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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



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



2. p. 522. 

 Synonyntes. P. boUwylleriana J. Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 59 ic. ; P. Pollv^ria Lin. Mant. 234.; P. au- 



ricularis Knoop Pomol. 2. p. 38. t. 4., according to Reiclienbach. 

 Enj^ravings. J. Bauh. Kist., 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., Sfc. 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 BoUwyller on the Rhine, in 

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

 10 ft. to 20 ft. 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. 



y 9. P. VARIOLO^SA Wall. The variable-Zeawc? Pear Tree. 



Identification. Wall. Cat. 980. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. C22. 



Syiioui/me. P. Pdshia Ham. ex Herb. Lin. Soc. 



Engravings. The plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our. /5g. 770. 



770. P. variDlisa- 



Spec. Char., S^-c. Leaves ovate, acuminated, crenated, glabrous in the adult 

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

 beneath. Umbels terminal. Pedicels and calyxes woolly. (Dons Mill.) 

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

 to 50 ft. ; in England 10 ft. to 15 ft. 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 ths neighbourhood of London, by the winter 



