. 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. 763. F. {c.) *alTif61ia. "f 2. P. (c.) SALVIFO^LIA Dec. The Sage-leaved, Aurelian, or Orleans, Pear Tree. IdnUification. Dec. Fl. Fr., 631., in a note; Prod., 2. p. 634. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 622. Synonyme, Poirler Sauger D'Ourch in BibL Phus. Econ. Mai 1817 p. 299. Engravings. Bot.
. 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. 763. F. {c.) *alTif61ia. "f 2. P. (c.) SALVIFO^LIA Dec. The Sage-leaved, Aurelian, or Orleans, Pear Tree. IdnUification. Dec. Fl. Fr., 631., in a note; Prod., 2. p. 634. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 622. Synonyme, Poirler Sauger D'Ourch in BibL Phus. Econ. Mai 1817 p. 299. Engravings. Bot. Reg., 1482. ; and our Jig. 763. Spec. Char., ^c. Branches thick. Buds tomentose. Leaves lanceolate, entire, tomentose all over when young ; when adult, glabrous on the upper surface. Fruit thick, long, fit for making perry. Wild and cultivated about Orleans, in France. (Dec. Prod.) Introduced by the Loudon Horti- cultural Society, in 1826; and, in our opinion, only a variety of the common wild pear. * 3. P. (c.) NIVALIS The snowy-leaved Pear Tree. Identificalion. Lin. fil. Suppl., 253. ; Jac. Fl. Austr., t 107. i De& Prod., 2. p. 634. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 623. Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Austr., ; and ourJ?g. 764. Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves oval, entire, obtuse, white and silky beneath. Corymbs ter- minal. Fruit globose, very acid, except when ripe and beginning to decay, when it becomes very sweet. {Dec. Prod.) A native of the Alps of Austria, where it grows to the height of 10 or 12 feet. It was introduced into the Horticultural Society's Garden in 1826, or before ; and is already 15 ft. high, forming a very hand- some white-foliaged tree; though, as we think, decidedly only a variety, or race, of the common wild 'i 4. P. (c.) sina'ica Thouin. 764. P. (c.) niTilis. The Mount Sinai Pear Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrat
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