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2. P. (c.) SALVIFO'LIA Dec. The Sage-leaved, 

 Aurelian, or Orleans, Pear Tree. 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr., 531., in a note ; Prod., 2. p. 634. ; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 622. 

 Synonyme. Poiner Sauger D'Ourch in Bibl. Phys. Econ. Mai 



1817 p. 299. 

 Engravings. Bob. Reg., 1482. ; and our fig. 763. 



Sf,*c. Char., $c. Branches thick. Buds tomentose. 

 Leaves lanceolate, entire, tomentose all over 

 when young ; when adult, glabrous on the upper 

 surface. Fruit thick, long, fit for making perry. 

 Wild and cultivated about Orleans, in France. 

 (Dec. Prod.} Introduced by the London Horti- 

 cultural Society, in 1826; and, in our opinion, 

 only a variety of the common wild pear. 763 - p - () *aivif&ua. 



? 3. P. (c.) NIVA V LIS Lin.fil. The snowy-leaved Pear Tree. 



Identification. Lin. fil. Suppl., 253. ; Jac. Fl. Austr., 



t. 107. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 634. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 



623. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 107. ; and our fig. 764. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves oval, entire, obtuse, 

 white and silky beneath. Corymbs ter- 

 minal. Fruit globose, very acid, except 

 when ripe and beginning to decay, when 

 it becomes very sweet. (Dec. Prod.} A 

 native of the Alps of Austria, where it 

 grows to the height of 10 or 12 feet. It 

 was introduced into the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden in 1826, or before ; and 

 is already 15 ft. high, forming a very hand- 

 some white-foliaged tree ; though, as we 

 think, decidedly only a variety, or race, of 

 the common wild pear. 764 p. (c .) 



t 4. P. (c.) SINA'ICA Thoum. The Mount Sinai Pear Tree. 



765. P. (c.) siniica. 



Thouin Mem. Mm., 1. 170. t. 9. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 634. ; Don's Mill. 2 p 622 

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