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spring, or about the midJlc of April, with quanti- 
ties of very pale pink flowers. These are fine in 
contrast to ihe reddish purple of the expanding 
leaves. It is a favorite tree with those who like 
odd-colored foliage. 
Prunus Davidiana was introduced to France by 
the Abbe David twenty-six years ago. It is quite 
rare in America. In England it is better known, 
though it was not planied there until about 1892, 
when the Messrs. Veitch began to distribute it. 
Mr. Watson, of Kevv, calls it a peach. There is a 
snowy white variety and one with pink blossoms. 
Me says it is the most charming tree of the Prunus 
group. 
In America it is hardy at least as far north as 
the Arnold arboretum in Massachusetts. Its great 
value is for its very e.irly bloom as it comes into 
flower before any other of its class. The flowers 
are large and cover the tree before the leaves 
expand. It comes from Northern China. 
Prunus triloba is very well known in our gar- 
dens where it forms a large shrub or small tree 
with double pink bloom in April, very much like 
that of its smaller relative the dwaif double- flower 
ing almond, usually called by dealers Amygdalus 
nana flore pleno. The only drawback to the use 
of Prunus triloba is that it is almost impossible to 
get plants that are not grafted on plum stock. 
These grafted plants soon die. I have had a num- 
ber of them but find them very short lived. Mr. 
Robinson speaks of it as hardy and vigors, us. 
It blooms before the leaves are fully expanded 
anJ when every twig is covered with its double, 
ro^e like blossoms, tinged with pink, no shrub is 
finer in cftect. If as hardy here as in England I 
hope our nurserymen will give us ungrafted plants 
and thus do away with the greatest d.awback to 
the use of this charming shrub. 
Prunus Simonii, as it grows here at Ro.-c Brake, 
is a small, erect tree, with dark green leaves and 
quantities of pure while blossoms, vei}- early in 
April. The tree docs not flourish here and the 
flowers are small, and there are many better varie- 
ties. The fruit is edible but not valuable. Its 
chief advantage is that it is one of the first of its 
class to blossom before the leaves appear. 
The Almond tree is a fine plant for ornamental 
purposes and is hardy in this neighborhood. The 
Black Almond is called by the learned, Prunus 
dasycarpa. it has black twigs and the flowers, 
which are an inch acroS', are white, with ruse- 
tinted stamens and reddish calyx loles. 
Some years ago I planted two Hard-shelled 
almond trees on the site of an old woodpile where 
they have grown very vigorously and give us quan- 
tities of beautiful rose-tinted bloom very early in 
the year before vernation begins. The almond 
tree has this advantage over many of the plum 
group that its bloom is not so evanescent as that of 
its cousins. Several varieties of plums bloomed 
at the same time as the almonds but faded long 
before the latter had cast a petal. 
Prunus spinosa florepleno is a double-flowering 
variety of the English Sloe or Black Thorn which 
is not a thorn at all but a “spring” plum. It grows 
about twelve feet in height here and has small 
dark green leaves, black bark, and numerous spines 
along the branches. When in-bloom these upright 
branches are wreathed with small double pure 
white blossoms something like those of Spiima 
prunifolia. It is a charming little tree, opening 
its flowers a week or ten days later than the 
almonds and apricots at Rose Brake. 
Danskc Dandridgc. 
( To be Continued. ) 
PACO CEMETERY, MANILLA. 
The accompanying illustration will undoubt- 
edly be of interest considering that the Phillippine 
question is a prominent one. It represents the 
wall vaults in Paco cemetery, Manilla, and the 
W.\IJ. vaults, PACO CEMETERY, MANILLA. 
crypt immediately under the man’s raised aim was 
the one in which were deposited the remains of 
Major Eogan, prior to their removal to this country. 
The photograph was taken by E. C. Hulbert, 
Trumpeter, Bat. L. 3rd. U. S. Artillery. 
Cut Flowers for the Cemetery. 
Those living at a distance from the rural ceme- 
tery, where daily care is out of the question, will 
find gladiolus admirable for cutting. The long 
spikes, cut when the lower flowers are just com- 
mencing to open, will flower continuously in water 
until the topmost bud has opened; and the wilted 
flowers close up and are not unsightly as are so 
many blossoms when past their prime. 
B. L. P. 
