiiitifoli
797. P . urbutiRilia puniila,
* pùmila
(Krause, t. 86.; and our
ta fo rln f' r " T l ’ appears to be
vaTrnieettiiecss. 7Itm ISs aZ lo wT pla nPt'',® s®e®ld“o'"m« exceeding '1■ ■ft«. “„‘igrtu.imon.èai,.
and rooting at the joints. The fruit is intermediate,
in colour between P. arbutifolia and P. melanocarpa,
being of a reddisii black.
A very desirable shrub, frequent in collections, and known '
ill the nurseries under the name of iliespilus arbutifolia. It
is prolific in flowers, which are produced in May, and which
are followed by dark red or purple fruit, which, when not
eaten by birds, will remain on the bushes till the following
April or May, when the plant is again in flower. This species,
whether as a bush, or grafted standard high on the common
thorn, is highly ornamental in spring, when it is covered with
799. P. a. pùmil;».
its profusion of white flowers ; in autumn, when its foliage
assumes a deep red or purple ; and in winter, after the leaves have dropped,
when it is still enriclied with its persistent fruit. It is propagated by layers,
suckers, or seeds ; but most frequently by suckers. There was, in 1835,
a remarkably fine plant of this species, grafted standard high, in Knight’s
Exotic Nursery : it had attained the height of 10 or 12 feet ; its branches liimg
down gracefully to the ground, not in one mass, but in varied tufts ; and
their appearance in autumn, when they were of an intensely purple red, was
beyond expression interesting and beautiful.
The black-fruited Aronia.
; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 637. ; Don’s M i l l. ,2 .
I. ; Més-
^ 3 7 . P . ( a .) m e l a n o c a ' r p a W.
Identification. WUld. Knura., 525. ; P h. Sept., 1. p. :
s7nomimes. P. nrbutifòlia 8 Sp. 2. p. 1013. ; rirbnia rtrbutifblia P e rs. Syn. 2.
pilus capitata Lodd. ; M. floribúnda Lodd. ; M. pùbens Lodd. Cal. 1836.
Engravings. Schmidt Arb., t. 86. ; Krause, t. 79. ; and o u r ^ . 800.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves obovate-oblong, acuminate,
serrated, glabrous beneath ; the midrib glandulous
above. Corymb more crowded than in P. arbutifolia.
Calyx glabrous. Pome black. {Dec. Prod.) A deciduous
shrub. North America, in Canada, in bogs,
and on the high mountains of Carolina and Virginia ;
and judging from the plmts in the Horticultural
Society’s Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs.
Loddiges, nothing more than a variety of P . arbutifolia.
Height 4 ft. to 5 ft. Cultivated in 1 7 0 0 .
Flowers white ; May. Fruit large, black, resembling
in taste those of Faccinium pennsyivânicum ; ripe in
September.
Variety.
m P. (n.) in. 2 subpuhcscens Lindl. (Hort. Tr-uis,,
vii. p. 2 3 2 . ; Don’s Mill, ii. p. 6 4 9 . ) , P . ra . goo. p. (a.) mclanociupa.
xanthocárpa llort., has the leaves, when
young, tomentose beneath, but glabrous in the adult state.
P. (a.) melanocarpa or its variety, grafted standard high on the common
hawthorn, forms a truly interesting pendulous, and at the same time picturesque,
tree ; and we can scarcely sufficiently recommend it for small shrubberies
and suburban gardens. As its berries are not so greedily eaten by birds
as those of most of the other /¿osàceæ, in mild winters they remain on till the
following summer, and mix beautifull;^ with the flowers in June. It grafts
readily on the common hawthorn ; and it, and all the other species and varieties
belonging to the section Adenorachis, might be introduced into our common
hedges by any countryman who could graft, tlms rendering them truly ornamental.
M 38. P. {a.) f lo r ib u 'n d a Lindl. The abundant-flowered Aronia.
Identification. Liudl. Hort. Trans., 7. p. 230. ; Lindl. Bot. Reg., 1006. ; Don’s Mili., 2. p. 019.
Engravings. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t . 1006. ; and ourjig. 801.