For blossom P. spectabilis and Scheideckeri must be given Bulbs to 
a foremost place. Trees of P. spectabilis, the Chinese Crab, may plant under 
attain a height of thirty feet, and every bough will be crowded Cherries 
with the semi-double flowers about an inch and a half across, ang Crabs 
either white or pale rose pink. With the fresh tints of the trees 
it is very beautiful. P. Scheideckeri is of more recent introduc- 
tion and is even more prolific—the trees are literally smothered in 
bloom, reminding one of P. floribunda, of which it is said to be 
a hybrid, but with large semi-double flowers an inch and a half 
across. It is a charming plant to force for either the house or 
conservatory. 
All these Crabs and Cherries look best growing from grass, 
so thought may well be given as to what bulbs should be grown 
to flower below them. With the wild Cherry of the sketch the 
following are contemporary: Early Pheasant Eye ornatus, the 
yellow Campernell Jonquil, and also many of the intermediate 
Daffodils, such as Horsfieldit, Stella superba, Minnie Hume, 
W. Goldring, and Albicans. Many of the cream varieties of 
Daffodils do better in grass and semi-shade, so advan- 
tage should be taken of these positions below flowering 
trees. j 
With the late Cherries—such as Avium flore pleno and 
Mabaleb, and the Pyruses—Narcissus poetarum and poeticum 
would be in season, and all the May flowering Tulips. Some 
of the Cottage varieties last with us a year or two, in coarse 
long grass, and are worth trying; in finer grass and better soil 
they should do really well. Picotee and Virginalis, both white 
with pink edges, I have found to succeed the best, and being 
only four or five shillings a hundred, they are cheap enough to 
experiment with. 
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