. 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. 424 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM liRITANNICUM. Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl., p. 630.; Prod., 2. p. 634.; N. Du Ham., 6. p. 191.; Don's Mill., Synonymes. P. boUwylleriana J. Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 69. ic.; P. Pollvtrja Lin. Mant. 234. j P. au- ricuiaris Kmop Pomol. 2. p. 38. t. 4., according
. 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. 424 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM liRITANNICUM. Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl., p. 630.; Prod., 2. p. 634.; N. Du Ham., 6. p. 191.; Don's Mill., Synonymes. P. boUwylleriana J. Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 69. ic.; P. Pollvtrja Lin. Mant. 234. j P. au- ricuiaris Kmop Pomol. 2. p. 38. t. 4., according to Reichenbacli. „ . t ^ v -kt n . Engravings. J. Bauh. Kist., ic. j Knoop Pomol., 2. p. 38. t. 4., according to Reiclienbach ; ]N. i)u Ham., 6. t. 68.; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi.; and our lig. 7b». Spec. Char., Sfc. Buds downy. Leaves ovate, coarsely serrated, tomentose beneath. Flowers many in'a corymb. Fruit top-shaped, small, yellowish within. {Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree of the middle size, with but few ascending thick coarse branches. France, at BoUwyller on the Rhine, in hedges, but rare; possibly a hybrid between the pear and apple. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced In 1786. Flowers white ; April and May. Fruit greenish brown; ripe in September. A very distinct variety, with large rough leaves, having somewhat the ap- pearance of those of the apple. The fruit is turbinate, siaall, orange yellow, and unfit to eat. The tree produces fewer branches than any other species or variety of pear; and these branches are upright, thick, and rigid. t 9. P. VARIOLO^SA Wall. The ywiahXe-leaved Pear Tree. UentiJUation. Wall. Cat. 680.; Don's IVIill., 2. p. 622. Synonyms. P. Pdshia Ham. ex Herb. Lin. Soc. Engravings. The plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. yi.: and our fig. 770. P. Tarlol6sa. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, acuminated, crenated, glabrous in the adult state, on long petioles; when young, clothed with yellowish tomentura ben
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