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Pyrus ealleryana Dec alsne. (Malaceae.) 43987. Scions 
of pear from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the 
Arnold Arboretum. This wild Chinese pear is not Tin- 
common in western Hupeh at an altitude of from 1000 
to 1500 m. , and is easily recognizable by its compar- 
atively small, crenate leaves and small flowers. This 
pear maintains a vigorous and healthy appearance under 
the most trying conditions, and might prove to be a 
very desirable blight-resistant stock. Also the woolly 
aphis, which attacks other species of pears, has not 
been known to touch this species. (Adapted from Com- 
pere, Monthly Bulletin California State Comm. Hort. 
vol. 4, pp. 313, 314, and from Rehder, Chinese Species 
of Pyrus, Proc. Am. Acad. vol. 50, pp. 237-238.) 
Pyrus oblongifolia Spach. (Malaceae.) 44050. Cuttings 
of pear from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the 
Arnold Arboretum. A small tree, occasionally 20 feet 
or more high, common In Provence, Prance. The leaves 
are oval or oblong, and the fruits, which are yellow- 
ish, tinged with red on the sunny side, are about 1| 
inches in diameter. In Provence It is known as the 
Gros Perrussier. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 
Hardy In the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 273.) 
Pyrus ovoidea Rehder . (Malaceae .) 44051 . Cuttings of 
pear from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold 
Arboretum. A Chinese tree of pyramidal habit, 30 to 
50 feet high, with oval-oblong, sharply serrate leaves 
3 to 5 inches long, white flowers in 5 to 7 flowered 
racemes, yellow, juicy, somewhat astringent exactly 
egg-shaped fruits up to If inches long. In autumn the 
foliage turns a bright scarlet, and the flowers ap- 
pear a week ahead of other species of pears. (Adapted 
from A. Rehder, Proceedings of the American Academy 
of Arts and Sciences, vol. 50, pp. 228-229, and from 
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, 
p. 2869.) 
Pyrus 8alicifolia Pallas. (Malaceae.) 44053. Cuttings 
of pear from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the 
Arnold Arboretum. Var. pendula Hort. A very elegant 
tree, native of southeastern Europe and Asia Minor, 
from 15 to 25 feet high, with pendulous branches, 
narrow lance-shaped, finally shiny green leaves lj to 
3| Inches long, pure white flowers, f Inch wide In 
dense small corymbs, and pear-shaped fruits 1 to l£ 
inches long. The leaves and flowers of this very 
