October 8, 1904, 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
7 9 
Notes on the Illustrations in this Issue. 
Two Fine Pears. 
The accompanying illustration, shows two fine varieties of 
Pear, which have been grown in pots for the production of an 
early supply of fruit. The tree on the right represents Beurre 
Fouqueray. The fruits are of large sizei, rather smooth 
skinned and pale green, reminding one of Beurre Bachelier. 
The tree .is, however, much hardier and bears very profusely, 
as the small specimen would indicate. The fruit ripens in 
October, and has 1 a melting delicious flavour. It is not a. very 
old variety, and was honoured with a First-class Certificate 
when brought before the Fruit and Vegetable Committee 
of the Royal Horticultural Society on October 10th, 1893, 
that is, just eleven years ago. It gives most satisfaction 
on the Quince, and, as a matter of fact, it should always be 
so worked for pot. culture. 
The variety to the left is Beurre Baltet. pere. It is 
very similar in shape to the previous one, being a large 
obovate fruit, but much tinted with russet on the top, 
this colour sometimes extending over the greater part of 
thei fruit. This ripens in; November, and therefore, make® 
a. suitable variety for succession to the previous one. The 
fruit is of excellent quality, and the tree bears well on the. 
Quince. It mav be. trained either as a pyramid or cordon, 
and is also well adapted for cultivation in pots, as our 
illustration will show. Not very much seems to be known 
about this variety generally, although it was exhibited at 
the National Pear Conference held in the gardens of the 
Royal Horticultural Society at Chiswick in October,1885. 
Both of the above varieties we had photographed m the 
Royal Nurseries of Messrs. George Bunyard and Co., Ltd., 
Maidstone. 
Peach Grosse Mignonne. 
We give an. illustration, of a, Peach tree grown m the 
form of a, half standard for pot culture, to show the free 
fruiting character of the above variety when cultivated in 
this way. The fruits are of large size, melting, and of 
delicious flavour. The tree is. well adapted for forcing, 
and ripens early in September. Few collections of 
Peaches would omit this variety, being one of the finest in 
cultivation. There is an early variety of it named Early 
Grosse Mignonne, but. under the same conditions it ripens 
in August? The tree of the typical form which we illus¬ 
trate carried fifty fruits when we had it photographed in 
the nursery of Messrs. Thomas Rivers and Son, Sawbiidge 
worth, Herts 1 . Most, of our readers; are familiar with the 
fact that this, firm makes some magnificent exhibits of 
fruit trees in pots, particularly Peaches, Nectarines, 
Cherries, and Plums, but although we give an illustration 
of a half standard tree on this occasion many of the trees 
they exhibit are in, pyramidal form and very much taller, 
according to the age and kind of the. tree. 
Cimassia Cusickii. 
For many years the genus Camassia was represented in 
gardens by the Quamash (C. esculenta), but more recently 
cur cousins in America, have been ransacking their woods 
and waste places for wild flowers, and the result is that a, 
number of other species have been introduced, including C. 
Fraseri and C. Leiehtlinii, with a number of other more or less 
closely-allied kinds. 
More recently, the introduction of C. Cusickii has made, an 
addition to. the list which is valuable in more ways than one. 
It is the earliest to flower and heralds the season for the other 
species;, which come on, in succession, with, however, only short 
intervals between them. Thei type with which we d~al in this 
note isi represented by a flowering specimen in the accompany¬ 
ing illustration. Some of the spikes have indeed commenced 
to run to seed. At the bottom of the picture and in front 
may be seen the heads of other species which have not yet 
reached the flowering stage. That on the right would repre¬ 
sent C. Fraseri, while the other was named C. montana. The 
stages of the inflorescence will be sufficient to indicate the 
distance between the flowering of these three species. 
C. Cusickii was described in the “ Garden and Forest ” for 
1888, and must have been introduced to. this, country soon 
afterwards, for we remember quite small specimens in the 
Bamboo Garden at Kew. The specimen we illustrate was, 
however, photographed in the herbaceous ground, where a 
large clump has become fully established, and in that condition 
only is capable of showing the decorative value of the plant. 
The flowers are relatively of large size, say about 1in. to 2 in. 
across, and resemble a giant Seilla with pale blue flowers. 
The two genera are very closely allied, Camassia being distin¬ 
guished only by the larger number of veins which run through 
Pear Beurre Baltet pere. Pear Beurre Fouqueray. 
the. segments. In Seilla, there is only one nerve, corresponding 
to the midrib. Full-grown plants attain a, height of 3 ft. or 
4 ft., of which 1 ft. or 2 ft. of the scape would be occupied with 
flowers. Taken altogether, this species is the most bulky of 
all of them, this being due to. the great length and breadth of 
the glaucous leaves, which stand nearly erect and closely invest 
the base of the stems, as may be seen by reference to the 
illustration. It isi also, well known, that C. Leiehtlinii is a tall- 
growing plant under favourable conditions, but unless very 
crowded the leaves; spread a short distance above the ground, 
thus leaving the stems naked for a great portion of their length. 
Those who intend planting this species should select a rich 
and fertile soil, though it should be inclined to be light, and in 
all cases well drained. As the beauty of the plant is best seen 
when it attains something like its best, dimensions, encourage- 
