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cantha baccata aurea, small yellow, C. JPyracantlia and C. P. crenu- 

 lata, with their dense clusters of small crimson and orange fruit, 

 are excellent examples. 



Pyrus contributes more especially Pyrus Malus prunifolia, with 

 fruit of a light scarlet, covered with a delicate bloom, P. Malus 

 liy emails, with large red fruit which hangs on the tree all the winter, 

 P. nigra, with large deep purplish-bronze or almost black fruit, 

 P. Malus tatarica, with large fruit, beautifully striped with yellow 

 and scarlet, P. aucuparia (the mountain-ash), with its dense 

 clusters of scarlet berries, and the yellow variety, P. spuria pen- 

 dula, with fruit of a deep purple, and P. arbutifolia melanocarpa, 

 whose fruit is small and of a bright black. 



The foliage of the two genera differs in a remarkable degree, and 

 is often as conspicuous for beauty as their flowers and fruit. 



In Crataegus, the large cordate-lobed adutely serrated leaves of 

 C. coccinea maxima, and the deeply lobed leaves of C. Layii, are a 

 fine contrast ; these grouped with C Lambertiana, with its large 

 oval, lanceolate, notched leaves, and C. Aronia, with wedge- 

 shaped, three-cleft, and pubescent leaves, are worthy a place in 

 every collection. 



Pyrus, again, contains some beautiful varieties of foliage, P. 

 sinensis taking the front rank, with its large thick shining deep- 

 green leaves, and massive robust habit of growth. Pyrus arbuti- 

 folia serotina with its ^IrZw^s-shaped leaves, assuming in autumn 

 a deep crimson, but only surpassed by the gorgeous colours seen 

 in the foliage of trees on the banks of the Potomac and Delaware, 

 P. communis variegata, and P. c. amygdaliformis, with its beautiful 

 narrow silvery foliage, are all worthy of cultivation ; nor need we 

 exclude our own native Pyrus Aria, which is always a beautiful 

 object, especially when waving under a breeze. 



The following list may be useful, as giving at one view some of 

 the species most worthy of notice, whether as regards flowers, fruit, 

 or foliage. 



1. Conspicuous for Flowers. 



(Where space is limited, these marked with an asterisk arc most eligible.) 



* Crataegus Oxyacantlia multiplex (double white). 



* punicea (single scarlet). 



* flore pleno (double pink). 



prcecox (single white, very early). 



glandulosa (flowers white, very large). 



lobata (flowers white, very large). 



