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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 connnon 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. 



5! -!•. P. (c.) siNA^iCA Thotiin. The Mount Sinai Pear Tree. 



Identification. Thouin M^m. Mus., 1. 170. t. 9. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. fi34. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 622. 

 Symmynies. P. Siii^i Desf. Arb., 2. p. 144., N. Du Ham., 6. t. 57. ; F. persica Pers. Syn., 2 p. 40. ; 



the Mount Sinai Medlar. 

 Engravings. Mem. Mus., 1. t. 9. ; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 57. ; Dend. Brit., t. 4'J. ; and our plate in Vol. \\. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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. 



5f 5. P. (c.) 5alicifo'lia L. The Willow-leaved Pear Tree. 



Identification. I,in. Suppl., 255. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 635. ; Don's Mi!)., 2. p. 622. 

 Engravings. Pall. Itin., 3. p. Sli. t. N. f. 3. ; Fl. Ross., 1. 1. 9. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Buds whiteiy 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 cor} Hib. {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. Oxyacnntha 

 and Primus spinosa. It was introduced into England in 1780; and forms 

 a very distinct variety ; attaining the height of 20 ft. or 23 ft. There are 

 fine trees of this sort, 20 ft. high, at White Knights. 



$ 6. P. (c.) £LiEAGNiF0^LiA Pall. The Oleaster-leaved Pear Tree. 



Identification. Pall. Nov. Act. Petr., 7. 1789, p. 355. 7.; Steud. Norn. Bot. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 6.'3+. ; 



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 coryn)bs. 

 {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 6.34.) 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.) .j.mygdalifo'rmis Vil. The Almond-shaped Pear Tree. 



Identification. Vill. Cat. Strasb., 322. ; Dec. Suppl., 531. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 634. ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 622. 

 Synonytnes. P. sylvistris Magnol Bot., 215. ; P. salicifulia Lois. Not., 79. 



Spec. Char., c^r. 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., 

 ii. 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 22ft. 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. 



1 8. P. sine'nsis Lindl. The Chinese Pear Tree. 



Identification. Lindl. Hort. Trans., 6. p. 396. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 622. 



Synonynies. Pyrus communis Lois. Coc/iin., p. 321. ; P. sinica Roylc Illustr., p. 207. ; Ri vulgo Nas, 



Japanese, Kienipf. Amccn., fasc. 804. ; the Sandy Pear, Snow Pear, Sand Pear; Sha lee, Chinese. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1148. ; and our plate in Vol. H. 



