Chapter XIII 



THE APPLE TREE, PEAR TREE, MOUN- 

 TAIN ASH, CHERRY TREE, AND THE 

 SHAD BUSH. 



Family Rosaceae 



THE rose family is a very large order of 

 trees, shrubs, and herbs belonging to 

 temperate climates. There are nu- 

 merous genera, including valuable fruit and 

 ornamental trees which have been cultivated 

 since the earliest times. Many of the species 

 are so familiar that they scarcely need descrip- 

 tion in summer, but in winter the character of 

 their buds and stems is less easily recognized, 

 and unless the trees are well grown it is some- 

 times difficult to identify them. 



Common A . fl at ~ to PP ed *> 2O to 4O feet 



Apple Tree high. The bark of the tree scales 



pyrus Maius O ff fa sma % jfo Hj brittle plates. 



The buds and the stems are small and somewhat 

 woolly. The leaf-scars are alternate and incon- 

 spicuous, with three bundle-scars. 



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