PLANTS GATHERED IN AND ABOUT MUSSOORJE. 



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Rubns fasioaarpus. 



Fragaria iudica 

 Fiayaria vesca. 



prickles ; flowers durtug April or May ; fruit lipens 

 about June ; it is sweet and is eaten. 



A spreading shrub, bnmchcs purple, pendulus and 

 often rooting at apex, armed with few small prickles, 

 flowers dark pink, fruit dark red black when fully 

 ripe ; flowers early in the hot weather ; fruit ripens 

 about May ; it is sweet and palatable. 



Both these Strawberries are met with at Mussoorie; 

 flower during rainy season ; fruit ripens in September. 



Petentilla anjyropJii/l- Found on poiid to Municipal gardens : in flower 

 ia. in September. 



Agrimonia mpatorinv;. Common ; flowers August and September. 



liottt mosehiita. 



A pretty climbing rose ; it comes into flower in 

 April and remains in bloom for about three months. 

 The white sweet scented petals gathered by the 

 natives and rubbed up with sugar, constitute con- 



Rosa serieen. 



Rosa macrophylla. 



I'yrus paehia. 



Pyrvs lanata. 



serve of roses " gulkand ". 



Occurs at Landaur on the Upper Circular Koad ; is 

 not very common ; it appears to love shade ; flowers 

 in June. 



Frequently met with ; it is an erect shrub with 

 smooth green branches with straight prickles. The 

 bark peels off in long thin strips ; flowers in May ; in 

 fruit during September. 



The conimou medlar. It flowers during March and 

 ripens its fruit in November-December. The fruit js 

 eaten when over-ripe, in which state it tastes like 

 jam. 



The wood is compact and fine grained and takes 

 a high polish and is much sought after for walking 

 sticks. 



The stools of younger trees form very hardy stocks 

 for budding English and other varieties of pears 

 upon. A friend of mine exports seeds of the 

 tree to Australia for this purpose. 



At Jabar-khet (Landaur) : flowers during April ; 

 in fruit in August. 



