. 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. 4-1S ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 761. P^TUE commJiniB. f 2 Pi/raster Wallr. Sched. , Gsrtn. f. 2.—Spiny. Leaves roundish, acute, sharply serrated, glabrous even when young. Tube of the calyx, while young, glabrous. Pome rounded at the base. S P. u. Zfoliis v
. 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. 4-1S ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 761. P^TUE commJiniB. f 2 Pi/raster Wallr. Sched. , Gsrtn. f. 2.—Spiny. Leaves roundish, acute, sharply serrated, glabrous even when young. Tube of the calyx, while young, glabrous. Pome rounded at the base. S P. u. Zfoliis variegatis has variegated leaves. t P. e. 'ifructu variegdto has the skin of the fniit variegated with yellow and white. t P. u. 5. sanguinolenta, the sanguinole Pear, has the flesh of the fruit red or reddish ; and, though small and gritty, is not bad to eat when ripe. If P. c. 6 flore plena, Poire de I'Armenie Bon. Jard. p. 43., has double flowers. t P. c. ; Bon Chretien a Bois jaspe Bon. Jard. edit. 1836, p. 424. ; has the bark of the wood striped with yellow. t sativaDec.— Without spines. This is the cultivated variety, of which there are very numerous subvarieties in gardens. For these DeCandoUe refers us to Miller's Dictionary, and to I)u Hamel's Des Arbres Fruitiers ; but, at the present time, by far the most complete collection in the world, of cultivated pears, is in the garden of the London Horticultural Society; and they are described in the Fruit Catalogue (edit. 1831) of that body. From this cata- logue Mr. Thompson has made for us the following selection of sorts which are at once deserving of culture as ornamental trees, and as producing fruit of first-rate excellence. Subvarieties. Beurr'e Diel. — Leaves large, and flowers very large. A hardy tree, somewhat fastigiate in its shape ; a great bearer, and deserving of extensive cultivation on account of its fruit, independently altoge- ther of its handsome shape and large flowers. Beurr'e de Ban
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