. 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. XXVI. flOSA'cE^: amela'nchier. 415 Gen. Char. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments foliaceous. Petals nearly orbicular. Diik large, full of honey. Styles 2—5, glabrous. Pome turbinate, open ; 5-celled. Endocarp bony. (Don's Mill.) Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; lanceolate, serru
. 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. XXVI. flOSA'cE^: amela'nchier. 415 Gen. Char. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments foliaceous. Petals nearly orbicular. Diik large, full of honey. Styles 2—5, glabrous. Pome turbinate, open ; 5-celled. Endocarp bony. (Don's Mill.) Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; lanceolate, serrulated. Flowers large, nearly sessile, usually solitary, white. Bracleas permanent.— Trees ; in a wild state furnished with spines. Natives of Europe. The first species is .cultivated for its fruit, which is eatable, and the seeds of which are accounted anti-lithic. The second species is an ornamental shrub or low tree, of the general character of a Cratae^gus. Both are propagated by grafting on the quince, the wild pear, or the common hawthorn ; and both grow freely in any common soil, rather moist than dry. t 1. M. germa'nica L. The German, or common. Medlar. Identification. Ijn. 684.; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 13. f. 1.; Dec. Prod, 2. p. 633.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 606. Engravings. Pall. FL Ross., f. 1. ; the plate of this species in Arh. Brit, 1st edit., vol. vi,; and oar fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843; Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843. Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum. London : F. Warne & Co. ; New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong
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