FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 411 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



*Pyrus Maulei 



Japan 



Orange 



scarlet ; 



May 



Mespilus. 

 Pyrus germamica 

 (the Medlar) (Sp 

 Mespilus wilgaris) 



*P. lobata (M. 

 S m i t h i ; M. 

 grandiflora) 



Rhododendron 

 Species. 

 R. arboreum 



Europe and Asia 



Unknown ; pro- 

 bably a hybrid 



Himalaya ; 

 Ericaceae 



Pure 



white ; 



early 



Summer 



White 



Bell- 

 shaped, 

 various 

 colours — 

 blood-red, 

 white, rose, 



and, 



as a rule, 



spotted 



A charming shrub, dwarfer 

 than P. japonica ; the fruits 

 are yellow, and have a pleas- 

 ant aromatic odour, and, like 

 those of P. japonica, make 

 an excellent preserve. Su- 

 perba is a variety or rather 

 reputed hybrid between P. 

 Maulei and P. japonica, and 

 has deep scarlet flowers. 



The Quince can be propa- 

 gated by seeds, by cuttings, 

 or by layers. Cuttings of 

 well-ripened wood about 9 

 inches long should be taken 

 in autumn and inserted 6 

 inches in the ground, when 

 they soon form roots and 

 make sturdy plants. P. 

 japonica and P. Maulei can 

 be increased by seeds, by 

 suckers, or by root-cuttings. 

 Suckers are freely produced 

 by old plants, and can easily 

 be detached, so that this 

 method is the easiest means 

 of propagating them. 



A small tree for the garden, 

 orchard, or woodland. It is 

 handsome inleafandgrowth, 

 a dense spreading tree, with 

 fruits of acceptable flavour 

 when eaten at the right stage. 



A very handsome but neglected 

 tree, about 20 feet high, with 

 dark-green leaves and snow- 

 white flowers, rather smaller 

 than those of the common 

 Medlar; it has small pear- 

 shaped reddish fruits, and is 

 a good lawn tree. 



These trees are best pro- 

 pagated by grafting or bud- 

 ding on the Pear or Quince 

 stocks, on which they do well. 

 The Medlar can also be in- 

 creased by seed. 



This is a famous Himalayan 

 Rhododendron, a tree at- 

 taining a height of 40 feet in 

 its native country. It has 

 bold, thick foUage, green 

 above but quite silvery be- 

 neath, and the bell-shaped 

 flowers vary in colour. There 

 are several varieties, such 

 as album, cinnamomeum, 

 kingianum, Nilagiricum, 



