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POMACEvE. X. Pvias. 



Tliis hud, at the end of the first season, is no more than a leaf- 

 bud, but at the end of the second summer it has become a 

 blossom-bud, and bears the third summer. Some useful observ- 

 ations on the management of pear-trees, in correspondence with 

 the above, will be found in various parts of the Caledonian 

 Horticultural Society's memoirs. 



Insects, diseases, $-c. The pear-tree is liable to the attacks 

 of the same insects as the apple-tree, and the fruit of the sum- 

 mer kinds, when ripe, is liable to he eaten by birds, wasps, &c. 

 which must be kept off' by shooting, hanging bottles of water, 

 and other usual preventatives. For other points of culture, and 

 leathering, and storing, see the apple. 



Common Pear. Fl. April. Britain. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



2 P. BOLLWYLLERIA'NA (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 530.) leaves 

 ovate, coarsely serrated, tomentose beneath and on the buds, 

 when young velvety above, but glabrous in the adult state ; co- 

 rymbs many-flowered. Tj. H. Native country unknown, but 

 cultivated in the gardens around Bollwyller, a town in Alsace, 

 in the time of Bauhin, whence the trivial name. P. Bollwyl- 

 leriana, J. Bauh. hist. 1. p. 59. with a figure. P. Pollveria, 

 Lin. mant. 244. Lodd. bot. cab. 1009. Koop. pomol. 2. p. 

 38. t. 4. ex Reich. Fruit turbinate, small, orange-yellow. 

 Flowers white. 



BoUwyllerianYenx. Fl. April. Clt. 1786. Tree 20 feet. 



3 P. SALVIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 634.) leaves lanceolate, 

 quite entire, tomentose beneath, when young velvety above, but 

 in the adult state glabrous ; buds tomentose. Jj . H. Native of 

 France, about Aurelia. Ccenomanum sylvestris et culta, D. C. 

 fl. fr. p. 531. in a note. Poirier sauger, D. Ourch. in bibl. 

 phys. econ. mai. 1817. p. 299. Branches thick. Fruit large, 

 elongated, and very useful for making perry. Flowers white. 



Sage-leaved or Aurelian pear. Fl. April, May. France. 

 Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



4 P. AMYGDALIFORMIS (Vill. cat. strasb. 322. D. C. suppl. 

 p. 531.) thorny; leaves oblong, acute, quite entire, tomentose 

 beneath, when young velvety above, but in the adult state 

 glabrous, 6 times longer than the petioles ; buds tomentose ; 

 flowers corymbose. Tj . H. Native of Provence and Dauphiny, 

 in woods. P. sylvestris, Magn. bot. 215. P. salicifolia, Lois, 

 not. 79. Flowers white. 



Almond-formed Pear. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1810. Tree 

 1 to 20 feet. 



5 P. ELEAGNIFOLIA (Pall. nov. act. petr. 7. 1789. p. 355.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, quite entire, tomentose on both 

 surfaces, hardly longer than the petioles ; flowers corymbose. 

 V} . H. Native of Iberia, Tauria, and Caucasus. P. orientalis, 

 Horn, suppl. 52. P. eleagnifolia, Steud. nom. Flowers white. 



Eleagnus-leaved Pear. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1800. Tree 

 20 feet. 



6 P. SALICIFOLIA (Lin. suppl. 255.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, quite entire, hoary, clothed with white tomentum beneath, 

 about 3 times the length of the petioles ; buds clothed with white 

 tomentutii ; corymbs few-flowered. I? . H. Native of Siberia 

 and Caucasus. Ker. bot. reg. 514. Pall. itin. 3. p. 734. t. N. 

 f. 3. fl. ross. 1. t. 9. Flowers white, on short pedicels, corym- 

 bose, never solitary. 



Willow-leaved Pear. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1780. Tree 6 

 to 1 2 feet. 



7 P. I'NDICA (Colebr. Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. t. 172.) leaves 

 ovate or ovate-cordate, acute, serrulated, glabrous, white beneath 

 as well as the petioles and calyxes ; claws of petals shorter than 

 the calyx ; umbels sessile, few-flowered ; styles villous at the 

 base. Jj . H. Native of the mountains of Silhet, in Bengal. 

 Flowers white. Fruit with an austere taste, about the size of 

 the wild pear. Leaves lobed in the young plants. 



Indian Pear. Tree 20 feet. 



