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ancient pear trees (Pyrus vulgaris) has been told by 

 Mr. Robert Manning (Proc. Am. Pomol. Soc. 1875) 

 and their mention is hardly required here. Mr. Allen's 

 tree on Hardy street, planted in 1640, but ten years 

 later than the famous Endicott pear tree in Danvers, is 

 probably the only one of very great age, remaining 

 in the city, the Silsbee tree having been cut down sev- 

 eral years ago to make way for Boardman street. There 

 is a pear tree on the Pickering estate on Broad street, 

 said to have been grafted on the day of the battle of 

 Lexington, in 1775, which is now over five feet in cir- 

 cumference at five feet above the ground, and over 

 seven feet at the point where it was grafted. There 

 is a crab apple (Pyrus coronaria) on Brown street, and 

 others in various parts of the city. This species and 

 the many horticultural varieties of crab-apples are 

 desirable on account of its fragrant blossoms. The 

 European mountain ash (Pyrus aucuparia), a misnamed 

 tree, for it bears no relation to the ash tree, is every- 

 where met with in cultivation, and quite often, too, in 

 remote places where the seeds have been carried by 

 birds. There is a large tree in Mr. A. W. West's 

 yard, 12 Chestnut street, and a remarkably fine one, for 

 so old a tree, in Mr. Hubbard Breed's yard, 83 Federal 

 street. Mr. Foote has called attention to the great 

 injury done to these trees by a severe storm some forty 

 years ago, which probably accounts for the few trees of 

 large size we have in the city. The American moun- 

 tain ash (Pyrus americana) grows naturally at the 

 north, but there are a number of trees planted about 

 Beverly Farms. The leaves of this species are larger 

 and the leaflets more pointed than those of the Euro- 

 pean tree, but the flowers and fruit are about the 

 same. 



