PYRUS 107 



Pterocarya bears a great resemblance to the Ailanthus, 

 the leaves being very large and composed of from 

 1 6 to 19 leaflets. They are individually oblong in 

 shape and the margin slightly denticulated, the upper 

 surface of a glossy, dark-green colour, the under 

 surface paler. The pendent flowers render the tree 

 distinct from every other, they being from 12 to 14 

 inches in length, of a yellowish-green colour, and 

 hanging downwards almost at right angles to the 

 branches. Flowers were produced abundantly on 

 the Hyde Park tree in 1918. The Pterocarya is a 

 native of dampish ground by the foot of the Caucasus, 

 the first plants being introduced to France in 1782 

 from the shores of the Caspian Sea. It is readily 

 propagated from layers. When planted in good 

 rich soil it is a tree of rapid growth, a specimen at 

 Claremont, in Surrey, having in sixty-five years 

 attained to a height of 50 feet, the stem girthing 1 1 feet 

 at 2 feet from ground level. There is a good specimen 

 of the Pterocarya growing in the City of London 

 Cemetery which is 70 feet in height, with a branch 

 spread of 51 feet, the trunk girthing 9 feet 9 inches 

 at two feet from the ground. This is a splendid 

 tree and in perfect health, which produced flowers 

 abundantly during the summer of 1918. Suckers are 

 freely produced from the roots, and dozens of such 

 can be seen beneath its shade. 



Pyrus 



THE members of the Pyrus family are peculiarly 

 suited for town planting, and quite a large number 

 may be found thriving satisfactorily in many parts 



