n a worthless
| | |seedling with short flower
| | |clusters of a poor yellow,
| | |and the varieties such as
| | |Watereri and Parksii which
| | |bear racemes fully 16
| | |inches in length, and of a
| | |rich-toned yellow. There
| | |is, unhappily, in gardens,
| | |a preponderance of inferior
| | |seedling trees, because
| | |they can be raised easily
| | |and sold cheaply, but it is
| | |better to have one grafted
| | |tree of a first-rate
| | |variety than a dozen
| | |inferior kinds.
| | |
| | |"The number of named
| | |varieties of L. vulgare
| | |enumerated in Continental
| | |and English nursery lists
| | |exceed a score, and most of
| | |them are mere monstrosities
| | |of leaf-form or colour,
| | |only appreciated by the
| | |collector of curiosities.
| | |The finest varieties are
| | |those named Alchingerii,
| | |giganteum, Carlieri, and
| | |grandiflorum. Any of these,
| | |if true to name, are the
| | |kinds to plant. They all
| | |bear very long racemes,
| | |produced abundan