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TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order, 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



Pyrus nivalis 



Eastern Europe 



White; 

 Spring 



P. sinaica 



Asia Minor 



White ; 

 April 



*P. salicifolia (Wil- 

 low-leaved Pear) 



Levant 



M ALUS (the Apples). 

 'P. baccata (Sibe- 

 rian Crab) 



Himalaya to Japan 



Rose pink ; 

 May 



A small spreading tree which 

 flowers in great abundance ; 

 the fruits are plentifully pro- 

 duced, and are nearly globu- 

 lar in shape, and of fairly 

 good flavour, but dry. The 

 habit of the tree and shape 

 andflavour of the fruit suggest 

 some of the garden pears. 

 There is a variety with leaves 

 variegated with white. 



This is one of the few species 

 worth growing for their leaves 

 alone, for during Spring and 

 Summer it is quite silvery. 

 Although about 20 feet high 

 in its native country, it makes 

 here, as a rule, a small bushy 

 stunted tree. 



A beautiful tree, about 15 feet 

 high, and delightful to make 

 groups of for the sake of its 

 long and narrow silvery-white 

 leaves. There is a creeping 

 variety of it. The flowers 

 are white, and the fruits 

 small and woody, neither of 

 much account. It is the 

 effect of the foliage that we 

 must consider, which is very 

 charming when waving in 

 the wind. A good tree for 

 grouping and for small 

 gardens, and this remark 

 apphes also to the weeping 

 form. The Pyrophorum 

 group will come true from 

 seed, which is the best way of 

 propagating them. If not 

 from seeds they can be worked 

 on stocks of the Wild Pear, 

 on which they do fairly well, 

 though much better on their 

 own roots. There are other 

 species in this section, such 

 as P. auricularis, P. Mich- 

 auxi.P. parviflora, P. Pashia, 

 and P. sinensis, but the above 

 are the most important. 



A well-known tree, very beauti- 

 ful on the lawn. It grows 

 20 feet to 30 feet high, and 

 as much or more in diameter, 

 and the flowers smother 

 every branch, followed by a 

 glorious display of brilliant 

 scarlet fruits, which are 

 esteemed by some when pre- 

 served. There are several 

 varieties, of which three may 



