. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 414 ARBORETUM ET FKUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. the Rocky Mountains. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowerb white; April. Fruit purple j ripe in July. Decaying leaves rich yellow. Vmieties. S4 3f A. (v.) 0. 2 subcordata Dec.; Jronia subcordata Raf.; Ma\\is micro- carpa Raf.—A nativ
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 414 ARBORETUM ET FKUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. the Rocky Mountains. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowerb white; April. Fruit purple j ripe in July. Decaying leaves rich yellow. Vmieties. S4 3f A. (v.) 0. 2 subcordata Dec.; Jronia subcordata Raf.; Ma\\is micro- carpa Raf.—A native of mountains near New York. {Dec. Prod.) ^ 1 A. (v.) 0. 3 semi-integrifolia Hook. Fl. Bor. Anier. p. 201.—Leaves for the most part separated at the apex. A native about the Grand Rapids, and at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia. Sir Wra. J. Hooker is disposed to agree with , who su'spects this to be only a variety of A. Botryapium; and he adds that Michaux seems to have included A. Botryapium and A. vulgaris under his A. canadensis. The wood of A. ovalis, according to Dr. Richardson, is prized by the Cree Indians for making arrows and pipe stems; and it is thence termed by the Canadian voyagers Bois de fleche. Its berries, which are about the size of a pea, are the finest fruit in the country; and are used by the Cree Indians both in a fresh and in a dried state. They " make excellent puddings, very little inferior to ; (Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., i. p. 203.) at S 5. A. (v.) flo'rida Lindl. The ilowery Amelanchier. Identification. Lindl. Bot. Reg., ; Card. Mag., vol. ix. p. 484. Engravings. Bot. Reg.,, t. 1.^89.; and our Jigs. 758. to a scale of 2 in. to 1 ft., and Jig. 1b7. of the natural size. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong, obtuse at both ends, coarsely serrate in the terminal portion, glabrous in every state. Bracteas and stipules feathery at the tip, soon falling off. Flowers in upright racemes, many in a raceme. Calyx gla- brous ext
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