FRUIT TREES FOR ORNAMENT AND BEAUTY. 



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At the same time the 

 lovelv purple - leaved Kind, 

 Prunus Pissardi, in which 

 tlie port wine-coloured foliage 

 forms such a pleasant con- 

 trast to its snow white flowers, 

 must not be overlooked. The 

 fruit of Mirobelles seldom 

 becomes sufficiently dainty for 

 the dessert, but is neverthe- 

 less valuable for tarts. It is 

 probable that in selected situa- 

 tions the Japanese varieties, 

 Satsuma, Masu, Botan, Bur- 

 bank, and other hybrid varie- 

 ties which Mr. Luther Bur- 

 bank has raised in California, 

 may become useful. 



Among Apples there 

 are many kinds well worth 

 cultivation for their blossom 

 alone, but we will now take 

 those of value for their beauty 

 and utility. Standard trees 

 of the weeping sorts are most 

 suitablefor lawns. Gas- 

 coyne's Scarlet Seedling forms 

 a perfectly shaped tree, lovely 

 in its profusion of blossom and 

 striking when its scarlet fruits 

 are ripening in October. 

 If the boughs are spur pruned they carry festoons of fruit which, in the South at 

 least, colour to perfection, making them available for decorations in a high degree when 

 gathered, and striking objects upon the tree. Cox's Pomona also makes a fine lawn tree, 

 and Peasgood's Nonsuch produces very large noble flowers ; the three kinds named have 

 fine bold foliage, and if a fourth should be desired Stone's or Loddington Seedling, with 

 its large foliage, brilliant pale flowers, and handsome fruit, may be added. The dessert 

 sorts, with smaller foliage, are not so well adapted for our purpose ; moreover they are 

 more readily affected by blights and mildew, and then assume a ragged appearance. 



There are a few Pears which produce a profusion of lar^e pendent flowers, which 

 with a suitable background of taller trees seem worthy of a garden space. Jargonelle, 

 Catillac, Beurre D'Amanlis, and Pitmaston Duchess have ample foliage and produce a 

 prodigious number of conspicuous white flowers. 



In preparing stations for these subjects, a 6ft. circle i8in. deep should be provided in 

 order to start them well, and the grass should not be allowed to approach within 2ft. of 

 the stems for the first five years. After that period they could take care of themselves, and 

 if at any time they carry a large crop some liquid manure will ensure all the nutriment 

 necessary, while bulbs for spring show and sweet-scented annuals, as Mignonette, Mathiola 

 Bicornis (Night-scented Stock), or showy annuals, as Godetias, Clarkias, Candytufts, 

 Viscarias, etc., could be grown on such cleared spaces. 



It will also be well to introduce sume of the more upright-growing kinds of Apples 



