Gardeners' Chronicle of America Volume 23 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919-01-01 Excerpt: ...treatment. In the alterations and improvements of the old home which had sheltered several generations, we had been obliged to excavate and in doing so many Blue Bells were hauled unknowingly out to the compost heap and to our surprise and pleasure the lovely things appeared in the most unexpected places in the rock garden, under low and high Evergreens, and we have allowed them to seed themselves where they will as they entirely disappear after blooming. This bloom is in memory of one of the grandmothers who was a Virginia belle herself, transplanted from her native Virginia soil to this Middle West. Such a box as this is an inspiration to plan and plant more and to make of our garden truly a "lovesome thing." 198 The Asiatic Crabapples THE flowering of these trees makes one of the principal spectacular displays of the year in the Arnold Arboretum; and of these displays only that made by the Lilacs attracts a larger number of visitors. Among these Crabapples are a number of small trees which should find a place in every northern garden for few trees which are hardy in New England are more beautiful when covered in May with their white, pink or rose-colored flowers, or in autumn when the branches are loaded with their brilliant rd, scarlet or yellow fruits. Of the varieties herewith illustrated, Mains ftoribunda, considered by many persons the most beautiful of Crabapples, was introduced into Holland by Von Siebold in 1853 from Nagasaki, Japan. The place where it grows wild still remains unknown, although probably it is one of the high mountains of Kyushu. Japanese botanists and nurserymen confuse it with the Parkman Crab, Malus Prunifolia Rinki and Wilson has not seen it in Japanese gardens. It is a broad, round-topped, treelike shrub somet...