. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 41« ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. M. g. 1 sylvestris Mill. Diet. No. ). - its spines in a state of cultivation. M. g. 2 strkta Dec, Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. p, Spineless. Leaves doubly serrated. M. g. 3 diffilsa Dec., Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. p. t. 3. — Thornless. Leaves nearly entire. abor
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 41« ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. M. g. 1 sylvestris Mill. Diet. No. ). - its spines in a state of cultivation. M. g. 2 strkta Dec, Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. p, Spineless. Leaves doubly serrated. M. g. 3 diffilsa Dec., Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. p. t. 3. — Thornless. Leaves nearly entire. abortive of seeds. Spiny. Fruit small. It loses 172., Dod. Pempt. 801.— 172., Du Ham. Arb. Fr. i. Fruit, in many instances. In the HcrrHcidtwal Society's Fruit Catalogue, the following four culti- vated sorts are given, which may be considered as artificial varieties : — 1. Blake's large-fruited Medlar. 2. Dutch Medlar. — Fruit the largest of any. 3. Nottingham, or common, Medlar. — Fruit obovate, middle size, and of the best quality : the only sort worth cultivating for its fruit in England. 4. The stoneless Medlar. — Fruit small, and of little merit. The fruit of the medlar is not eaten till in a state of incipient decay, when it is very agreeable to some palates; though it is, as Du Hamel observes, more un fruit de fantame, than one of utility. A number of trees of the dif- ferent varieties may be seen in the orchard of the Horticultural Society's Garden, where they have taken very picturesque shapes. 5? 2. M. Smi'thk Dec. Smith's; Medlar. Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 633. j Don's Mill., 2. p. 605. Synonymes. M. graiidiflora Smitk Exot. Bot. 1. p. 33. ; M. lobiita Pair. Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 3342. Engravings, Smith Exot. Bot, ; Bot. Mag., t. 3442.; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi.; and ourJS^. 760. '. 760. Jtf^spilus Smithtt. Spec. Char., S[c. Leaves oblong, elliptic, serrated, pubescent on the nerves beneath. Flowers usually
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