| | |their leaves alone, for
| | |during Spring and Summer it
| | |is quite silvery. Although
| | |about 20 feet high in its
| | |native country, it makes
| | |here, as a rule, a small
| | |bushy stunted tree.
| | |
*P. salicifolia |Levant | |A beautiful tree, about 15
(Willow-leaved | | |feet high, and delightful
Pear) | | |to make groups of for the
| | |sake of its long and narrow
| | |silvery-white leaves. There
| | |is a creeping variety of
| | |it. The flowers are white,
| | |and the fruits small and
| | |woody, neither of much
| | |account. It is the effect
| | |of the foliage that we must
| | |consider, which is very
| | |charming when waving in the
| | |wind. A good tree for
| | |grouping and for small
| | |gardens, and this remark
| | |applies also to the weeping
| | |form. The Pyrophorum group
| | |will come true from seed,
| | |which is the best way of
| | |propagating them. If not
| | |from seeds they can be
| | |worked on stocks of the
| | |Wild Pear, on which they do
| | |fairly well, though much
| | |better on their own r