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cles corymbose, smooth. Sw.eet-scented crab. 

 Native of the Middle and "Western States. 



A small bushy -headed tree, growing about 

 fifteen feet high, and valued chiefly for its 

 pale-red, sweet-scented flowers, which appear 

 in May. Scarce in cultivation, but growing 

 in the garden of John Evans. 



4. P. DOMESTICA, Smith. Leaves pinnate, 

 villose underneath. Leaflets serrate. Flowers 

 panicled. Fruit obovate. True service-tree ; 

 Sorbus. Native of Britain. 



Resembling the Rowan, but is in every way 

 a more vigorous grower. The branches are 

 stouter, the leaves larger and coarser, and 

 the fruit like a small crab-apple, full an inch 

 in length. 



5. P. NIVALIS, Linnceus. Leaves quite en- 

 tire. Flowers in corymbs. Fruit globular. 

 Snowy-leaved pyrus. Native of mountains of 

 Austria. 



A shrub, ranking only as a tree when 

 grafted on the larger kinds. Growing in the 

 garden of John Evans. 



. 6. P. PRUNIFOLIA, Willdenow. Leaves 

 ovate acuminate. Flower-stalks pubescent. 



