BEAUTIFUL DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS. 



P. spinosa (the Sloe) and P. insititia (the Bullace) are 

 both well known, but the only one to specially mention is 

 the double-flowered variety of the Sloe, which has rosette- 

 like blossoms of the purest white. It is an important 

 shrub. 



P. triloba. — A charming bush from 4ft. to 5ft. high, that 

 flowers early in April. The flowers, which are double, are 

 about ijin. in diameter and of a beautiful rose tint when 

 first opened, but with age they become almost white. 

 It is thoroughly hardy, but for all that is a charming 

 wall shrub. 



The commoner kinds of Prunus can be readily raised 

 from seeds, and the choicer varieties grafted in the 

 spring, or budded in July. 



Pyrus. — This is a very extensive class, comprising the 

 Apple, Pear, Medlar, and Mountain Ash. Various 

 methods of propagation may be employed for the numerous 

 members of the family, as in the first place many of them 

 can be raised from seeds ; next, convenient branches may 

 be layered ; while in the case of such kinds as P. japonica 

 and P. Maulei rooted suckers may often be detached ; 

 and with the forms that cannot be depended upon 

 to come true from seed, they may be grafted in the 

 spring or budded in |ulv on to their nearest ally. A 

 good selection is herewith given : 



P. Aria {White Beam 7ru). — A large native shrub or 

 dwarf tree, with leaves more or less lobed and wdtite under- 

 neath, and their silvery colour is very noticeable when 

 the foliage is stirred by the w ind. The berries are red. 

 Angustifolia, flabelliformis, grceca, lutescens, salicifolia, 

 and sulphurea are varieties. 



P. Aucuparia {Mountain Ash or Rowan). — A common 

 tree, but at the same time remarkably handsome, the 

 pretty divided bright green leaves being attractive through- 

 out the season. In spring the clusters of while flowers 

 impart quite an additional feature, and a far more brilliant 

 one is furnished 

 in a u t u m n 

 by the bright 

 scarlet berries. 

 There is a 

 variety with 

 yellow fruits, 

 and another in 

 w h i c h t h e 

 branches are 

 pendulous. 



P. baecata, 



usually called 

 P . Main s 

 baecata, is the 

 Siberian Crab, 

 a tree of grace- 

 ful growth, and 

 very beautiful 

 either in flower 

 or when loaded 

 with its ruddy 

 fruit. This is 

 a tree to plant 

 upon the out- 

 skirts of the 

 lawn, as it is 

 too shapely to 

 crush into the 

 oid i nary 

 arboretum. 

 There are 

 several varie- 

 ties, those 

 named in the 

 Kew list being 

 aurantiaca, 

 conocarpa, 

 edulis, genuina, 

 lutea, micro- 

 car p a , obco- 

 noidea, prrecox, 



EVERGREEN OAK. 



striata, and xanlhocarpa. The Siberian Crab is often 

 regarded as one of the most charming of all deciduous trees. 

 COronaria. — This North American Pyrus is much in 

 the way of the common Crab Apple, with rosy-coloured 

 blossoms, which are very sweet scented. The fruit is 

 small and greenish when ripe. 



floribunda. — This is usually called in catalogues and 

 books P. Malus floribunda, but, whatever its name, no 

 dwarf-flowering shrub is more precious. This and its 

 other varieties are amongst the most attractive shrubs or 

 dwarf trees in gardens, the drooping shoots being wreathed 

 with blossom in May. Its growth is slender, and the 

 flowers are crimson in the bud, but expand almost white, 

 and one has the contrast of the two, which makes a rich 

 effect. This is a shrub that deserves to be grouped for 

 the sake of its colour and grace. Atrosanguinea is 

 a very deeply-coloured variety, also Halleana, whilst 

 the decidedly pendulous character of a kind called Elise 

 Rathke is very pleasing. 



germaniea (the Medlar). — This is principally con- 

 sidered for its fruit, but at the same time the large white 

 blossoms in conjunction with the handsome foliage are 

 effective. An old Medlar tree is picturesque, with its 

 spreading leafy head and rather short, stout trunk ; it 

 may certainly be classed amongst the most handsome of 

 all flowering trees. There are several varieties of interest 

 for their fruit, but the Nottingham kind is as famous as any. 

 japonica. — A universal favourite, often spoken of as 

 Cydonia. It is a charming wall plant, in which position 

 its crimson blossoms brighten many a winter day, for 

 it commences to bloom about Christmas and continues 

 till spring is well advanced. As a shrub in the open 

 ground, where it will grow from 4ft. to 5H. high, it is 

 equally beautiful, but of course blooms later. There are 

 numerous varieties, the flowers varying in colour from 

 while to crimson, such as alba, the brilliant red cardinalis, 



nivalis, white, 

 and the fiery 

 K n a p h i 1 1 

 scarlet, whii h 

 is perhaps as 



l§p r )&j rich as any. 



Our gardens 

 owe much to 

 the beauty of 

 this free and 

 h a n d s o m e 

 shrub. 

 P. MalllS is the 

 common Crab 

 or Wild Apple, 

 the forms of 

 which are 

 almost endless, 

 but under the 

 new classifica- 

 tion many kinds 

 once grouped 

 with the Malus 

 section are now 

 either given 

 specific rank 01 

 transferred 

 elsewhere. 

 C o c c i 11 e a , 

 flexilis, mitis, 

 monstrosa, 

 nervosa, 

 pendula, ar;d 

 rosea are 

 varieties of the 

 common Crab. 



P. Maulei.— 



This is much 

 like a small 

 form of P. 

 japonica, as C. 

 Maulei is leas 



