tree well worth
| | |growing.
| | |
*P. lanata |Himalaya |White |This is better known under
| | |its garden name of Sorbus
| | |majestica, and is perhaps
| | |the most beautiful of this
| | |section of Pyrus. It is an
| | |upright-growing tree, 30
| | |feet to 40 feet high, with
| | |large serrated leaves,
| | |covered beneath with a
| | |dense silvery tomentum. The
| | |flowers are succeeded by
| | |corymbs of intense scarlet
| | |fruit. P. pinnatifida is
| | |also of note for its
| | |silvery leaves.
| | |
P. vestita |Northern India |White |Thoroughly hardy in this
| | |country, and a handsome
| | |tree, met with commonly
| | |under the names of P.
| | |Thomsoni and Sorbus
| | |magnifica. It has large
| | |oval silvery leaves, and is
| | |worth growing for this
| | |reason alone. The white
| | |flowers and scarlet fruit
| | |are an additional charm.
| | |The above are all best
| | |propagated from seeds,
| | |which are freely produced,
| | |and come true to name, with
| | |the exceptions of P. alpina
| |