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CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 11, 1919. 
ече: now (at the end of nt. eS The buds 
flow 
e pale yellow and cream The 
ite and fades to pu 
almost of a Peach. It is moreover sweet and A 
pleasant to eat that it wouid rien the tas 
of any savage and even of civi sed men not ri 
fastidiously prejudicial in Saute of a Cox 
ирне. If such exc 
1 
reeder's art exists dM then to Nai and 
to belong the chiet чейн 
A cr 
н to = ш веет 
for the Apple of our orchards. 
between vidi a Crab as I have ce ter Rd be 
other of promise might give ‘not {perhaps a 
winner of a high award fro рун fruit 
ommittee, but at least as goo g as Yellow 
Ingestrie or the scrubby y erp now bein ag sold 
in f thes 
o: ops. 
a year of such Apple plenty as is the pre- 
sent it would be ungracious to complain, yet I 
Fie. 83.—LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA, FLOWERING AT CASCINE, FLORENCE. 
assed it on his way to work at The Flora of 
Yet he failed to observe that the tree 
Crabs of fice udi either 
or natural eh or are some of them the result 
oi deliberate cross-breeding? If the former then 
g here 
now à em exquisite object. The tree is tvare 
with fruit of a beautiful pink with the bloom 
сш but feel a revan aga ainst the minor 
of fruit. 
1 
ра of fruitfulness with finer flavour. 
TREES AND SHRUBS, 
ERSTROEMIA INDIC 
ever, its uiring room than greenhouses 
as a rule can afford, it has never been a very 
рас lant. How beautiful it is capable of 
со when it gets the sition and con- 
ditions “that are suitable for it is shown by the 
illustr ation . йызы 85. „The, plant depic ted is 
rowin 
an а 
bee in n the 
summer 
well-ma une bague E 
ате of Flore 
tal 
the 
уед аш ТЕ in ће Flor ence Tes 
as var, violacea ; E a pure white form 
known as Yu a 
As may be seen p the illustration, the plan 
are proned hard NEN. annually. This is rnm e 
during winter. is deciduous the 
stems are four- е т та es Privet-li a 
he лк. examples of which Я know 
in the Botanic Garen at Pad, E. 
30 f 
у u 
native of 
widely cultiv 
perate, and sub-tropical countries. 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
The Living zing Oy сайз. 
THE oe world has ose own em many 
ibat Pd r Chamberlain has travelled "widely 
айб collected а pingue d et of research material 
the Orca of the most; interesting of the 
ow archaic pcd left Mos among the higher 
plants. 
knowledge, afta ls in them a tes 
ficiality which ine Ше rds. ever eradica ез 
or ose who already know th , 
Professor Chamberlain chats interestingly 
he took to see the plants in the 
hs 
more, as some of the ота ар. E 
plants in their native habitats are Extremely 1 
teresting and are fresh, and the book as 
contains facts of interest to academic sc 
les Joseph 
* The Living Cycads. By n Char ле 
Chamberlain, anaes of Botany, Chicago, Chic s 
Press, 6s. net. 
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