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of a place in any lawn. They grow from three to five feet 

 high. Two varieties, Success and Mammoth, are said to be 

 larger and more productive than the wild forms. Both are 

 dwarf. 



FIG. >i2. June Berry. 



MEDLARS. 



Probably a native of Persia. On its own roots it forms 

 a low-growing tree, considerably planted in England, more 

 rarely in the United States. The fruit is from one to one and 

 a half inches in diameter, of peculiar shape, as shown in the 

 illustration. Color, brown russet. It is gathered after the 

 first severe frost, the stems dipped in strong brine, and after 



