. Our woodland trees . Trees; Trees. 27. THE WILD SEEVICE TREE. Pyriis torminalis. Plate 4, Fia. 7. â BAUTY of leaf is one of the dis- tinguisliing cliaracteristics of fhis Tree. Thougli somewliat rare in our woodlands, it attains a height sometimes of fifty feet, and bears frnit which is eatable, and not un- pleasant to the taste, and which forms both in some parts of this country and in France a marketable commodity. Its leaves are supported on somewhat long footstalks, and may be described to be irregularly four-sided âin such a way indeed that each half, as divided from the other by the mi
. Our woodland trees . Trees; Trees. 27. THE WILD SEEVICE TREE. Pyriis torminalis. Plate 4, Fia. 7. â BAUTY of leaf is one of the dis- tinguisliing cliaracteristics of fhis Tree. Thougli somewliat rare in our woodlands, it attains a height sometimes of fifty feet, and bears frnit which is eatable, and not un- pleasant to the taste, and which forms both in some parts of this country and in France a marketable commodity. Its leaves are supported on somewhat long footstalks, and may be described to be irregularly four-sided âin such a way indeed that each half, as divided from the other by the mid-vein, forms a sort of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Heath, Francis George, 1843-1913. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
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