TREES AND SHRUBS 



NEPAL WHITE BEAM, Pyms vestita. 



Gardens, A handsome Indian species with long, silvery leaves. May, 

 June. 



Floxvers white, in a branched terminal corymb, woolly ; Cahjx tomentose ; 

 Petals woolly inside; Styles 3-5, woolly at base; Fruit a pome, globose, 

 tubercled, glossy, ?, in. diam., greenish-brown, ripe in October. 



Leaves alternate, ovate or elliptical, acutely crenated or coarsely serrated 

 towards point, very woolly in young stage, glabrous when older, glossy green, 

 sometimes 10-12 ins. long, petioles long. Autumn tint pale yellow. 



A deciduous tree, 20-30 ft. ; Branches tomentose when young, glabrous 

 later. 



Native of Nepal ; introduced 1820, Syns. P. crenata, lanatu, nepalensis. 



AMERICAN MOUNTAIN ASH, Pyrus amerkana 



Gardens. June. The group, including the Mountain Ash and True 

 Service, is characterised by pinnate foliage, flat corymbs of white blossoms, 

 and showy fruits. 



Floivers white, in a large terminal corymbose cyme, 3-G ins. broad ; bracts 

 and bracteoles minute ; Calyx 5-lobed ; Petals 5, spreading, short clawed, 

 Stamens indefinite ; Ovary inferior, styles usually 3, distinct, stigma truncate ; 

 Fruit a pome, globose, red, not larger than peas, very numerous, in large 

 terminal corymbs. 



Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, 6-8 ins. long, leaflets 13-15, lanceolate, 

 tapering at apex, sharply serrated with acute teeth, glabrous, shining above, 

 slightly paler beneath, 1^-4 ins. long; petioles grooved, green or red; stipules 

 nearly triangular, caducous. Autumn tint yellow. 



A deciduous tree, 15-20 ft. ; erect, fastigiate ; Park smooth ; Buds acute, 

 scales vinous red, acuminate ; Wood soft, light brown. 



Introduced from N. America, 1782; native of Canada, Newfoundland, 



and sub-Alpine prairies of northern United States 



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