8 P. cuNEirbLiA (Guss. pi. rar. p. 202.) leaves oblong-oval, 

 crenulated at the base, when young clothed with floccose down 

 beneath, but in the adult state glaucescent and smooth ; pedun- 

 cles corymbose, clothed with woolly tomentum when young as 

 well as the calyxes ; teeth of calyx lanceolate ; petals obcor- 

 date; fruit globose. fj . H. Native of Calabria, on hills. 

 Fruit sour. Flowers white or pale red. Allied to P. panifbra, 

 Desf. and P. salicifolia. 



If'edge-leaved Pear. Fl. Mar. April. Tree. 



9 P. LANA'TA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 237.) leaves broadly 

 elliptic, acuminated, doubly serrated, clothed with white wool 

 beneath as well as on the branches ; corymbs terminal, com- 

 pound, woolly ; calycine lobes ovate, acuminated, J; . H. Na- 

 tive of Nipaul, in Sirinagur. Perhaps referrible to Sect. III. 

 Aria, 



JFooZfy Pear. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. Tree 20 feet. 



10 P. CRENA'TA(D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 237.) leaves ovate, 

 acutely crenated, on long petioles, glabrous above, but when 

 young clothed with white tomentum beneath as well as the 

 branches ; corymbs simple, woolly ; calycine lobes ovate, acut- 

 ish. Tj . H. Native of Upper Nipaul, at Suembu. This 

 species comes near to P. Bollmylleriiina, but differs in the 

 leaves of that species being shorter and broader, serrated, not 

 crenated, and in the flowers being more numerous. 



CVenate-leaved Pear. Fl. May. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



IIP. NU'SSIA (Hamilt. exD. Don, 1. c.) leaves elliptic, mu- 

 cronate, coriaceous, crenulated, glabrous, but when young woolly 

 beneath, as well as the branches ; corymbs terminal, panicled, 

 covered with white woolly down; pome spherical. Tj . H. 

 Native of the higher mountains of Nipaul. Fruit small, about 

 the size of that of P. arbutifolia. 



Nussia Pear. Tree 20 feet. 



12 P. VARIOLOSA (Wall. cat. 680.) leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 crenated, glabrous in the adult state, on long petioles, when 

 young clothed with yellowish tomentum beneath ; umbels ter- 

 minal ; pedicels and calyxes woolly. fj . H. Native of Nipaul 

 and Kamaon. Flowers white. Fruit nearly globose, not um- 

 bilicate at the base. 



Fariolose Pear. Fl. April, May. Tree 20 feet. 



13 P. PA'SHIA (Hamilt. ex herb. Lin. soc.) leaves ovate, acu- 

 minated, rather cordate at the base, crenated or serrated, gla- 

 brous in the adult state, but downy beneath when young, as well 

 as the petioles, pedicels, and calyxes ; cymes terminal ; fruit 

 globular. J? . H. Native of Narainhetty. 



Pashia Pear-tree. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



14 P. SINE'NSIS (Lindl. hort. trans. 6. p. 396. bot. reg. 1248.) 

 leaves cordate, apiculated, shining, serrated, when young pubes- 

 cent beneath ; peduncles corymbose ; calyx glabrous inside ; 

 fruit warted, bony. Jj . H. Native of China and Cochin-china. 

 Ri vulgo Nas, Kcernpf. amcen. 800. Pyrus communis, Loir, 

 cochin, p. 321. Flowers white. This tree is called indiscrimi- 

 nately Chinese pear, sandy pear, or snow pear. Fruit gritty. 



Chinese Pear. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1820. Tree 15 to 20 

 feet. 



15 P. SINA'ICA (Thouin, mem. mus. 1. p. 170. t. 9.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, rather crenated, acutish, clothed with white pu- 

 bescence beneath, but glabrous and shining above ; buds white 

 from pubescence ; flowers corymbose ; fruit nearly globose. ^ . 

 H. Native of mount Sinai. Wats, dendr. 49. P. Sinai, Desf. 

 arb. 2. p. 144. Duham. ed. nov. 6. t. 57. P. Persica, Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 40. Much branched, diffuse. Leaves minutely cre- 

 nulated, falling off late in the autumn. Flowers white. 



Mount Sinai Pear. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 ft. 



16 P. NIVA'LIS (Lin. fil. suppl. 253.) leaves oval, quite entire, 

 obtuse, mucronate, clothed with white silky down beneath ; co- 

 rymbs terminal ; fruit globose. I? . H. Native of the Alps of 



