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European Apple its cultivation as a fruit tree has 

 been discontinued. 



There are other species, too, of much merit and 

 beauty and several new ones whose value we do not 

 fully know, but there is one so distinct in habit and 

 with a field of usefulness so peculiarly its own that it 

 must not be omitted even in this incomplete enumera- 

 tion, and that is M. Sargentii. This species is of 

 dwarf stature with the branches rigid and spreading, 

 and the lower ones flat on the ground, and is emi- 

 nently suitable for covering slopes and banks. The 

 flowers in umbellate clusters are saucer-shaped, round, 

 and of the purest white and these are followed by 

 masses of wine-colored fruit which is covered with a 

 slight bloom. In its habit, its flowers, and in its fruit 

 it is very distinct from all other species. We owe this 

 valuable addition to Professor Sargent, who dis- 

 covered it in fruit and sent seeds in 1892, from near 

 Mororan in Hokkaido, Japan. 



In this group of Asiatic Crabapples there are trees 

 for the avenue, park, or garden, shrubs for the lawn 

 or border and others suitable for slopes and banks — 

 all absolutely hardy in the coldest parts of New Eng- 

 land and each and all may be depended upon to pro- 

 duce every spring season a wealth of blossoms in 

 veritable cascades. The plants grow quickly in 



