Flower grouping in English, Scotch & Irish gardens; notes & 56 sketches in colour (1907)
Waterfield, Margaret H · London, J. M. Dent & co.; New York, E. P. Dutton & co. · leaf 249
these Crabs should be grown too for their beautyin the autumn, when their bunches of fruit are remarkablypicturesque. The Siberian Crab, P. baccata^ is one of the best,with first a profusion of bright pink flowers, and later clusters ofminiature scarlet apples the size of a cherry, but with a… … For blossom P. spectabilis and Scheideckeri must be given Bulbs toa foremost place. Trees of P. spectabilis^ the Chinese Crab, may plant underattain a height of thirty feet, and every bough will be crowded Cherrieswith the semi-double flowers about an inch and a half across, ^^^ Crabseither white…
Gardens · Floriculture
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