FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



409 



Name. 



Pyrus aucuparia 

 (Mountain Ash or 

 Rowan tree) 



P. lanuginosa 



'P. Sorbus 

 (Service tree) 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Native 



Eastern Europe 



Native 



Colour 



and 

 Season. 



White; 

 Spring 



Dull white 



White 



P. thianschanica 



Adenorachis. 



Cvdonia 

 (the Quinces) 

 Pyriis cathayensis 



Eastern Asia White 



China 



Rosy red ; 



late Spring, 



early 



Summer 



General Remarks. 



luteo has bright yellow or 

 orange fruits, which are freely 

 borne and very showy ; pen- 

 dula is a weeping form with 

 branches that sweep the 

 ground. 



This is a showy tree, 30 feet to 

 40 feet high, with pinnate 

 leaves, woolly on both sur- 

 faces. The fruits are red. 



This is more commonly known 

 under the names of P. domes- 

 tica or Sorbus domestica, 

 and is like the Mountain Ash 

 in leaf, though more spread- 

 ing in growth. The flowers 

 are succeeded by green fruits 

 about the same size as those 

 of a Crab Apple. There 

 are two forms, viz., mali- 

 formis, with apple-shaped 

 fruits, and pyriformis, with 

 fhiits shaped like those of 

 a pear. 



This is a comparatively new 

 introduction, but a valuable 

 tree. It has reddish-coloured 

 shining wood and pinnate 

 glossy leaves, with pointed 

 and serrated leaflets. The 

 fruits are small and scarlet. 

 The above can, and should, 

 be propagated from seeds, 

 which germinate readily, and 

 the seedlings soon form 

 strong plants. The varieties 

 of the Mountain Ash should 

 be worked on that species, 

 and, if absolutely necessary, 

 most of the other species can 

 be increased in the same 

 manner and on the same 

 stock. We have seen P. 

 lanuginosa worked on a 

 jHawthorn stock, on which 

 it [succeeded very well, but 

 should not recommend the 

 Hawthorn as a stock for any 

 of the Pyruses. 



Not a very important group, 

 'containing two species, P. 

 arbutifolia and P. nigra. 

 Both are easily raised from 

 seeds, but the quicker way is 

 to detach suckers. 



Best on a wall as at Kew. 

 Bolder in growth than P. 

 japonica, but not so hardy. 

 Very handsome on a wall. 



