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flower-buds are partially destroyed by late frosts. It is 

 propagated by grafting, using Prunus Mahalebor P. Myro- 

 balana for stock. There is some confusion in names 

 among the nurserymen in regard to this plant ; sometimes 

 it appears among shrubs, sometimes among the trees ; at 

 times it is a Cerasus, at others it is a Prunus ; generally the 

 species is given as Rosea pendula, but Japonica or Sinensis 

 pendula is also used. P. Miqueliana is also in bloom 

 now, and for garden use it resembles P. pendula in every- 

 thing apparently, except the color of the flowers. They 

 are almost white. B(jth these trees have been figured in 

 Garden and Forest, vol. i., pp. 198, 199. An illustration of 



inscrutable disease which has been called "Japanese-chic- 

 back." It should be given a sheltered position, and the 

 planter must wait patiently for his reward. The flowers 

 are lively rose-pink, which is deeper on the outer portions 

 of the petals, shading to the centre, and their effect is much 

 heightened by the presence of stamens and pistils, which 

 impart a lightness and airiness to the flower wholly 

 lacking in the double form. The propagation is by 

 grafting with P. Myrobalana as the stock. The plant 

 is not, probably, in the hands of every nurseryman as 

 yet, but it would not be difiicult to work up a stock. 



Magnolia stellata. — This is the earliest of the Magnolias 



Fig. 30. — Miltonia vexillaria, "Fairy Queen," in Langwater Gardens, North Easton, Massacliusetts.— See page 194. 



an old and large specimen of P. pendula was also published 

 in vol. ii., p. 487. 



Prunus triloisa.— Another beautiful plant nov/ in flower 

 is the comparatively rare single form of the well-known 

 Prunus triloba flore plena. This plant has been grown in the 

 Arnold Arboretum for some time, and this year it has 

 bloomed much more abundantly than it usually does. It 

 is a shrub of moderate height and branching habit, 

 resembling the double kind in foliage and growth, and requir- 

 ing nearly the same general treatment. It seems, however, 

 a trifle more tender, and perhaps a little more subject to that 



to flower, and it has conspicuous merit. The flowers are 

 white and borne "Sn great abundance. It comes into 

 bloom a week earlier than the Yulan Magnolias, and, with 

 the exception of M. Kobus, is the hardiest of that division 

 of the genus which flowers before the leaves expand. 

 Although it begins to bloom when young in years and 

 small in stature, it, nevertheless, attains good size. A 

 plant in a garden on Jersey City Heights is more than 

 twelve feet high and of eipial diameter, and produces 

 annually thousands of blossoms. In congenial soil the 

 growth is good, but by no means as rapid as that of other 



