May 29, 1909 



HORTICULTUKE 



761 



Davallia fijensis 



The accompanying illustration 

 represents a fine specimen of Daval- 

 lia fijensis grown for Mrs. B. B. Tut- 

 tle of Xaugatuck, Conn. It would 

 make a nice companion to that fine 

 specimen of Adiantum Farleyensc 

 grown by Mr. Urquhart and pic- 

 tured in Horticulture April 1^ 

 last. But it takes more than twn 

 years to grow this fern to that sizi'. 



This plant has been on the prem- 

 ises for the last fourteen years to 

 my knowledge, and heaven onlj- 

 knows how many years prior to that. 

 It has never been broken up or di- 

 vided and has not been repotted for 

 over six or seven years, but it keeps 

 on growing and producing its 

 two crops of fronds annually wliich are very useful for 

 cutting as they have great lasting qualities. The speci- 

 men stands now three feet high and measures over four 

 and one-half feet in diameter. 



The plant receives liberal waterings with liquid 

 manure while making its new fronds until these are fully 





developed and hard water is gradually withheld and 

 sparingly given until the old fronds are cut and the 

 phint starts to grow again. 



Naugatuck, Conn. 



Notes from the Arnold Arboretum 



The ornamental Apples have bloomed again splen- 

 didly this year at the Arnold Arboretum and particu- 

 larly the large group at the foot of Peter's Hill was a 

 mass of white and pink and presented a glorious sight 

 while the bloom was in its prime. Among the numer- 

 ous kinds more or less well known I should like to draw 

 attention to three desirable but very little known forms. 

 One of them is Malus fioribunda var Arnoldiana (M. 

 Arnoldiana) which originated at the Arnold Arboretiim 

 some time ago, but was described and published as a new 

 variety only a few months ago. There is as yet only one 

 plant in existence but grafts have been distributed last 

 winter and it will probably be in trade before very long. 

 Maltis fioribunda Arnoldiana is much like the well 

 known M. fioribunda but superior to it chiefly on account 

 of its larger and more numerous flowers which are of a 

 somewhat lighter color. It is a beautiful shrub, the 

 spreading and gracefully arching branches loaded with 

 large slender-stalked flowers carmine pink in bud and 

 nearly white when fully open. The yellow berry-like 

 fruits are also larger than in M. fioribunda. 



Another Apple which merits to be better known is 

 Malus atrosanguinea, supposed to be a hybrid between 

 M. HalUana and M. rivularis or perhaps M. Toringo. 

 It is one of the few Apples with decidedly pink flowers 

 and forms a shrub or small tree with slender branches 

 densely covered with carmine pink flowers. On account 

 of its denser habit and more closely set flowers it is a 

 more effective shrub for planting in groups than Malus 



IltiUiaiia, though the latter is certainly more graceful if 

 seen at close range with its larger individual flowers of a 

 purer pink. The third Apple with pink flowers is M. 

 N iedzwetzkyana which, however, is inferior in beauty to 

 the two others, as it is a coarser tree and less free 

 flowering. All three are valuable for the color of their 

 flowers as they form a pleasing contrast with other 

 flowering Apples which all have white or but slightly 

 pinkish flowers at least when they are fully open. 



A third little known species is Malus Sargenti very 

 distinct in habit from other Apples. It is a low shrub 

 scarcely exceeding three or four feet in height with 

 almost horizontally spreading branches loaded with pure 

 white flowers. It blooms about a week later than most 

 other Apples, at the same time with M. Toringo which 

 it resembles much in foliage, but M. Toringo has smaller 

 pinkish flowers and slenderer partly arching branches. 



A few years ago we received plants of Cerds chinensis 

 which have proved hardy at the Arboretum and show 

 that this beautiful species can be grown successfully in 

 this latitude. Cercis chinensis is a much finer plant 

 than the native C. canadensis; it has larger flowers pro- 

 duced in great profusion and blooms very freely even 

 as a young plant. It is certainly a valuable addition to 

 our early flowering shrubs particularly as shrubs with 

 pink flower? are not very numerous. 



During the coming week the Lilacs and Rhododen- 

 dron Eaempferi will be in full bloom and will form then 

 the most attractive feature of tlie Arboretum. 



