October 27, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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position, space, requirements, and labour power. 
Every one of these points have to be taken into con¬ 
sideration. If a gardener’s fruit space is small, his soil, 
one which will feed roots right up to the surface, or 
he can have labour and material to mulch well, or 
house sewage, or even water, and he can summer- 
pinch his bushes and thin his fruit, and do all else that 
is required, then the dwarfing stocks will do for him, 
either the Doucin or Paradise for Apples, or the 
intends to give his orders to, and plainly stating how 
he is situated in every particular. These gentlemen are 
strictly honourable men, men who have studied the 
subject thoroughly, particularly as to their own neigh¬ 
bourhood, and are authorities to be relied upon. 
But even when this is done the gardener himself has 
to decide the whole matter, and he can only do this 
by much thought, and the outcome of his practical 
knowledge. So peculiar, however, are sites, eleva¬ 
tion of the foliage. The flowers are white and 
generally abundantly produced though they cannot 
be considered showy, and they are followed by red, 
white, or black berries, according to the species. C. 
tatarica is best known in gardens under the name of 
C. sibirica, but the former is the older, having been 
used by Miller in his “ Gardeners' Dictionary.” 
The red stems are very conspicuous in the winter 
when leafless. The variety under notice is the best 
COKNUS TATARICA SpATHII 
Quince for Pears, because stocks are surface¬ 
rooting subjects; but if his soil is thin and poor at 
the top, his requirements large, his labour power (as 
is, unfortunately, too often the case in these days), 
limited, and all the other conditions reserved, then 
the Crabstock for Apples and the Pear or free stock 
for Pears is best. 
This I have proved over and over again in my 
forty to fifty years’ practical experience in fruit grow¬ 
ing. The subject has to be thought out, each one 
for himself, but the intending planter will get much 
assistance by consulting the nurseryman to whom he 
tions, climate, soils, protection or no protection, that 
with the best judgment, there may be failure. 
“ Blessed is he that expecteth little—for he shall 
never be disappointed.”— X. 
CORNUS TATARICA SPATHII. 
There are numerous species of Cornus or Dogwood 
in cultivation, but those which most often find their 
way into private gardens owe their popularity to the 
red colour of the bark of young twigs or the variega- 
of the broad-leaved variegated sorts, and a glance at 
the accompanying illustration will show the distribu¬ 
tion of the variegation. When young the leaves are 
clear yellow with a large, irregularly shaped blotch 
of green along the centre ; as they get matured and 
firm the yellow gives place to silvery-white and is 
equally attractive as before. All stages of the colour¬ 
ing may be seen upon the bush at the same time. 
Sometimes nearly all of the leaves on a shoot will be 
wholly yellow. In all cases the beauty of the bush 
is so well marked as to make it a useful adjunct to 
any well-kept garden or shrubbery. 
