m APPENDIX, 



42. PYRUS. Juss. Gen. PI. p. 335, 

 [The Laiin name for the Pear.] 



Styles distinct at base, villous. Pome turbinates umbilicate at apex only, produced on the peduncle. 

 P. COMMUNIS. IVilld. Leaves lance-ovate, serrate, smooth above; peduncles corymbose. 

 Vulgo—Ve&T- Pear tree. 



Fl. Beginning of May. Fr. mat. August, and after. 



Hab. Gardens, &c. 15 to 25 feet high: flowers white. Nat. Europe. 



Obs. Many varieties of this favorite fruit are cultivated here. The branches of the trees, in many ia- 

 stances, are very subject to blight, from some cause not yet ascertained. 



p. CYDONiA. TVilld. Leaves ovate, entire; flowfers solitary; fruit tomentose, sub-turbinate. 



Fu^g-o— Quince tree. 



Fl. Beginning of May. F^-. mat. Last of September. 



Jlab. Gardens, &c. 8to 12 feet high, flowers reddish white. Nat- Shores of the Danube, &c. 



06s. Generally introduced. The fruit is chiefly used by notable house-wives in making presfrtifis, and 

 domestic wine. It is apt to be much injured, by inBccts, during its progress to maturity. 



JuKsieu.in ins Gciitra, has separated the Quince, as well as the Apple, from the Pear,^-and it is certainly 

 pretty distinct; but not, perhaps, sutijciently so, m a. botanical point ol view. 



43. MALUS. Juss. Gen. PI. 334. 

 [The Latin name for the Apple tree.] 



Styles connate at base, hirsute. Pome spheroid, glabrous, umbilicate at each end. 

 Jvl. COMMUNIS. Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, serrate; flowers in sessile umbels. 

 Synon- Pyrus malus. IVilld. &c. Ftt/g-o— Common Apple. Apple tree. 



Fl. Beginning of May. Fr. mat. August till November. 



JIab. Orchards, Sec. 15 to 30 feet high: flowers reddish white. iVa^ Europe. 



ObS' Almost numberless ««He«tes of this hiehly valuable fruit are cultivated here— though too many 

 worthless ones are often permitted to occupy the ground, to the exclusion of better,— for want of a little 

 taste, or attention, on the part of the proprietors. For an excellent account of the most approved varieties 

 of this, and other fruit, and the modes of culture, see the Treatise on Fruit Trees, by \\ m. Coxe, Esqr. 

 gome of our more intelligent farmers have acquired the art of preparing eider, from the frujt, in great 

 perfection. 



44. RUBUS. Gm. PI. 864. 

 [Lat. Ruber, —ox Celtic, rub, red; from the color of the fruit, or branches of the plant.] 



Cal. inferior, 5, cleft. Cor. petals 5. Berry compound; acines mostly juicy, 1 seeded. 

 Jl. iDiEiTs. IVilld. Stem prickly; leaves quinate-pinnate, andternate; petioles channelled, 

 fM/go— Garden Raspberry. Antwerp Raspberry, &c. 



r/. Latter end of May. Fr. ma^ Latter end of July. 



ilab. Gardens. 3 to 6 feet high: flowers white; fruit red, or yellowish. Nat. Europe. 

 Ohs. Some varjeftes of this pleasant fruit are cultivated here; but not extensively. 



45. FRAGARIA. Gen. PI. 865. 

 [Lat. /mg-j-ans, smelling sweetly: in reference to its fragrant fruit.] 

 Cal. inferior, 10 cleft- CoR. petals 5. Receptacle of the seeds ovate, berried, deciduous. 

 F. VESCA. IVilld. Galyx of the fruit reflexed; hairs on the petioles spreading, on the peduncles appressed. 

 ^,',„'go— Strawberry. English Strawberry. Garden Strawberry. 

 Fl. Latter end of April. Pr. mat. Beginning of June. 



Bab. Gardens. Perennial. 1 to 2 feet long: flowers white; fruit red, or yellowish white. Nat- Europe. 



Obs. This exquisitely fine fruit is frequently cultivated, here— but not extensively, nor always with com- 

 plete success,— for want, probably, of a due knowledge of the management required. Some of the varie- 

 ties, or perhaps species, are said to be ZffoicoKs,— and our gardeners profess to be familiar with the charac- 

 ters of the Male and fi'emale plants. There m«i/ be species Vv^hich are truly dioicoas, but all which have 

 been shown to me as such, had every appearance of being abortive, or imperfect, from some accident ot 

 soil, climate, or other cause- 



The Haut-boy, and Chili Strawberries, are considered, by late writers, as distinct species from the fore- 

 coin?;— under th'e names of F. elatior, and F. chihensiS) respectively:— for a good account of which 

 gee iiees's CT^clopadia, Art. Fragaria. 



