FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



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Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order, 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



Pyrus spectabilis 

 (Chinese Crab) 



China and Japan 



Pink; 

 Spring 



Aria (White Beam 

 trees) 



Pyrus Aria (Com- 

 mon White Beam 

 tree) 



North Temperate 

 Zone 



White 



P. decaisneana 



*P. lanata 



Origin unknown ; 



presumably a 



hybrid 



Himalaya 



White 



and Kaido, which is a very 

 charming tree, upright in 

 growth, and with rose-pink 

 flowers and yellowish-red 

 fruits. These trees of the 

 Malus section are usually 

 propagated by being budded 

 or grafted on stocks of the 

 Common Crab. If any of 

 them are growing singly 

 away from other species, 

 then seeds from them will 

 come true to name, but 

 where various species are 

 growing together they be- 

 come crossed when in flower, 

 and the seedlings result in a 

 variety of hybrids, few or 

 none of which are of any 

 value. But as all of them 

 succeed very well when 

 worked on Stocks of the 

 Common Crab, this is pro- 

 bably the better way to pro- 

 pagate them. 

 A very distinct group. 



A well-known tree, frequently 

 seen in chalky districts. It 

 is a large tree, 40 to 50 feet 

 high, and has oval leaves, 

 which are silvery white on 

 the under siu-face. The 

 white flowers are borne in 

 large clusters, followed by 

 oval red or scarlet coloured 

 fruits. There are several 

 varieties. Lutescens is very 

 handsome, with its broad 

 and silvery leaves ; chryso- 

 phylla has leaves of quite a 

 golden hue ; grseca is a 

 handsome form found in 

 Greece, it is much later in 

 flowering and fruiting than 

 any of the others ; salicifolia 

 has striking leaves, quite sil- 

 very white underneath. 



A handsome vigorous tree, 

 vrith oval leaves, 6 inches 

 long by 2 to 3 inches broad, 

 silvery beneath. The pinkish 

 flowers are on large dense 

 corymbs, followed by bright 

 scarlet fruits. A tree well 

 worth growing. 



This is better known under its 

 garden name of Sorbus ma- 

 jestica, and is perhaps the 

 most beautiful of this section 

 of Pyrus. It is an upright- 



