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ornamental Crab, bearing a great abundance of rosy-pink 

 or nearly white flowers. It is a shrub-like tree, reaching a 

 height of 20 feet, and with an upright habit of growth. 

 Bark of a rich, reddish-brown colour. It is one of the 

 most profuse and persistent bloomers of the whole 

 family. 



P. SMITHII (syn Mespilus Smithii and M. grandiflora). 

 Smith's Medlar. Caucasus, 1800. The habit of this tree 

 closely resembles that of a Hawthorn, and although the 

 flowers are only half the size of those of the Common 

 Medlar, they are produced in greater profusion, so that the 

 round-headed tree becomes a sheet of white blossom during 

 May and June. The reddish-brown fruits are small for a 

 Medlar, and ripen in October. 



P. TOBMINALIS. Wild Service Tree. A native species 

 of small growth, with ovate-cordate leaves, and small 

 white flowers. P. torminalis pinnatifida, with acutely- 

 lobed leaves, and oval-oblong fruit may just be men- 

 tioned. 



P. VESTITA. Nepaul White Beam. Nepaul, 1820. In 

 this species the leaves are very large, ovate-acute or 

 elliptic, and when young thickly coated with a white 

 woolly-like substance, but which with warm weather 

 gradually gives way until they are of a smooth and shining 

 green. The flowers are borne in woolly racemose corymbs, 

 and are white succeeded by greenish-brown berries as 

 large as marbles. It is of pyramidal growth, and attains 

 to less than 20 feet in height. 



Other species of less interest are P. varidosa, P. salici- 

 folia, P. salvsefolia, P. Bollwylleriana, and P. Amygdali- 

 formis. They are all of free growth, and the readiest 

 culture, even in smoky localities, and being perfectly hardy 

 are well worthy of a much larger share of attention than 

 they have heretofore received. 



