TREES AND SHRUBS. 83 



Pyrus floribunda 



(Japanese Crab) makes a pretty, graceful, halt- 

 drooping tree about 12 ft. high, that has large semi- 

 double flowers, which when in the bud stage are of a 

 rich crimson colour, but get gradually pink as they 

 expand, and cluster along the entire length of the 

 shoots in May. A group of these on the outskirts of 

 a lawn, or a single specimen isolated on the grass, is 

 quite a joy. For soil, iScc., v. P. haccatu. 



The following varieties are all worth growing : 

 P. f. atro-sanguinea, with a darker shade of flower. 



P. Parkmanniflorepleno, syn. for P. Halleana, with 

 ruby coloured foliage. 



P. f. Scheideckerii, the richest of all in colour. 



Pyrus malus 



(Apple Tree], as an ornamental tree, is not grown 

 as much as it might be, for in May, when it is in bloom, 

 nothing can surpass it. The varieties are far too nume- 

 rous to attempt to name, but one of the best is called 

 Hunwelfis Souring, bearing the most beautiful blossom, 

 of any apple, pink and quite unaffected by late frosts. 

 It is not particular as to soil, but it certainly does best 

 in a rich, well-drained loam, with a South, South-east, 

 or South-west aspect, sheltered from the North-east, 



