LSI 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THK SIIRI US 



clusters of L' to :]. There are a dozen or more varieties in cultivation dif- 

 fering in color or doubling of the (lowers and in the spreading or upright 

 character of the shrub. The plant is a line one for hedges r the shrub- 

 bery ; height about 5 feet. The usual name in catalogues is Cydonia 

 japonica. 





FIG. 285. Dwarf Flowering 

 Quince. 



FIG. 286. Narrow-leaved Crab 

 Apple. 



COMMON or RED CHOKEBERRY (282) Pyrus arbutifolia is an up- 

 right or spreading shrub (2-12 feet) with alternate simple serrate leaves 

 ( H-3 inches long) ; the white or pinkish-tinted flowers are \ inch wide 

 in broad clusters, 1 to 2 inches wide, March to May. These clusters of 

 flowers, as well as the under sides of the leaves, are very grayish-hairy. 

 The nearly globular pomes are red, about \ inch across, ripe in August, 

 and remain on till late fall or early winter. There is a closely related 

 species with smoother leaves and black fruit which soon falls, BLACK 

 CHOKEBERRY Pyrus nigra, also one with purple fruit, PCRPLE CHOKE- 

 BERKY Pyrus atropurpurea. [Seeds.] 



KEY TO THE SHRUBBY AND MORE ORNAMENTAL 



SPECIES OF PYRUS 



Speries with simple leaves, including Malus, Cydonia, Aronia, and Mes- 

 pilus. For the pinnate-leaved M<u NTAIN ASHES Sorbns, see p. 186. 



