No. 1120, 
PYRUS SALICIFOLIA. 
Class, Order. 
ICOSANDRIA  PENTAGYNIA. 
This is said to have been introduced into 
this country by Pallas, who has given, in 
his Flora Rossica, a good representation of 
it in fruit; the flowers he had not seen. He 
found it in sandy deserts, betweenthe rivers 
Terec and Cuma; it also grows on Cauca- 
sus, and in Persia. With us it is perfectly 
hardy, and forms а small tree with many 
pendulous branches, whose fine silvery 
leaves form a beautiful variety in a gar- 
den amidst surrounding verdure. The con- 
trast of colour is a pleasing point, which, 
as well as form, should never be lost sight of 
in the formation of ornamental plantations. 
The most ready method of increasing this 
tree, is by e... upon the common Pear 
stock, 
