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POMACES. X, Pyrls. 



This bud, at the end of the firtst season, is no more than a leaf- 8 P. cuNEirbuA (Guss. pi. rar. p. 202.) leaves oblong-oval, 



bud, but at the end of the second summer it has become a crenulated at the base, when young clothed with floccose down 



blossom-bud, and bears the third summer. Some useful observ- beneath, but in the adult state glaucescent and smooth ; pedun- 



ations on the management of pear-trees, in correspondence with cles corymbose, clothed with woolly tomentum when young as 



the above, will be found in various parts of the Caledonian well as the calyxes; teeth of calyx lanceolate; petals obcor- 



Horticultural Society's memoirs. 



date; fruit globose. ^2 . H. Native of Calabria, on hills. 



Insects^ diseases, <^c. — The pear-tree is liable to the attacks Fruit sour. Flowers white or pale red. Allied to P. parvif or a, 



of the same insects as the apple-tree, and the fruit of the sum- Desf. and P. salicifblia. 



nier kinds, when ripe, is liable to be eaten by birds, wasps, &c. 

 which must be kept off by shooting, hanging bottles of water, 

 and other usual preventatives. For other points of culture, and 

 gathering, and storing, see the apple. 



Common Pear. Fl. April. Britain. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



Wedf:[e-Ieaved Pear. 



Fl. Man April. Tree. 



9 P. lana'ta (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 237.) leaves broadly 

 elliptic, acuminated, doubly serrated, clothed with white wool 

 beneath as well as on the branches ; corymbs terminal, com- 

 pound, woolly ; calycine lobes ovate, acuminated, Tj . H. Na- 

 2 P. Bollwylleria'na (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 530.) leaves tive of Nipaul, in Sirinagur. Perhaps referrible to Sect. III. 



ovate, 



ly serrated, tomentose beneath and on the buds, Aria* 



when young velvety above, but glabrous in the adult state; co- 

 ryiiibs many-flowered. T?. H. Native country unknown, but 

 cultivated in the gardens around Bollwyller, a town in Alsace, 

 in the time of Bauhin, whence the trivial name. P. Bollwyl- 

 leriana, J. Bauh. hist. 1. p. 59. with a figure. P. PoUveria, 

 Lin. mant. 244.- Lodd. hot. cab. 1009. Koop. pomol. 2. p. 



4. ex Reich. Fruit turbinate, small, orange-yellow. 



Woolly Pear. FL May, June. Clt. 1818. Tree 20 feet. 



10 P. creka'ta(D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 237.) leaves ovate, 

 acutely crenated, on long petioles, glabrous above, but when 

 young clothed with white tomentum beneath as well as the 



ish. Tj. H. 



38. t. 4f. ex 

 Flowers white. 



Bollrvyllerian Pear. Fl. April. Clt. 1786. Tree 20 feet. 

 3 P. salvifolia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 634.) leaves lanceolate, 

 quite entire, tomentose beneath, when young velvety above, but 



branches ; corymbs simple, woolly ; calycine lobes ovate, acut- 



Native of Upper Nipaul, at Suembu. This 

 species comes near to P. Bollrvyllerianay but differs in the 

 leaves of that species being shorter and broader, serrated, not 

 crenated, and in the flowers being more numerous. 



Crena^e-leaved Pear. Fl. May. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



11 P. Nu'ssiA (Hamilt. exD. Don, 1. c.) leaves elliptic, mu- 



in the adult state glabrous ; buds tomentose. Tj , H. Native of cronate, coriaceous, crenulated, glabrous, but when young woolly 

 France, about Aurelia. Coenom^num sylvestris et culta, D. C. beneath, as well as the branches ; corymbs terminal, panicled, 

 fl. fr. p. 531. in a note. 



phys. econ. mai. 1817. p. 299. 



Poirier sauger, D. Ourch. in bibl. 



Branches thick. 



Fruit large. 

 Flowers white. 



elongated, and very useful for making perry. 



Sage-leaved or Aurelian pear. Fl. April, May. France. 

 Tree 20 to ^0 feet. 



covered with white woolly down ; pome spherical. Tj . H. 

 Native of the higher mountains of Nipaul. Fruit small, about 

 the size of that of P. arhuiifolia, 

 Nussia Pear. Tree 20 feet. 



