was not introduced to English gardens till 1869. At first 
it was imagined that this double-flowered cherry was a form 
of P. humilis. This impression was dispelled when the 
typical variety here figured was introduced to western 
horticulture. According to Bretschneider it first became 
known in British gardens in 1835, when it was introduced 
from China by a son of Mr. John Reeves. It was not 
however obtained for the Kew collection until November, 
1902, when the plant from which the present plate has 
been prepared was presented by Messrs. Veitch from their 
Coombe Wood nursery. This plant is now about 3 ft. 
high, and thrives in a sunny border in loamy soil. It has 
produced fruit in great abundance during the last three 
years, all the younger parts of the bush being plentifully 
furnished with its bright cherries, which are extremely acid 
and astringent. The plant can be propagated by seeds, 
cuttings and layers, but of the three methods the last is 
found to be the most satisfactory for obtaining good plants 
quickly. 
Description.—Shrub, the branchlets, branches and 
greyish-brown bark glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or 
lanceolate, acuminate or acute, with rounded or cuneate 
base, 2-23 in. long, 1-1} in. wide, the margins doubly © 
serrate, both surfaces glabrous, nerves 3-6 on each side 
slightly depressed above and prominent beneath; petioles — 
3-1 in, long; stipules linear-setaceous, ciliate, about } in, 
long. Buds subglobose. Peduncles 1-3-flowered ; bracts 
oblong, obtuse, serrulate. Feceptacle almost campanulate, 
1 lin. long, glabrous. Calya-lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
1-13 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, spreading, glandular-ciliate. 
Petals obovate, narrowed to the base, } in. long, } in. wide, 
glabrous, rose-pink, spreading horizontally. Stamens about 
25; filaments glabrous, unequal, suberect. Carpels 1-2, 
obliquely elliptic, slightly hairy above; style } in. long, 
slightly hairy below, glabrous above ; stigma small, capitate. 
Drupes globose, about 2 in. in diameter, bright red. 
Fig. 1, bud; 2 and 3, stamens; 4, carpel :—al/ enlarged. 
