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Pyrus SpECTABILIS. CHINESE APPLE TREE, 
Jdsdilebeldeivedbis 
Clafs and Order. 
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_TcosanpriA PENTAGYNIA. 
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aS Generic CharaGer. 
» Cal. 5-fidus. Petala 5. Pomum inferum, 5-loculare, poly- 
{permum. <— 7 ee 
| «Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. oe 
-PYRUS /pcfabilis umbellis feffilibus, foliis ovali oblongis 
 ferratis levibus, unguibus calyce longioribus, ftylis 
bafi lanatis. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p.175. Lian, Syfe 
Nat. ed. 13. Gmgl. p. 842. gee : 
accident fee er, 
Chinefe Apple-Tree when it bloffoms in perfeétion, 
truly to the name of /peabilis ; a more fhewy or 
rnamental tree can fcarcely be introduced to decorate the — 
fhrubbery or plantation; its beauty like that of moft trees, — 
whofe ornament confifts chiefly in their bloffoms, is however 
_ but of fhort duration, and depends in fome degree on the 
favourablenefs of the feafon at the time of their expanfion, 
which ufually takes place about the end of April or beginning 
of May; the flowers are large, of a pale red when open, and 
femi-double, the buds are of a much deeper hue, the fruit is of _ 
little account, and but fparingly produced. Trees of this 
{pecies are to be met with in fome gardens of the height of 
twenty or thirty feet, ae 
Dr. Fornercity is regarded as the firft who introduced — 
this Chinefe native, he cultivated it in the year 17803 fach 
plants of it as where in his colleétion, paffed at his deceafe 
into the hands of Meffrs. ,Gorpogand Tuompson, in whole — 
rich and elegant Nurfery, at Mile-End, this tree may be feen 
in great perfection. acc eos 
_ Though perfeétly hardy, as its bloffoms are liable to ee 
injured by cutting winds, it will be moft proper to plant it 10 
"a fhelter’d fituation. 3 : Bee! 
It is ufually increafed by grafting iton the Crab ftock. — 
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