12 P. VARIOLOSA (Wall. cat. 680.) leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 4 P. AMYGDALiFORMis (Vill. Cat. strasb. 322. D. C. suppl. crenated, glabrous in the adult state, on long petioles, when 



p. 531.) thorny; leaves oblong, acute, quite entire, tomentose 



young clothed with yellowish tomentum beneath ; umbels ter- 



fj. H. Native of Nipaul 



beneath, when young velvety above, but in the adult state minal ; pedicels and calyxes woolly, 

 glabrous, 6 times longer than the petioles ; buds tomentose ; and Kamaon. Flowers white, 

 flowers corymbose. T2 . H. Native of Provence and Dauphiny, bilicate at the base. 



Fruit nearly globose, not um- 



in woods. P. sylvestris, Magn. bot. 215. 

 not. 71). Flowers white. 



P. salicifolia, Lois. 



Fl. April, May. Clt. 1810. Tree 



Almond-formed Pear. 

 10 to 20 feet. 



5 P. ELEAGNiFOLiA (Pall. nov. act. petr 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, quite entire, tomentose on both 

 surfaces, hardly longer than the petioles ; flowers corymbose. 

 I? . H. Native of Iberia, Tauria, and Caucasus. P. orientalis. 



Variolose Pear. Fl. April, May. Tree 20 feet. 



13 P. Pa'shia (Hamilt. ex herb. Lin. soc) leaves ovate, acu- 

 minated, rather cordate at the base, crenated or serrated, gla- 

 brous in the adult state, but downy beneath when young, as well 



7. 1789. p. S55.) as the petioles, pedicels, and calyxes; cymes terminal; fruit 



globular. \i . H, Native of Narainhetty. 

 Pashia Pear-tree. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 

 14 P. Sine'nsis (Lindl. hort. trans. 6. p. S9G. bot. reg. 1248.) 



Horn, suppl. 52. P. eleagnifolia, Steud. nom. Flowers white. leaves cordate, apiculated, shining, serrated, when young pubes- 



Fl. April, May. Clt. 1800. Tree cent beneath; peduncles corymbose; calyx glabrous inside; 



fruit warted, bony. T2 . H. Native of China and Cochm-chma. 

 Ri vulgo Nas, Koempf. amoen. 800. Pyrus communis, Loir. 



""- -^ ' * This tree is called indiscrinu- 



Eleagnus-leaved Pear. 

 20 feet. 



6 P. salicifolia (Lin. suppl. 255.) leaves linear-lanceolate. 



acute, quite entire, hoary, clothed with white tomentum beneath, cochin, p. 321. Flowers white. 



about 3 times the length of the petioles; buds clothed with white 

 tomentum ; corymbs few-flowered. T2 . H. Native of Siberia 



and Caucasus. Ker. bot. reg. 514. Pall. itin. 3. p. 734. t. N. feet, 

 f. 3. fl. ross. 1. t. 9. Flowers white, on short pedicels, corym- 

 bose, never solitary. 



WiUojv-leavedVediX. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1780. Tree 6 

 to 1 2 feet. 



nately Chinese pear, sandy pear, or snorv pear. 

 Chinese Pear. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1820. 



Fruit gritty. 

 Tree 15 to 20 



15 P. SmViCA (Thouin, mem. mus. 1. p. 170. t. 9.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, rather crenated, acutish, clothed with white pu- 

 bescence beneath, but glabrous and shining above ; buds white 

 from pubescence ; flowers corymbose ; fruit nearly globose, t • 



7 P. Fndica (Colebr. Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. t. 172.) leaves H. Native of mount Sinai. Wats, dendr. 49. P. Sinai, Dest. 

 ovate or ovate-cordate, acute, serrulated, glabrous, white beneath arb. 2. p. 144. Duham. ed. nov. 6. t. 57. P. Persica, Per». 



ench. 2. p. 40. Much branched, diffuse. Leaves minutely cre- 

 nulated, falling off' late in the autumn. Flowers white. 



Mount Sinai Pear. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 ". 



16 P. NivA^us (Lin. fil. suppl. 253.) leaves oval, quite entire, 



as well as the petioles and calyxes ; claws of petals shorter tlian 

 the calyx ; umbels sessile, few-flowered ; styles villous at the 

 base. I? . H. Native of the mountains of Silhet, in Bengal. 

 Flowers white. Fruit with an austere taste, about the size of 

 the wild pear. Leaves lobed in the young plants. 

 Indian Pear, Tree 20 feet. 



obtuse, mucronate, clothed with white silky down beneath; co- 

 rymbs terminal ; fruit globose. \i . H. Native oi the Alps oi 



