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TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Pyrus prunifolia 



P. Ringo 



*P. Schiedeckeri 



*P. spectabilis 

 (Chinese Crab) 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Siberia 



Japan 



Supposed liybrid 

 (P. spectabilis, 

 *P. Toringo) 



China and Japan 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



Rose ; 

 late Spring 



Late 

 Spring 



Soft rose ; 

 May 



Pink; 

 Spring 



General Remarks. 



This much resembles P. bac- 

 cata, and has many varieties, 

 one of them named pendula 

 being a beautiful weeping 

 tree. 



A small tree about 20 feet high, 

 with rather long spreading 

 branches, and large flower 

 trusses followed by bright 

 yellow fruits. These are 

 sometimes borne so abun- 

 dantly that the branches get 

 weighed down. 



This hybrid has for its near 

 allies such popular and 

 beautiful plants as Pyrus 

 floribunda, P. spectabilis, P. 

 baccata (Siberian Crab), &c. ; 

 yet it is not inferior in beauty 

 to any of them. It is only in 

 recent years that it has been 

 in commerce. It has not, of 

 course, reached its full size 

 yet in this country, but it is 

 evidently going to be a small 

 tree. It is nearly related to 

 P. floribunda, but gives every 

 indication of possessing a 

 more tree-like character, its 

 branches being sturdier and 

 more erect in growth. But 

 it is for its wealth of blossom 

 that it is chiefly remarkable. 

 Even among such profuse- 

 flowering things as those of 

 its allies mentioned above, 

 it is noteworthy for its quali- 

 ties in that respect. During 

 May, its flowering season, 

 clean branches 3 feet and 

 even 4 feet long can be 

 cut, which are wreathed 

 from end to end with blos- 

 som. The flowers are semi- 

 double and come in the 

 usual Apple-like clusters ; 

 each flower is about i J inches 

 across. 



A beautiful and fairly well 

 known tree, 20 feet to 30 

 feet high, with large semi- 

 double flowers of much 

 charm ; the fruits are bright 

 red. Every garden should 

 possess a group of it, and at 

 least a single specimen stand- 

 ing out by itself, unfettered 

 by trees or shrubs near. 

 There are three varieties of 

 note : flore-pleno-albo, with 

 white flowers ; flore-pleno ; 



