Stranvaesia
(named after the Hon. W. Fox Strangways, F.R.S., a learned investigator of the Flora of Europe). ORD. Rosaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is an ornamental, nearly hardy, evergreen, branched tree. It succeeds best when planted against a south wall, and slightly protected during severe weather. Propagation may be effected either by grafting, or by budding upon the common Thorn.
S. glaucescens (grey-leaved). fl. white, at length floccose; calyx persistent, the tube campanulate, the limb of five erect lobes; petals five, sessile, spreading, pilose at base; corymbs axillary and terminal, many-flowered. June. fr. orange-coloured, small. l. alternate, petiolate, simple, coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, serrulated; stipules bristly. h. 20ft. Temperate Himalaya and Khasia Mountains. (B. R. 1956.)