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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



April 8, 1909. 



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As they are low growing trees, with a 

 considerable spread, they must not be 

 crowded up in a shrubbery. If planted 

 there, plan to gradually cut out less im- 

 portant subjects to give them a good 

 chance to grow. As individual lawn 

 specimens there can be nothing finer. 

 Dotted along a hillside or in groups, they 

 are very telling. Be sure to give them 

 ample room' to spread, as the majority 

 will make plants fifteen to twenty feet 

 in diameter when well developed. 



Prepare a liberal hole for each tree 

 and it will grow with astonismng rapid- 

 ity. Some varieties are, when young, 

 rather ungainly in shape, but become 

 more symmetrical as they increase in size. 

 The pyrus do not flower profusely one 

 year and scantily the next, as lilacs some- 

 times do, but are always smothered with 

 bloom each spring. As. regards insect 

 attacks, they are peculiarly free. Occa- 

 Bionally aphis troubles them, but whale 

 oil soap controls it. San Jose scale will 

 attack them and borers at times trouble 

 them, but not to any considerable extent. 



Some Choice Varieties. 



A few of the best varieties of pyrus 

 are: P. Malus floribunda, one of the 

 finest sorts; flowers red or rosy red, very 

 showy; fruit size of large peas, reddish 

 in color, disappearing with frost. P. 

 Malus Toringo, which was found by Prof. 

 Sargent growing several thousand feet 

 above the sea in Japan; flowers vary 

 from pure white to rosy red, the variety 

 atrosanguinea being very deep; the 

 ' fruits of this pyrus are much prized by 

 the Japanese for preserving. P. baccata, 

 Siberian crab, a small, compact, spread- 



sent out in 1896, has flowers pink in 

 color, flushed with rose, and is free 

 blooming; it is one of the finest of the 

 genus and is being quite largely planted. 

 Pyrus Malus loensis, the western crab ap- 

 ple, is a popular and well known form; 

 the double variety, P. Malus loensis flore 

 pleno, is the finest of the whole crab ap- 

 ple family; the individual flowers are as 

 large as Soupert roses and deliciously 

 scented; this variety is more erect and 

 robust in habit than the majority of the 

 pyrus; also catalogued as P. angusti- 

 folia; no one can go wrong in planting 

 this magnificent sort. 



The ordinary crab apples are worthy 



of a place on any ornamental grounds. 

 What can be finer than specimens of 

 Hyslop or Transcendent, which are 

 veritable sheets of snowy whiteness each 

 season, and make the air for hundreds of 

 feet away redolent with their delicious 

 odor? 



The foregoing are merely a few of the 

 best pyrus, or malus, as the botanists 

 now prefer to call them. There are 

 quite a number of other varieties of 

 merit. Their ease of culture, hardiness, 

 beauty, both in flower and fruit, and 

 early blooming should commend them to 

 many florists and gardeners for land- 

 scape effects. W. N. Craig. 



CARNATION SHOW IN LONDON. 



The sixth show of the Perpetual Flow- 

 ering Carnation Society was held in Lon- 

 don, England, March 24. Beyond doubt 

 it was a most successful show, but in 

 several classes there was a slight falling 

 off in the number of entries. This was 

 accounted for by the severe wintry 

 weather of March, which for frosts and 

 low temperatures generally has not been 



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The Transcendent Crab Apple. 



ing tree, pure white flowers, fruit yellow 

 and red; this pyrus is a native of Siberia 

 and Manchuria; it rather closely re- 

 sembles P. floribunda. P. Malus Halliana 

 grows eight to fifteen feet in height; it 

 has an open crown, rose colored flowers 

 and brownish red fruit, with large seeds; 

 this is also known as P. Malus Parkmani 

 and is a semi-double form of P. Malus 

 floribunda. P. Malus Scheideckeri was 



equaled for many years. Hayward Ma- 

 thias, the honorary secretary of the soci- 

 ety, was the only competitor in Class 1, 

 for group of carnations 3x10 feet, and 

 was awarded first prize and the society's 

 gold medal. 



Considerable interest centered around 

 Class 2, as the first prize was the chal- 

 lenge cup presented by the American 

 (."arnation Society, and this is the first 



occasion the cup has been competed for. 

 Bell & Sheldon proved the winners. The 

 class is for three vases of American vari- 

 eties, introduced in or since 1906. Bell & 

 Sheldon put up Afterglow, Aristocrat and 

 Winsor; second, A. F. Button, Ivor, with 

 Rose-pink Enchantress, Victory and Win- 

 sor; third, C. Engelmann, Saffron Wal- 

 den, with Afterglow, Victory and White 

 Enchantress. Bell & Sheldon were also 

 awarded the society's silver gilt medal 

 for the best vase in the show, Britannia 

 securing them this honor with magnifi- 

 cent, fresh blooms of grand size and 

 color. 



For thirty-six blooms of any variety, 

 white, W. H. Lancashire, Guernsey, was 

 first with White Perfection. 



For thirty-six blooms, blush, all the 

 prizes went to Enchantress, in the follow- 

 ing order: W. H. Lancashire, W. H. 

 Page, of Hampton, and Bell & Sheldon. 



For thirty-six blooms, light pink, rose 

 or salmon. Bell & Sheldon, first with Win- 

 sor; W. H. Lancashire, second with Mrs. 

 Burnett. 



Thirty-six deep pink or cerise, Lanca- 

 shire, first with Lawson ; Engelmann, sec- 

 ond with Afterglow. 



Thirty-six crimson, C. Engelmann, first 

 with Carola, a seedling of his own, not 

 yet in commerce ; Lancashire, second with 

 President. 



Thirty-six scarlet, Newport Nurseries, 

 first with Victory; Lancashire, second 

 with Robert Craig. 



For thirty-six any other color, Engel- 

 mann came in first with Jessica, and for 

 thirty-six of any variety not in commerce 

 the same competitor again scored, with 

 Carola. 



In the classes for eighteen blooms in 

 a vase, the principal prizes were awardetl 

 as follows: White, Bell & Sheldon, first 

 with Lady Bowntiful; C. Engelmann, sec- 

 ond with White Perfection. Blush, C. 

 Engelmann, first with Enchantress; D. ^1- 

 Collins, Swanley, second with the same 

 variety. Light pink, rose or salmon, A. F. 

 Button, first with Rose-pink Enchantress; 

 C. Engelmann, second with Welcome. 

 Beep pink or cerise. Bell & Sheldon, first 

 with Afterglow; A. F. Button, second 

 with Pink Imperial. For crimsons, Boll 

 & Sheldon led with President, A. F. But- 

 ton following with Harlowarden. For 

 scarlets the prizes went to Bell & Sheldon 

 and B. M. Collins, both showing Britan- 

 nia. 



The best decorative vase of carnations 



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