TREES AND SHRUBS 



SHOWY CHINESE CRAB, Pyms spcctabllis. 



Gardens, lawns, shrubberies. April, May. Pruning should be done 

 December to February, cutting back previous year's shoots to within 2 ins. 

 of base, and leading shoots to 8-12 ins. 



Flowers pale rose, semi-double, 2 ins. or more in diam., in a many- 

 flowered, terminal, sessile umbel, buds deep red ; Calyx-tube glabrous ; Petals 

 ovate, unguiculate ; Stamens numerous, sometimes over 40 ; Styles woolly 

 at base; Fniit a pome, irregularly globose, greenish-yellow, pedicels long. 



Leaves alternate, oval-oblong, acute, serrated, glabrous. 



A deciduous tree, 20-30 ft. ; Branches crowded, erect when young, after- 

 wards spreading and slender. 



Native of China and Japan ; introduced 1780. Specific name from L. 

 spectabilis, worth seeing — specfo, I look at. 



WHITE BEAM, P/jrus Aria. 



Woods, borders of forests, gardens. Common on chalky soils. ]\lay, June. 

 The group Aria, which includes the present species and the Wild Service, is 

 distinguished by broadly ovate or oval leaves, and flattened corymbs of 

 white blossoms. 



Flowei's white, I in. diam., in a loose corymb at the ends of short leafy 

 branches ; inflorescence covered with soft, white cotton ; Calyx-tube adhering 

 to carpels, becoming fleshy in fruit, lobes 5 ; Petals 5 ; Stamens numerous, 

 anthers white ; Ovary becoming spuriously syncarpous and inferior ; Styles 

 usually 3, sometimes 4, hairy at base; Fr^iit a pome, sub-globose, \ in. diam., 

 bright red dotted with brown points, ripe in September, orange flesh sharp 

 and rough to taste, usually 3-celled, 2 seeds in each cell. 



Leaves ovate or obovate, very variable, sometimes pinnately lobed, petiolate, 

 coarsely and irregularly serrated, glabrous and shining green above, white 

 and flocculent beneath, 2-6 ins. long. Autumn tints yellow, brown, orange- 

 scarlet. 



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