The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . istaria. The celebrated Kameido Temple inTokyo, where these blossoms can be seen infullest perfection, is one of the favourite gather-ing places of the Japanese, and one of the sightsfor travellers who visit Japan in spring. Thevariety grown there is called in Japanese NodaFuji, the inflorescence of which measures from1J to 2 feet in length, while the colour is thepurplish-blue of all Wistarias. In the enclosed photograghs (fig. 132) we show,first, a rare variety of the Noda Wistaria, apale lavender-c
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . istaria. The celebrated Kameido Temple inTokyo, where these blossoms can be seen infullest perfection, is one of the favourite gather-ing places of the Japanese, and one of the sightsfor travellers who visit Japan in spring. Thevariety grown there is called in Japanese NodaFuji, the inflorescence of which measures from1J to 2 feet in length, while the colour is thepurplish-blue of all Wistarias. In the enclosed photograghs (fig. 132) we show,first, a rare variety of the Noda Wistaria, apale lavender-coloured flower, a natural cross, wethink, between the purple and white second photograph (not reproduced) shows afew sprays of the double-flowering variety. Eachsingle blossom of this Wistaria looks very muchlike a double Violet, and has much the samescent. A third picture (fig. 133) shows a groupin our nursery of the white and purple Wis-tarias, both Noda varieties, and also a largedouble Wistaria. The flower-spikes of our pot-grown plants reach a length of 15 in. L. Fig. 183.—group of wistarias in the nurseries ofl. boehmer and co., yokohama. 348 TEE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [MAY 30, 1903. HOME CORRESPONDENCE. EARLY CRAWFORD PEAR.—Mr. Williamsonsremarks in your issue of May 16, p. 318, on theEarly Crawford Pear, seem to call for a fewwords on this variety, which is rarely grown ingardens south of the Tweed. At Altyre, Forres,there exists a fine tree of this variety, which usedto fruit freely annually; and though severeweather is often experienced in that district inthe month of May, this particular tree neverfailed to carry a crop of fruit. The fruit ripensin August, therefore at a time when a good Pearis more than usually acceptable. I intend givingthis variety a trial at Sopley. J. Murray, Sopley,Christchurch. A CURIOUS CUCUMBER.—I hope to have atthe Drill Hall on Tuesday, for the ScientificCommittee, the oddest Cucumber I have yetseen. There are gro
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