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PYRUS. 
are clothed with a thick white wool 
beneath, are of a large size, and die 
off in autumn of a most beautiful 
pale yellow. Other ornamental spe- 
cies of Pyrus are as follows: P. 
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tifélia has white flowers and black 
fruit, and the leaves of this beconm 
of a beautiful red in autumn ; there 
are six or eight varieties, commonly 
treated as species; P. chamemés- 
varioldsa, remarkable for the vary- | 
ing forms of its foliage, which is 
sometimes pinnate, like that of the 
Mountain Ash, and sometimes deep- 
ly lobed and cut, like that of the 
Hawthorn, or entire and cordate and 
pointed, like that of the Pear. It 
is somewhat tender, and thrives best 
in a sheltered situation, or against a 
wall. 
Wild Service Tree, is remarkable 
for the beautiful form of its leaves, | 
which, however, are unfortunately 
very apt to be eaten by insects. The 
and very ornamental in the winter 
season. Py\rus aucupdria, the 
Mountain Ash, is a_ well-known 
small tree. beautiful both when in| 
flower and in fruit, and worth culti- 
vating for its foliage alone. Py‘rus 
americana, the American Mountain 
Ash, resembles the common sort, 
but has larger leaves and smaller 
fruit, though it 1s of a much deeper 
red. Py‘rus Sorbus, the common 
Service Tree, has foliage like that 
of the Mountain Ash, but larger ; 
and the fruit resembles that of the 
commen Pear, but much smaller, 
and not ornamental though it is eat- 
able. Py‘rus spiria, a native of 
Kamschatka, has leaves like the 
Elder, and small black fruit: the 
leaves of this species die off in au- 
tumn of an intensely deep purple, 
which is almost black. There is a 
pendulous variety, P. s. péndula, 
which is one of the most ornament- 
al of drooping-branched small trees ; 
and, as neither the variety nor the 
species exceed twelve feet or fifteen | 
feet in height, they are admirably 
adapted for small gardens. 
The following kinds of Pyrus are 
shrubs, and very ornamental, both 
for their fruit and flowers: P. arbu- 
P. tormindlis, the Griping | 
pilus, which has large white flowers 
and red or black fruit, and P. 
floribiinda, which grows about four 
feet high, and sends down weeping 
branches all round, which are cover- 
ed with such a profusion of white 
flowers during the flowering season, 
that the plant looks like a hillock 
covered with snow. ‘These last- 
mentioned shrubby kinds are some- 
times called Aronia. All the plants 
belonging to the genus Pyrus are 
quite hardy, and will grow freely in 
any common garden soil, and they 
buds are large, of a beautiful green, | 
may all be raised from seeds, or 
grafted on the Wild Crab, or Wild 
Pear, or on the Hawthorn, which, 
though belonging to the genus Cra. 
tegus, is very nearly allied to Pyrus 
Q. 
QuAKING-GRAsS.—See Bri'za. 
Qua’ssia.— Simarubidcee.—Stove 
shrubs, natives of the East Indies, 
the bark, wood, and Toot of which 
are so intensely bitter, that an ex- 
tract from the bark of some of the 
species is used as a substitute for 
hops in making beer, and also as a 
poison for flies and aphides. Q. amda- 
ra is very ornamental from its long 
upright racemes of bright scarlet 
flowers, the petals of which are cu- 
riously twisted together. sugieares 
also are very remarkable ; they are 
impari-pinnate, with only two pairs 
of leaflets, the mid-ribs of the leaflets, 
and also that of the main leaf, which 
is winged, being pink. The plants 
flower freely, if allowed plenty of 
heat. They should be grown in 
loam mixed with peat or sand; and 
they are propagated by cuttings. , 
QuEEN’s NEEDLEWoRK.—Spire'a 
salicifolia—See Sprr#\a. 
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