|sturdy plants in a
| | |twelvemonth. The Portugal
| | |Laurel is also largely
| | |raised from seeds, which
| | |are gathered when ripe and
| | |sown immediately without
| | |any preliminary cleaning.
| | |If kept in sand until the
| | |following spring, they
| | |begin to grow before the
| | |season is sufficiently
| | |advanced to sow them, and
| | |if dried, nearly a year is
| | |lost before they germinate.
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[Illustration: _PYRUS SINAICA._]

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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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| | |
Pyrus |Rosaceae | |An important and beautiful
| | |genus, as it includes the
| | |Pears, Apples, and Quinces
| | |of the hardy fruit garden,
| | |and such trees as the
| | |Flowering Crabs, the White
| | |Beam tree, Mountain Ash,
| | |and Pyrus japonica. It is
| | |divided into seven
| | |sections, viz., Pyrophorum,
| | |which includes the true
| | |pears; Malus, the Wild Crab
| | |apples, parents of many
| | |garde