ROSACEA 



Wood — Goat Moth [Cossus Ugnipcrda, Trijpanus cossus). Wood Leopard Moth 

 {Zeuzera cescuU, Z. pryiiia). 



Ftingoid Pests: — Pear-leaf Cluster-cups {Roestelia cancellatia). Pear-leaf 

 Blister [Exoascus hullatus). Apricot Brown Rot {3Ioitilia jructigcna). 



SIBERIAN CRAB, Pyrus baccata. 



Gardens, lawns. April, ]May. A handsome tree when in flower, M'hich few 

 can surpass for beauty, and conspicuous in autumn when laden with its cherry- 

 like fruits. It does best when grafted on the apple or pear. 



Flowers white, in a sessile umbellate corymb ; pedicels long and slender ; 

 Calyx lobes spreading, deciduous, lanceolate, equal to or longer than tube, 

 cottony inside ; Petals with dark veins ; Styles 3-5, nearly free, woolly at 

 base ; Fiuit a pome, globose, sometimes pyriform, bright red or yellow 

 tinged with red, about size of cherry ; used for jelly. 



Leaves alternate, ovate, acute, serrated, glabrous, petioles of same length, 



A deciduous tree, 15-30 ft.; dense, round-headed. 



Native of Siberia, China, .Japan, and Himalayas ; introduced 1784. 



SWEET-SCENTED AMERICAN CRAB, Pyms coronaria. 



Gardens. May, June. A very beautiful and ornamental tree. The 

 flowering species of Pyrus are propagated by cuttings 8-12 ins. long, 

 inserted in ordinary soil outdoors in autumn ; layers in autumn ; budding 

 on Pear or Quince in July ; grafting in March ; seeds sown in sandy soil in 

 a sunny position outdoors in March. 



Floivers rosy, fragrant with the scent of Violets, 12 ins. diam., in lax 

 corymbs, pedicels glabrous ; Calyx slightly pubescent, lobes acute ; Petals 

 obovate, often serrate or dentate ; Styles woolly or tufted at base ; Fruit a 

 pome, roimd, flat, 1-1^ in. diam. ; fragrant, grass-green, glossy, very acid. 



Leaves alternate, ovate, cordate at base, angularly-lobed or serrated, glabrous, 



appearing late in spring, more or less sub-evergreen in mild seasons, 13 ins. 



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