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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



37578 to. 37600— Continued. 



not known to be anywhere wild in Japan. It is surmised to be a 

 hybrid between P. spectabilis and some form of P. mains. As a tree 

 for the garden its great attraction is its abundant, gracefully pendent, 

 bright yellow fruits, which hang from the lower side of the branches 

 in long, crowded rows and make it probably the handsomest of our 

 yellow-fruited hardy trees. They have an applelike flavour and are 

 quite pleasant eating. 



" Var. fastigiata Hfera. A tree of pyramidal habit, probably a 

 hybrid between some form of P. malus and P. ringo. Fruit abundant, 

 yellow, stained with red, about the size of a pigeon's egg." (W. J. 

 Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 292.) 



37592. Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneider. 

 (Pyrus rivularis Dougl.) 



"A tree 20 to 80 feet high, often a shrub ; branchlets slender, more 

 or less downy. Leaves variously shaped, from broadly ovate to ob- 

 long lanceolate, often 3-lobed ; the largest 4 inches long and 2i inches 

 wide, more often 1 to 3 inches long and half as wide; the base 

 tapering, rounded, or slightly heart shaped, pointed at the apex, 

 sharply toothed; downy on both sides; stalk downy, 1 to 11 inches 

 long. Flowers white or rose tinted, three-fourths inch across, pro- 

 duced in clusters of 6 to 12. Fruit egg shaped, on«-half to three- 

 fourths inch long, red, yellow, or greenish yellow, the calyx teeth 

 fallen away from the top. 



" Native of western North America ; introduced in 1836, according 

 to Loudon, but little known in cultivation now, although it is offered 

 sometimes in tree catalogues of continental firms. It belongs to the 

 Toringo group of crabs, but appears to have no special value for the 

 garden. The fruit has an agreeable subacid taste, and the wood, being 

 close and hard, is valued in the AVestern States for uses similar to 

 those of apple and pear wood in this country." (W. J. Bean, Trees 

 and Shriibs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 292.) 



37593. X SoRBUs alpina (Willd.) Heynh. 



" This species is commonly known as the bastard quince, and is a 

 native of the mountainous parts of Europe. It is a shrub which attains 

 a height of 5 to 6 feet. The flowers, which are of a reddish color, make 

 their appearance in May and June. The leaves are ovate, serrate, 

 glabrous, clothed when young with a deciduous down. The fruit is round 

 and of a reddish color." (Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening.) 



" Pyrus alpina, Willdenow (Sorbus alpina Heynhold), is very nearly 

 allied [to dippelii], having P. aria and P. arbutifoUa as its parents. 

 It differs from P. dippelii most markedly in having clear red fruits and 

 in the leaves (upper surface especially) being less downy." (W. J. Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 282.) 



37594. Akonia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott. Black chokeberry. 

 (Pyrus melanocarpa Willd.) 



"This is a pretty native shrub which is found in the damp woods 

 throughout the country, north and south. When in the woods it is often 

 8 to 10 feet high, but to be fully appreciated it must be seen as a bushy 

 shrub. It has clusters of white flowers, usually on every branch, and 



