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tunity to say that the native beech has a very stiff 
upright habit of growth, quite unlike this one, 
which more represents its parent, the European, 
though even this, the European, does not make the 
rounded outline of the blood-leaved. 
Some confusion exists as to what is the differ- 
ence between the blood-leaved and the copper 
beech. Most nurseries make the distinction this 
way. Blood-leaved or purple beech are raised 
entirely from a sort known as Rivers’ blood-leaved, 
by grafting. Copper beech are those raised from 
seed of this beech. These seedlings are rarely 
pure blood-leaved but are lighter (copper colored) 
hence the name copper beech. Occasionally a 
seedling may be of a real dark color but the rule is 
for them to be somewhat lighter. 
The weeping beech is a variety greatly used. 
Its growth is somewhat of a fantastic nature. The 
branches have no uniformity about them, but grow 
irregularly. All droop eventually but some grow 
at different angles before they take on the down- 
ward growth. The remark is sometimes made that 
it is not pretty. But it is just its irregularity of 
outline which makes it so desirable, as there are 
always positions calling for just such a tree. 
The fern leaved and the cut leaved beech are 
quite distinct, though the names are often applied 
indiscriminately. A fern leaved beech has very 
much more finely dissected leaves than the other. 
It is, too, of much more bushy habit of growth. 
In catalogues the fern leaved is called aspenifolia, 
the cut leaved, heterophylla. Another distinction 
is that the fern leaved is not as rapid a grower, its 
efforts being more in the way of making numerous 
shoots. As all these varieties are usually worked 
on the same stock, either the native or the Euro 
pean, it would be natural to suppose all would 
transplant alike. Not so, however. The fern- 
leaved must have a severe pruning to get it to 
transplant safely. All the kinds need a good 
pruning at the time of removal but give the fern- 
leaved a particularly severe one. It is probable 
this comes from the greater amount of wood it 
carries than others of the same age. 
On many old estates about Philadelphia there 
are grand old beeches of all kinds. Some of the 
blood leaved ones must be one hundred years old 
and these giants when in full display of almost 
black foliage in the early days of June are wonder- 
fully beautiful. 
Joseph Meehan. 
Many states are becoming actively interested in 
tree planting and prospects are good for a large 
increase in such work this year. 
FLOWERING TREES FOR ORNAMENTAL PLANTING 
—III. 
The species of crabs most used in America for 
ornamental planting are Pyrus spectabilis, Pyrus 
baccata, Pyrus prunifolia, and Pyrus coronaria. 
Pyrus arbutifolia and Pyrus betulifolia are also 
used but not as commonly as the first four species. 
Of these Pyrus baccata is the first to bloom. 
There are many forms of this species, which comes 
from Northern and Eastern Asia. One of these is 
obtainable from the nurseries under the name of 
P. Malus floribunda and is one of the most beau- 
tiful of all flowering trees, by which term I should 
have explained before that I mean trees with con- 
spicuous flowers, as of course all trees except tree 
ferns, have flowers. I am following the best au- 
thorities available to me in giving the name Pyrus 
baccata to the species I am describing. Some 
botanists reserve that title for the Siberian Crab, 
others call the Siberian Crab Pyrus Malus pruni- 
folia. It is the latter that I am content to agree 
with, as I make little pretense to botanical skill. 
The tree usually sold, then, under the name of 
Pyrus malus floribunda, is much planted by the 
Japanese, and was introduced to Europe by Sie- 
bold about twenty-five years ago. It is a low, 
spreading tree, perfectly hardy and of rapid 
growth. The flower-buds are a bright carmine 
color, but the inner surface of the petals is white. 
There are other varieties of this tree, some with 
pure white blossoms. One of them is the much- 
advertised Pyrus Parkmanii. This grows into a 
symmetrical tree rather more upright in habit of 
growth than most apples are. Here it does not 
exceed fifteen feet in height and has pretty semi- 
double pink blossoms and buds of a dee'per pink. 
Other flowering apples come from Japan under 
the names of Pyrus Kaido and P. m. Toringo. 
These have variegated flowers and P. m. Toringo 
has pretty yellow fruit. 
Pyrus m. spectabilis is the Chinese Crab and 
sometimes grows 25 feet in height, blooming a 
little later than the varieties we have been consid- 
ering. It is offered in several forms. The flowers 
are very abundantly produced before the leaves 
are full-grown and are semi-double, white in one 
kind and delicate pink in another. Perhaps the 
best variety is River’s Crab, which has beautiful 
fragrant double pink blossoms like white roses. 
These trees are sometimes quite fastigiate in habit, 
and therefore do not need as much room in which 
to develop properly as many other apples require. 
Latest of all to bloom is our beautiful native 
crab, Pyrus coronaria, This is sometimes found 
in the wild form as a stout tree thirty feet in height. 
The flowers, white or pale pink, measure nearly 
