APPLES 



England a pilgrimage to Boston is always in 

 order. In the Public Gardens are superb speci- 

 mens of these crab -apples from the Orient, 

 as well as those native to this continent, and 

 for several weeks in May they may be enjoyed. 

 They are enjoyed by the Bostonians, who are in 

 this, as in many things, better served by their 

 authorities than is any other American city. 

 What other city, for instance, gives its people 

 such a magnificent spring show of hyacinths, 

 tulips, daffodils and the like? 



It is at the wonderful Arnold Arboretum, 

 that Mecca of tree -lovers just outside of Bos- 

 ton and really within its superbly managed park 

 system, that the greatest show of the "pyrus 

 family," as the apples and pears are botani- 

 cally called, may be found. Here have been 

 gathered the lovely blooming trees of all the 

 hardy world, to the delight of the eye and 

 the nose, and the education of the mind. To 

 me the most impressive of all was a wonder- 

 ful Siberian crab (one must look for Pyrus 

 baccata on the label, as the Arboretum folks 

 are not in love with "common" names) close 

 by the little greenhouses. Its round head was 



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