DECIDUOUS FLOWERING TREES 45 



stature of trees comprise several of such great beauty 

 that a few of them should be given a place in the 

 smallest of gardens. The most handsome and desir- 

 able are : The Yulan (Magnolia conspicua), a handsome 

 species, ranging from fifteen to twenty-five feet in 

 height, and producing in great profusion early in the 

 spring large pure white flowers. Soulange's Magnolia 

 (M. Soulangeana) is a very handsome hybrid, closely 

 resembling in general character, and in the size and 

 shape of the flowers, the species first mentioned. It 

 however differs from it in the flowers being of a bright 

 rose colour, and produced a fortnight or so later. There 

 is a darker coloured form of the last-named known as 

 C. Soulangeana nigra. Lenne's Magnolia (M. Lenne) is 

 another hybrid of great beauty ; the growth resembles 

 that of the Yulan, and the flowers are of large size and 

 of a bright rose colour. 



The deciduous magnolias here mentioned should be 

 assigned a prominent position on the lawm, and it will 

 be an advantage to plant them where they will be 

 slightly sheltered from the easterly winds, which some- 

 times damage the flowers. In preparing the stations 

 make a liberal addition to the soil of turfy loam, peat 

 and leaf-mould. 



PYRUS OR FLOWERING CRABS. The crabs remarkable 

 for the beauty of their flowers should be largely planted 

 in the pleasure grounds. They are all more or less 

 elegant in growth and free in flowering, and range from 

 fifteen to twenty feet in height. Pyrus floribunda is ex- 

 tremely graceful and has pale pink flowers, bright red 

 in the bud. The varieties of P. malus, known as 

 coccinea and rosea, are both desirable, the flowers red and 

 rose respectively. P. spectabilis is hardly so graceful as 

 the foregoing, but it has larger flowers, these being of a 

 bright rose colour, and very effective, and P. baccata, 

 a handsome species with white flowers. 



