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CRAT.tGUS. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



shaggy hairs, come into bloom during the first 

 week of June, and the orange-red fruits ripen 

 in October. 



C. pedicillata bears flowers with rose- 

 coloured anthers, which expand about 24th 

 May. The bright scarlet fruits ripen early in 

 September and fall about the middle of the 

 month. The leaves are broadly-oval and 

 rich dark green in colour. Prof. Sargent re- 

 gards this as "one of the largest and most 

 beautiful thorn-trees of the northern United 

 States." 



C. Pringki forms a dense oval head, branch- 

 ing from near the ground and reaching a 

 height of 20 to 30 ft. The white flowers with 

 reddish anthers open about the middle of 



CRINUM,— With the renewed atten- 

 tion given to these plants of late years 

 our choice of hardy and fairly hardy 

 kinds has increased, and the following 

 may be added to those described on 

 page 515 : 



C. Powellii. — The best of hardy 

 crinums, raised as a cross between C. 

 Moo7'eanii}n and C. Capejise. It bears 

 smaller flowers than Mooreatttem, but is 

 hardier, and with a little care in severe 

 winters will grow well in almost any part 

 of Britain. It makes a large club-shaped 

 bulb 2 to 3 ft. long, with spreading 

 leaves many feet in length and massive 



Crataegus Ellwangeriana, 



May, and the dull-red fruits— occasionally 

 marked with yellowish freckles — ripen about 

 the end of August and fall about three weeks 

 later. This Hawthorn is readily distinguished 

 by its drooping leaves of convex form, this 

 being due to the infolding of the sides towards 

 the mid-rib. 



C. spissi flora. — A shrub or low tree in which 

 the flowers, with ten stamens and purple- red 

 anthers, are borne in dense short clusters, and 

 come into beauty just after the middle of May. 

 The bright scarlet almost pear-shaped fruits 

 are borne in dense clusters, which begin to 

 colour in August, but are not fully ripe till the 

 middle of September. The foliage is ample 

 and the fruit remarkably handsome when 

 ripe. 



spikes of fragrant flowers during August. 

 Strong bulbs will give three spikes in one 

 season, each spike bearing twelve to 

 twenty pink flowers 6 inches across, with 

 buds a deeper red, and opening in suc- 

 cession, so that the display lasts for some 

 weeks. The roots of established plants 

 go down 4 or 5 ft. and the ground 

 should therefore be well prepared before 

 planting, and the bulbs may then be left 

 alone for ten years or more, feeding them 

 freely with liquid manure during surnmer. 

 They then increase rapidly in size and 

 strength, growing into majestic clumps 

 many feet across. When planting, there 

 should be drainage arranged if the 



