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P. sieboldi Regel. 



Japan. The fruit is edible after frosts.' 



P. sinensis Lindl. Chinese pear, sand pear."~ 



China. This species is known in the gardens of India as a good baking fruit.' 



P. sinensis Poir. 



China. This species furnishes a quince in China.' 



P. sorbus Gaertn. service tree. 



North Africa and Europe. The fruit is about the size of a gooseberry and is acerb. 

 It is used in Brittany for making a cider, which, however, has an unpleasant smell.'* There 

 is a pear-shaped, an apple-shaped and a berry-shaped variety.* In the Crimea, there is 

 a variety with a large, red fruit the shape of a pear.* 



P. spectabilis Ait. Chinese flowering apple. 



China. The fruit is small, round, angular and about the size of a cherry, yellow 

 when ripe but flavorless and fit to eat only when in a state of incipient decay at which 

 period it takes the color and taste of the medlar.' There are several varieties in 

 cultivation. * 



P. syriaca Boiss. 



Asia Minor and Syria. The mellow fruit is eaten.' 



P. torminalis Ehrh. maple service, wild service. 



Europe. The small fruits, which are greenish, with dark spots, have an extremely 

 acid flavor but, when affected by frost, become mealy and rather agreeable to the taste. 

 They are sometimes collected and sold in the shops in England." The fruit is sold in the 

 London markets." 



P. trilobata DC. three-lobed-leaved pear. 



Syria. This species has fruits of a pleasant flavor, tasting like pears, according to 

 Kotschy;i2 they are frequently collected and brought to market in Damascus." 



Quercus aegilops Linn. Cupuliferae. camata or camatina oak. valonia oak. 



South Europe and Syria. The cups, known as valonia, are used for tanning and 



' Georgeson Amer. Card. 12:12. 1891. (P. toringo) 

 ' Royle, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:206. 1839. 

 ' Unger, F. U. S. Pal. Off. Rpt. 1859. 



* Smith, J. Dom. Bot. ^06. 1871. 

 ' Loudon, J. C. Hort. 552. i860. 



Pallas, P. S. Trat). i?Mwia 2:436. 1803. 



' Loudon, J. C. Arb. Frut. Brit. 2:go<). 1844. 



' Vasey Amer. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 56. 1877. 



Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 345. 1859. 

 '" Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gt. Brit. 102. 1862. 

 " Martyn Miller's Card. Diet. 1807. 

 Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 345. 1859. 

 Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 345. 1859. {Crataegus trilobata) 



