Pyrus Japonica — Japan Quince. 103 



" The type, Pyrus japonica, has a very dark red flower 

 of considerable size ; the foHage takes on a purpHsh tinge 

 and the habit is upright. P- j . moor lost is an extremely 

 fine variety. In habit it is low with arching branches, in 

 fact, almost pendulous, the foliage very slender and nar- 

 row, while the medium-sized flowers are pink and white 

 in color. P. j. wallardi is of medium good upright habit 

 with flowers of the very darkest crimson in color. P. j. 

 atrosangiiinea is similar to moorlosi, only the habit is not 

 so airy, the flowers are not borne so abundantly, and the 

 leaves are much larger and not so narrow. 



" P.j. macrocarpa is of a splendid spreading habit with 

 dark foliage and medium-sized flowers of a light carmine- 

 red color. P. j. foliis rubris : The foliage is decidedly 

 colored, the flowers salmon-red in color, while the habit 

 of the plant is very compact and not of the average 

 height. P. j. rosea fiore plena has good semi-double 

 deep rose flowers of large size. P. j. versicolor : Flowers 

 pink and white, the habit of the plant being very compact. 

 P. j. atrosanguinea plena .-In this variety the habit is 

 very dwarf and compact and it is a decidedly free bloomer. 

 The flowers, of a. deep red, are only slightly double. P. j. 

 grandiflora : One of the best ; flowers very large, pink and 

 white in color, and very fine airy habit. P. j. tunelblata : 

 Also a very good variety, with flowers of deep rose color 

 borne very abundantly. P. j. nivalis is a splendid white 

 variety, laden with medium-sized flowers. P. j. simplex 

 alba : The flowers a trifle larger than nivalis, the last two 

 being both excellent varieties." 



Pyrus maulei, a more recent species of Japan quince. 



