This is a very elegant shrub when in flower, and still 
mare so in fruit. When the leaves first come out in the 
ring they are covered with a white cottony pubescence, 
which falls off from their upper surface as the leaves attain 
their full growth, and by the time the fruit is ripe, nearly 
disappears. altogether. The fruit is at first green, then 
red, and, when ripe, black, and contains a juicy sweet 
pulp. 
Our list of synonyms will shew how much authors have 
differed in their ideas to what genus it should be referred. 
Lannus at first made it a Mesprivs, but in the Supplemen- 
tum Plantarum it was placed under Pyrus; Cranrz referred 
it to Sorsus. Prrsoon added it.to his genus Aronii. 
Mr. Linpteyr, the last author that has published on the 
subject, following, Mepicus, considers AMELANcHIER to form 
a distinct genus, containing, besides the present plant, 
Pyrus Botryapium, ovalis, and cretica. The chief cha- 
racter he adduces to establish the genus, is the ovarium 
being ten-celled, with one seed in each cell. But the value 
of this character appears to be considerably diminished, 
by the author’s own observation, that the dissepiments 
dividing the cells of the ovarium are spurious, rather than — 
real dissepiments, and are “ quickly obliterated by the 
ywth of the ovula: so that the ripe ‘fruit does not differ, 
in this respect, from the rest of the order.’’ But.in so natu- 
ral a family as the Pomaeea, or first section of the Rosaees 
of Jussrev, it will be ever difficult to assign proper limits 
to the genera. Sir James Epwarp Smira perceiving how 
inadequate the number of ‘styles. was to distinguish one — 
genus from another, has thought it best to reduce the 
whole order to two genera, viz. Mrsprzus and Pyrus: Mr. 
Linptey, on the other hand, divides the Pomacs into 
twelve, which he has defined with much ability; = 
Pyrus Amelanchier is a hardy ornamental shrub, easily — 
propagated by the young scions, which plants, that have 
been raised from seeds, put forth from the roots ; but it Is 
not unusual Ca them upon other stocks, which, how- 
ever, do not make so handsome plants as those raised from 
seeds. It is a native of the South of Europe, where It 
grows among the rocks in subalpine regions. Commu- — 
nicated by Joun Waker, Esq. of Arno’s Grove. bie 
