418 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
761. Pyrus comminis. 
¥ P.c. 2 Pyrdster Wallr. Sched. p.214., Gertn. Fr. t. 87. f. 2.— Spiny. 
Leaves roundish, acute, sharply serrated, glabrous even when young. 
Tube of the calyx, while young, glabrous. Pome rounded at the 
base. 
¥ P.c. 8 foliis variegatis has variegated leaves. 
¥ P.e. 4 frictu variegato has the skin of the fruit variegated with yellow 
and white. 
¥ P.c. 5. sanguinolénta, the sanguinole Pear, has the flesh of the fruit red 
or reddish ; and, though small and gritty, is not bad to eat when ripe. 
* P.c. 6 flore pléno, Poire de ? Arménie Bon. Jard. p.43., has double 
flowers. : 
+ P.c. 7. jéspida ; Bon Chrétien 4 Bois jaspé Bon. Jard. edit. 1836, 
p- 424. ; has the bark of the wood striped with yellow. 
* P.c.8 sativa Dec.— Without spines. This is the cultivated variety, 
of which there are very numerous subvarieties in gardens. For 
these DeCandolle refers us to Miller’s Dictionary, and to Du 
Hamel’s Des Arbres Fruitiers ; but, at the present time, by far the 
most complete collection in the world, of cultivated pears, is in the 
garden of the London Horticultural Society ; and they are described 
inthe Fruit Catalogue (edit. 1831) of that body. From this cata- 
logue Mr. Thompson has made for us the following selection of sorts 
which are at once deserving of culture as ornamental trees, and as 
producing fruit of first-rate excellence. 
Subvarieties. 
Beurré Diel. — Leaves large, and flowers very large. A hardy tree, 
somewhat fastigiate in its shape ; a great bearer, and deserving of 
extensive cultivation on account of its fruit, independently altoge- 
ther of its handsome shape and large flowers. 
Beurré de Rans (not Beurrée rance, as commonly written, which means 
rank, or rancid).— Branches spreading, or pendulous. The best 
very late pear yet known. It bears very well as a standard. 
Bexi de la Motte-—Leaves remarkably narrow. 
Glout Morceau. ( fig. 762.) — Branches spreading. Head pyramidal. A 
hardy tree, and a great bearer. The fruit of most excellent flavour, 
