HOSE TRIBE. 



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PYRUS AUCUPARIA (Fowlers' Service Tree). 



eaten by birds, and often used as a lure by the bird- 

 catcher or fowler, auceps. For a further account of 

 this tree, as well as the rest of the genus, see "Forest 

 Trees of Britain/' vol. i. Fl. May. Tree. 



5. P. Aria (White Beam Tree). Leaves egg-shaped, 

 deeply and irregularly serrated, white below ; flowers in 

 corymbs ; fruit nearly round. Woods. A small tree, 

 well distinguished by its very large leaves, which are 



