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Duhamel says that next to the wood of the service tree, it's the best kind for making 

 woodcuts. 



The cottony pear tree, Pyrus polveria, Linn., is a tree about twelve or fifteen feet 

 tall. Its trunk is covered with grayish bark. The leaves are oblong, oval, with serrate 

 margins. They're green on top, whitish and cottony underneath. The white flowers are 

 followed by small reddish fruit suspended on a long peduncle. 



FLOWERS: in May. 



RANGE: the forests of Germany; naturalized in our parks. 



NOMENCLATURE. German, lazerolenbirne, mispelbirne. English, woolly-leaved 

 pear-tree. 



Cultivation. Pear trees are propagated by sowing their seeds and by planting 

 young quince trees on which fine varieties of pears are grafted. Seed planting yields new 

 varieties that sometimes are superior to those that we already have. As far as possible, 

 pear trees should be planted in good quality soil that's loose rather than heavy. 



KEY TO PLATES. 



Common pear tree. 1. Complete flower. 2. Intact fruit. 3. Same, transverse 

 section. 



Cottony pear tree. 1. Transverse section of fruit. 



