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Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl., p. 530. ; Prod., 2. p. 634. ; N. Du Ham., 6. p. 191.; Don's Mill., 



2. p. 522. 

 Synonymes. P. bollwylleriana J. Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 59. ic. ; P. Pollverta Lin. Mant. 234. ; P. au- 



ricnlaris Knoop Pomol. 2. p. 38. t. 4., according to Reichenbach. 

 Engravings. 3. Bauh. Hist., ic. ; Knoop Pomol., 2. p. 38. t. 4., according to Reichenbach ; N. Du 



Ham., 6. t. 58. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 769. 



Spec. Char., $c. Buds downy. Leaves ovate, coarsely serrated, tomentose 

 beneath. Flowers many in a corymb. Fruit top-shaped, small, yellowish 

 within. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree of the middle size, with but few 

 ascending thick coarse branches. France, at Bollwyller on the Rhine, in 

 hedges, but rare ; possibly a hybrid between the pear and apple. Height 

 10ft. to 20ft. Introduced in 1786. Flowers white ; April and May. Fruit 

 greenish brown ; ripe in September. 



A very distinct variety, with large rough leaves, having somewhat the ap- 

 pearance of those of the apple. The fruit is turbinate, small, orange yellow, 

 and unfit to eat. The tree produces fewer branches than any other species or 

 variety of pear; and these branches are upright, thick, and rigid. 



9. P. VARIOLO'SA Wall. The \ariab\e-leaved Pear Tree. 



Identification. Wall. Cat. 680. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 622. 



Synonyme. P. Pdshia Ham. ex Herb. Lin. Soc. 



Engravings. The plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. : and our fig. 770. 



770. P. variol&sa. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, acuminated, crenated, glabrous in the adult 

 state, on long petioles ; when young, clothed with yellowish tomentum 

 beneath. Umbels terminal. Pedicels and calyxes woolly. (Don's Mill.) 

 A deciduous tree. Nepal and Kamaon. Height, in its native country, 40 ft. 

 to 50ft.; in England 10ft. to 15ft. Introduced in 1825. Flowers white, 

 slightly tinged with pink ; April and May. Fruit pear-shaped ; ripe in Oc- 

 tober, and remaining on the tree in the climate of London all the winter ; 

 eatable, like that of the medlar, in a state of incipient decay. 



In the open air, in mild winters, this species is sub-evergreen ; and, against a 

 wall, in the Horticultural Society's Garden, it is completely so. It forms a 

 very handsome tree, but is rather tender, having been killed to within a few feet 

 of the ground, in several places in the neighbourhood of London, by the winter 



