ROSACEiE 



Leaves alternate, resembling Alder, ovate or orbicular, usually obtuse, 

 rounded or sub-cordate at base, entire below, coarsely serrated above, tomen- 

 tose wben young, afterwards glabrous, membranaceous to subcoriaceous, dark 

 green above, paler beneath, 1-1 1 in. long ; petioles slender ; stipules linear, 

 acute, red-brown. 



A deciduous shrub, 8-15 ft. ; Branches spreading, slender, glabrous ; Bark 

 light brown, tinged red ; Buds acute, chestnut-brown, glabrous. 



Native of western parts of N. America (tree 20-40 ft.). Fruit largely 

 eaten by Indians of S.^V. America. Discovered in 1804; introduced from 

 Oregon by David Douglas, 182G. 



GRAPE PEAR, Amelandncr canademis. 



Gardens. April. The nodding racemes of snow-white flowers, borne in 

 profusion by even young specimens, make this one of the most beautiful and 

 showy of spring-flowering trees. It may be grafted on the Quince or Hawthorn 

 in March. 



Floivers snow-white, appearing when leaves are one-third grown, in an 

 erect or nodding raceme, 3-4 ins. long ; pedicels slender ; Calya: campanulate, 

 lobes lanceolate, acute, villous inner surface ; Petals 5, ligulate or obovate, 

 rounded or acute, thin, ^-1 in. long, J-^ in. wide ; Fruit a pome, globose, 

 ^-^ in. diam. ; bright red, becoming dark purple with glaucous bloom. 



Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, cordate at base, acute, serrated, thick, 

 glabrous, dark green above, pale beneath, pilose when young, 3-4 ins. long, 

 1-1^ in. wide, midrib prominent, petiole slender; autumn tints deep golden 

 yellow and brilliant crimson. 



A deciduous t?rc, 40 ft. ; with bushy head ; Branches spreading ; Txvigs 

 slender, light green to dark red, becoming dark brown or reddisli brown ; 

 Bai'k red brown, longitudinal fissures, scaly ; Buds small, acute, scales chest- 

 nut-brown, pubescent, ciliate ; Wood heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, dark 

 brown, tinged red. 



Introduced from eastern parts of N. America, 174G; known also as 



June-Berry and Shad 13ush. 



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