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3 MEME uomo гор ло a9 ТЕМ паг рта SALE WE ама, SS duum $ 24а 
at its best about the last week іп September, arded as water-loving, doing so-well in a dry downy on the outer side, and is borne on a 
p very delicious. wed with the vinej little СПЕ. and, oddly noüdh, “if very" “Army slender, pendulous stalk, three to five flowers in 
cultural attention is giv but there seems garden where attempts have been made to grow а lax p: anic le. The fruits are ЧЧ shapad about 
always to be plenty of droit! and the drying and them, they seem tọ thrive indifferently, in spite 4 inch long covere with a pm grey * down, 
stringing of if is quite a business in vil- of copious жегш: те needs to “wait and ~and they аге usually produced abundantly 
lages. Throughout the winter a dict? E А jut see "' before assuming that English methods are enoug gh to make a "otio eable and pleasing featur 
fine Figs can kir za Rat for а qa n and. sı perior to A when еш; тей in Mace- the autumn: 
from time to tin issue f Figs pro-  donia; as I have learnt in other directions. "The tree is popoy hardy, but as the Hawes 
vided a welcome ey for the troops. Herbert Mace. buds appear vith the young growths in April 
Pomegranates are plentiful in most village they are, ip early sons especially, liable 
gardens, is these are, of MN xu cem т юыну лир eae EUM occasionally to be injured 4 y late spring frosts. 
feature which one notices more than the Figs. $ Bleak open ом should be T otio when unb: 
These trees vary a good deal in size, eight. "Ie TREES AND SHRUBS. ing. Eu ll thrive in either eget die Pars xil 
ull bearing are about 15 feet in height i RO aliaa rovi TA the drainage is good. . Benn. 
leaves, w ich nd one of th of | STYRAX JAPONICUM. , MUR 
a are noteworthy as having a very rich гж еве Tuis beautiful small tree (see Fig 18 xa D SPORTING IN TREES 
А, colouring and persisting on the trees long after originally агч о this country "by E ен So far І have never seen а fastigiate variety of 
und other deciduous plants have shed their foliage. 2 dham, in 1862, eit. he was collecting for Kew Quercus ees but in a western suburb of London 
в The som begins to appear in June. Ap: Japan and Corea. But it is likely that -I have noted there is а, pe ibis of getting 
T never seems S be a great :deal, just most 4 tne older trees in our zailei originated ^ one. ‘A street tree of this spe s given rise 
dani pue about the bush, but the brilliant from the Coombe W ood Nursery of Messrs, J. to three or more upright вая d a nearly | 
arlet is very meee and beautiful, as is also Veitch & Sons, for whom it had probably been horizontal one, and these have in their turn 
Fic. 140.—sTYRAX JAPONICUM; FLOWERS WHITE. 
the Waxy ap by J. G. V “itch. One of the happiest ^ given rise’ to twenty or more ramifications as 
pearance. As the fruit swells it sent home by Ve : give ogni 21. TES 
p its rich colour and yore becomes a - memories of that тет к 1 ME dons upra 5 ethic omy ene oe eer D 
town until the time of ripening, when of a tree growing. 7 nek e road: fia ill all get cut a ru 
8 i $ j 3 Е 5 ataegu 
assumes the yellow and rose colo ur Татыр n the slope, which used t o flower eia sly dee pruning «d tore plena moniges have given rise У 
every Boy. A Pomegranate tree laden June. То stand beneath its bra es t jen and Oxyacanth ora р ena p ` ji ге 
wit ef look u t its myriads of tiny, pure w hite bells branches bearing the y pin wers of C. O. 
ruit is certainly a handsome sight. OS ED: AN 1S [OM ecole i е — i r > the trees of 
su 3 : ras an experience Sa to be forgotten. This flora-plena rosea. Mete: frequent are the trees 
- tne poo ihe Melons issued to the моор да tree is not, in fact, to Бе-зееп at its ат until Acer Negundo variegatum that bear branches 
m autumn were from the Struma valley. They jtm deli ан ng nS Ts flowers to be seen from furnished with creamy white > aves pm have no 
a IPM y "finis fruits. -< Tho еше. те ünderneath. Being pendent and Е A the chlorophyll in them, and must be irely sup- 
but, I think the best I ever tasted underside of the branches, they are apt to be ported by leaves on other branchas” диа ир 
E" small kind not larger than a x sized hidden roi above By the foliage. In growing chlorophyll. J. F. 
Bud M. Tt had yellow, fluted skin, white flesh the tree therefore, it is desirable to train it up E 
La garden ОЗ, Some of which I sent home to оба leader and gradually remove the branches KERRIA JAPONICA FLORE-PLENA. 
ni HN ? i eae RUM : 
А "A y Dio. тые пеше noting from the trunk antil = lowest is = е рти e-iimplay of bloom given Ung ШО. 
S .* presumed x we RD EMI Oe COPI with Vie eye-line. EUBU INDIA DE eee Wu o. fashioned shrub (it was кїн таё more 
: b ost." I have not seen. many - met with it in Japan E ove 30 feet. high. $ Жыш al acutitien Sign) impale wie to wa a 
ЖЫ, Б, but here they seem to give little Like many other Japanese trees and shrubs it tha pru aoe ир EE 
5 Тһе natives sow them, as well a has the habit of pushing out its branches in a gnes on i а х 8 14 
М лазии P 3 afy. fallen somewhat out of favour,. for one seldom 
lant here an агы Then dig horizontal direction 4 us пато ^ т ees it no the old garder have mind 
piar re and re. They dig The leaves are lozenge-shaped 0 rrowly ova zen SE Gel E аа 
ow hole and fill it with ashes, of burnt rich Kod: ging from 1 io nches in 9 — sts st ne low rosettes; a a ma "E ik has 
osily. In this thev ut the seeds and about half as | much wide; exc ер 115 orange ye x3 33 PRA -оарйапег 
E ирмеш» do nothing further, It astonished ; ils beneath s is Fai benefited from war-time neg e garde 
ng further, astonishe tufts of dov uns vein axils los en AUC to den his zu se freely an uud 
own 
find these plants, which I have always - glabrous. The dos. r has five pure white petals, 
