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of linear oblong, serrate leaflets. Flowers 

 about "Whitsuntide, creamy white, in 

 dense cymes 4-6 in. long. Fruit scarlet 

 or orange-red. There are several forms, 

 among them being fastigiata, more erect 

 in growth ; fructu-luieo, with yellow 

 berries ; pendula, with weeping branches ; 

 and va/riega,ta, with variegated leaves, 

 not well marked. 



Culture dc, as above. 



P. baccata (Siberian Cherry Crab). 

 A handsome Siberian tree 15-20 ft. high, 

 with ovate acute serrated leaves on long 

 stalks. Flowers in April and May, white, 

 crowded. Fruit yeUow tinged with red, 

 about the size and shape of a Cherry. A 

 very variable species, chiefly recognised 

 by its deciduous calyx lobes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



P. Chamxmespilus {Cratcegus Chamce- 

 mespilua ; Sorbus Chamismespilus). — 

 False Qwmce. — A shrub 5-6 ft. high, 

 native of the mountainous parts of Europe. 

 Leaves ovate, serrate, smooth, downy 

 when young. Flowers in May and June, 

 reddish. Fruit red, round. The variety 

 Hosti has broadly elliptic, often lobed 

 leaves, and rosy pink flowers in large 

 terminal corymbs. 



Culture dc. as above. 



P. communis {Wild Pear). — A native 

 tree 20-40 ft. high, with oblong-ovate 

 acute, bluntly serrated leaves, more or less 

 downy when young. Flowers in April 

 and May, white, 1-lJ in. across. Fruit 

 1-2 in. long, pear-shaped. There are 

 several forms, such as cotinifolia, fasci- 

 cularis, flore pleno, pendula, &o. 



Culture dc. as above ; see also Pear, 

 p. 1059. 



P. coronaria [Sweet-scented Crab). — 

 A pretty N. American tree 20 ft. high. 

 Leaves simple, ovate, somewhat cordate, 

 deeply toothed or lobed. Flowers in May, 

 rosy, large, fragrant. Fruit greenish, 

 fragrant. The variety flore plena is far 

 superior to the single-flowered type. Its 

 blossoms are rosy white, and over 2 in. 

 across with 2 or 3 rows of petals. The 

 blossoms are borne in large clusters, and 

 render this one of the finest flowering 

 trees at the end of May. 



Culture dc. as above. 



P. floribunda. — A very ornamental 

 Japanese Crab, with slender shoots and 

 small, oblong lance-shaped, toothed leaves. 

 Flowers in May, rich rosy red, freely 



produced. Fruit long-stalked, very smaU^ 

 roundish. There are numerous varieties, 

 including atrosangumea, with deep red 

 flowers ; EKse Bathe, and pendula, droop- 

 ing habit ; Torvngo (the Torimgo Crab), a 

 variety with sharply cut, usually 3-lobed,, 

 downy leaves, and others ; its sub-variety 

 Bingo is a free-flowering, ornamental shrub 

 with deeper-lobed leaves. 



Flore pleno (also known as Malus 

 halleana and M. Pa/rTcmanni) is a beauti- 

 ful tree 10-13 ft. high, with more or less, 

 double flowers of a soft rosy tint and grace- 

 fully borne on long slender red-brown 

 stalks. 



Culture dc. as above. 



P. g^ermanica (Mespilus germanica). 

 Com/mon Medlar. — A free-flowering Bri- 

 tish tree 10-20 ft. high, with obovate or 

 lance-shaped serrated leaves, somewhat 

 downy beneath. Flowers in May and 

 June, white, over an inch across. Fruit 

 about 1 in. in diameter, roundish, with a 

 depressed area at the top, and persistent 

 calyx lobes. There are several forms. 



Culture dc. as above. See also Med- 

 lar, p. 1085. 



P. japonica {Cydonia japonica). — 

 Japanese QuAnce. — A handsome Japan- 

 ese shrub 5-8 ft. high, with smooth, oval, 

 crenate serrate leaves. Flowers brilliant 

 scarlet, produced in great profusion soon 

 after Christmas, and while the plant is in 

 a leafless state. Fruit green, fragrant, 

 but not edible. There are several forms, 

 usually distinguished by the brUliancy or 

 dulness of the flowers. The white-flowered 

 form, nivalis, is very pretty. There is 

 also a semi-double variety. 



Grown as a bush or against walls, the 

 Japanese Quince always looks effective 

 and brilliant during the dullest season of 

 the year, and continues to blossom well 

 into May. Small plants in pots flower 

 freely in cold houses early in the year. 



Culture dc. as above. See also Quince, 

 p. 1085. 



P. lobata (Mespilus grandiflora). — 

 A Caucasian Medlar about 20 ft. high. 

 Leaves oblong elliptic, serrate, nerves 

 beneath, downy. Flowers in May and 

 June, white, about f in. across. 



Culture dc. as above. See also Med- 

 lar, p. 1085. 



P. Malus (Crab; Wild AppU).—k. 

 British tree about 20 ft. high. Leaves 

 1-2 in. long, oblong, rounded, pointed or 



