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and is already 15ft. high, forming a very handsome white-foliaged tree ; 
though, as we think, decidedly only a variety, or race, of the common wild 
pear. There are very handsome small trees of this sort, besides those in 
the Horticultural Society’s Garden, at Bagshot in Surrey, and at Grimston 
in Yorkshire ; some of which, in both places, are 20 ft. high, and are very 
prolific in flowers and small green fruit. 
¥ 4. P. (c.) sina‘ica Thouin. The Mount Sinai Pear Tree. 
Identification. 'Thouin Mém., Mus., 1. 170. t.9.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 634.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 622. 
Synonymes. P. Sinai Desf. Arb., 2. p. 144., N, Du Ham., 6. t.57.; P. persica Pers. Syn., 2 p. 40. ; 
the Mount Sinai Medlar. 
Engravings. Mém. Mus.,1. t.9.; N. Du Ham., 6. t.57.; Dend. Brit., t. 49. ; and our plate in Vol. II. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Very much branched, and spreading. Buds whitishly pu- 
bescent. Leaves ovate-oblong, subacute, very minutely crenated, whitishly 
pubescent beneath; above glabrous, and almost shining, falling off late. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 634.) A native of Mount Sinai, whence it was brought 
to the Paris Garden early in the present century, and introduced into 
England in 1820. It so closely resembles the preceding sort, as hardly to 
be distinguishable from it; and we have no doubt that seeds of either, if 
sowed to a considerable extent, would produce plants of both kinds. 
¥ 5. P. (c.) saticiro‘t1a L. The Willow-leaved Pear Tree. 
Identification. Lin. Suppl., 255. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p.635.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 622. 
Engravings. Pall. Itin., 3. p. 374. t. N. f. 3.3 Fl. Ross., 1. t. 9. 
Spec. Char., §c. Buds whitely tomentose. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 
entire, hoary, particularly upon the under surface. The disk three 
times as long as the petiole. Flowers upon short pedicels, disposed in 
corymbs, a few in a corymb. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 634.) A native of Siberia, 
common in the deserts between the rivers Cuma and Terec; and found, 
also, on Caucasus, and in Persia, generally accompanied by C, Oxyacantha 
and Prunus spinosa. It was introduced into England in 1780; and forms 
a very distinct variety ; attaining the height of 20ft. or 25 ft. There are 
fine trees of this sort, 20 ft. high, at White Knights. 
¥ 6. P.(C.) ELEAGNIFO‘LIA Pall, The Oleaster-leaved Pear Tree. 
Identification. Pall. Nov. Act. Petr., 7. 1789, p. 355. 7.; Steud. Nom. Bot.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 634. ; 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 622. 
Synonyme. P. orientalis Horn. Suppl., 52., from the synonyme of Tournefort cited. 
Spec. Char., §c. | Leaves oblong, lanceolate, acute, entire, tomentose on both 
surfaces. The disk scarcely longer than the petiole. Flowers in corymbs. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p.634.) A native of the woods of Iberia, Tauria, and 
Caucasus ; and so closely resembling the preceding sort, as, in our opinion, 
not to be distinguishable from it by any permanent marks. Introduced in 
1800 ; and to be found in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and at White 
Knights. 
¥ 7. P. (c.) amyepaLiro’RMis Vil, The Almond-shaped Pear Tree. 
Identification. Vill. Cat. Strasb., 322.; Dec. Suppl., 531.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 634,; Don’s Mill., 2. 
Sntogiied P. sylvéstris Magnol Bot., 215.; P. salicifdlia Lots. Not., 79. 
Spec. Char., §c. Spiny. Buds tomentose. Leaves oblong, acute, entire ; 
tomentose all over when young ; when adult, glabrous on the upper surface. 
The disk six times longer than the petiole. Flowers in corymbs. (Dec. Prod., 
il. p. 634.) Wild in rough places in France, in Provence, Dauphiny, and 
Languedoc; and very closely resembling the preceding sorts. It was 
introduced in 1810; and the finest plant that we know of it, in the neigh- 
bourhood of London, is at Kenwood; where it is 22 ft. high, with a very 
irregular picturesque head, and many of the side branches sweeping the 
ground. In May, it is completely covered with white blossoms, and in 
autumn with small green fruit, which drop off with the first severe frost. 
¥ 8. P. sine’Nsi1s Lindl. The Chinese Pear Tree. 
Identification. Lindl. Hort. Trans., 6. p. 396. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 622. 
Synonymes. Pyrus comminis Lois. Cochin., p. 321.; P. sinica Royle Iilustr., p.207.; Ri vulgo Nas, 
Japanese, Kempf. Ameen., fasc. 804. ; the Sandy Pear, Snow Pear, Sand Pear; Sha lee, Chinese. 
Engravings, Bot, Reg., t. 1148. ; and our plate in Vol. II. 
