No. 919. 

 MESPILUS ACUMINATA 



open ground ever since, finding it perfectly 

 hardy. It has grown to a strong branching 

 shrub five or six feet high. Considerable 



be wished : we have therefore retained it as 

 a Mespilus, which genus is at least practi- 

 cally distinguished from the others of this 



It may be increased by seeds, which seem 

 likely to ripen here, or by budding upon 



