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Styles woolly at the base. Plum-leaved Sibe- 

 rian crab. 



Cultivated chiefly for its early, pear blos- 

 som-like flowers, yellowish-red fruit, and its 

 extreme hardiness. The Bartram specimen 

 is about fifteen feet high. 



7. P. SPECTABILIS, Aiton. Leaves oval-ob- 

 long, serrate, even. Claws of the corolla 

 longer than the calyx. Styles woolly at the 

 base. Double flowering apple. Native of 

 China. 



The most ornamental flowering one of the 

 tribe. It reaches about twenty -five or thirty 

 feet high, and has more the appearance of the 

 common apple than any other species. It 

 does best in a deep, rich, loamy soil, and is 

 propagated by grafting or budding on the 

 ordinary kind. Specimens in our vicinity 

 are not over fifteen feet high. 



8. P. TORMINALIS, Smith. Leaves ovate or 

 cordate, lobed, and serrate; lower lobes 

 spreading. Peduncles corymbose. Wild 

 service-tree, England. 



A handsome species, growing about fifty 

 feet high. It prefers a limestone soil, but 

 do pretty well in a strong rich loam. It 



