122. WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
Stem 6-12 feet high, mapoh branched ; branches rugged, armed with tapering thorng 
about half an inch in len A 
as long, variously lobed, - a "3-5 lobed, with the terminal lobe trifid. St tpules of the 
young plant foliaceous, obliquely falcate-re niform, Corymbs terminal a the short branches, 
many nae Style mostly solitary. Fruit about 14 of an inch in diameter, purple when 
matur 
Cultivated and naturalized. Native of Europe. Fl. May. Fr. October. 
This, the eh so often mentioned by English writers, and 
so interwoven in English poetry, is often used fo r hedges, a nd is to some 
extent naturalized. Like the — species of the genus, it ca 
tendency to “sport” or form varieties, and over thirty varieties are 
mentioned in the English w wicks on 1 haebé ulture. Some of them flower 
very late in the season, others have red flowers, and there are those with 
bei 
a neat com growing thus, ——— the red-flower 
afl gi filled aay its niet flow really charming. The e 
“ haws,” are a favorite food of t the birds. * 
El: tego DL. Pear anp Scam 
tin name for the Pea 
Calyzx-tube urceolate ; ind 8 d-lobed. Styles mostly 5, often united = 
base. Pome fleshy,—containing 2-5 cartilaginous or nearly membra 
ous 2 in each carpel or cell; testa chartaceous or oan 
us. Trees or shrubs, ate, simple or pinnate. 
Flowers in terminal spreading cymes or corym 
21. Leaves simple. 
* Styles 5, distinet ae not sunk in at the attachment of the stalk. (Pyrus.) 
1. P. commu’nts, Leaves lance-ovate, slightly serrate, the upper 
surface smooth ; ate corymbose ; fruit turbinate. 
Common Pics, Pear. Pear-tree. 
Fr. Le Poirier. Germ. Der Birnbaum. Span. El Peral. 
Stem 15-30 feet high, branching ; ee i! op rather erect, forming an oblong or 
conical top. i ed oe =3 it hogs erebnenn ng ; petioles nehes in length. Petals white. Fruit 
of Size (1- inches in Fern feahy or succulent, umbilicate at apex, 
obovoid, ciara or peduncle, often eignatalaeunie or oblique et 
Cultivated. Native of Europe. FI. May. Fr. August-—Nove mber. 
Facog Many varieti: es of this luscious fruit have been obtained by 
elles ite 5, united at base; fruit sunk in at the base. 
2. P. Ma’tus, L. Leaves ovate-oblong, serrate, the ape a rag 
asain ss ai subumbellate villous; fruit t de pressed, globose, or 
ah Pyrvs. —— Apple. Appletree 
Fr. Le Pommier. Germ. Der r. Apfelbaum. cin Manzan ; 
Stem ompomapgaaie § branching ; branches mostly spreading and ead genic 5 
—* broad bushy top. Leaves 2-3 inches long ; eee’ an ino 4 or more in nee 
