[1931] The sorb belongs to the genus pirus of the naturalists.
[1932] The Mespilus germanica of the botanists.
[1933] The azarolier, a tree of the south of Europe, the Mespilus apii folio laciniato of C. Bauhin.
[1934] The Mespilus Italica folio laurino serrato of C. Bauhin, the Mespilus cotoneaster of J. Bauhin.
[1935] Its identity is matter of uncertainty; but it has been thought to be the Cratægus oxyacantha of modern botanists.
[1936] By “amplissimus,” he must mean that it spreads out very much in proportion to its height, as it is merely a shrub.
[1937] Fée thinks it a tree indigenous to the north.
[1938] The ordinary sorb-apple of horticulturists.
[1939] The sorb-pear.
[1940] Varying but little, probably, from the common sorb, the Sorbus domestica of Linnæus.