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. 1901 Excerpt: ...the group to flower. It is of upright growth, and is so white that one is reminded of a snowdrift when it is in flower. P. Simoni also bears pure white flowers in great profusion about the middle of February. The purple-leaved Plum, P. cerasifera atropurpurea, better known as P. Pissardi, gives colour to the shrubbery ...
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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. 1901 Excerpt: ...the group to flower. It is of upright growth, and is so white that one is reminded of a snowdrift when it is in flower. P. Simoni also bears pure white flowers in great profusion about the middle of February. The purple-leaved Plum, P. cerasifera atropurpurea, better known as P. Pissardi, gives colour to the shrubbery with its deep purple leaves. It grows freely and bears blush-coloured flowers. P. divaricaia is a favourite tree for the lawn; it is of graceful outline, and bears small pure white flowers in the early part of the year. For clothing walls of medium height P. triloba, from China, can be well recommended. It is perfectly hardy and free in every way; in fact, so thick are the flowers in March and April that the shoots upon which they are borne are completely wreathed. Their colour is rose passing to delicate pink. Although recommended for wall culture it does not need protection; but when grown thus the flowers are more protected than in the open shrubbery. P. Pennsylvanica is exceedingly graceful, and in May carries clusters of small white flowers. P. cTiamacerasus, a European species, is rarely seen in gardens, notwithstanding its undoubted beauty. It is of elegant habit and quite distinct; flowers white. The double white-flowered form of the Gean (P. Avium) is one of the loveliest of vigorous ornamental Cherries, the pure white flowers hanging in great clusters, and lasting long in beauty. P. japonic flore plena, known also as P. sinensis fiore pleno, is a neat shrub, conspicuous for its abundance of small perfectly double white flowers. An excellent shrub for flowering under glass in winter. P. pseudo-eerasus is perfectly hardy, and has rose flowers in profusion. Of this the variety James H. Veitch is particularly useful, as it flowers later ...
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