42 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



43301 to 43329— Continued. 



of the cultivated amelanchiers and is very beautiful in late April or 

 May. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 1, p. 190.) 



43302 and 43303. Amygdaxtjs fenzliana (Fritsch) Korsh. Amygdalacese. 

 {Prunus fenzliana Fritsch.) 

 *' From Tiflis Botanical Garden." 



A shrublike tree, with long purplish branches and narrowly ovate 

 leaves. The reddish flowers appear before the leaves in few-flowered 

 clusters and are smaller than those of Amygdalus cmnmunis. The 

 peachlike fruit appears on the usually leafless twigs of the previous 

 season's growth, and the flesh is relatively dry. (Adapted from Fritsch, 

 Sitziingsberichte Akademie Wissenschaften Wien, vol. 101, pp. 632 to 636.) 



43302. The ordinary form. 



43303. Selected form, with larger fruits. 



43304. Laurocerasus officinalis Roemer. Amygdalaceae. 



{Prunus laurocerasus L. ) Cherry laurel. 



" From Tiflis Botanical Garden." 



An evergreen shrub of quick growth and wide-spreading habit, over 20 

 feet ia height and twice as much in width, entirely devoid of hairs or 

 down. The young shoots are pale green and the leaves are leathery, dark 

 shining green, of various shapes and sizes up to 6 inches long ; each bears 

 two or more glands on its lower surface near the base. The dull white 

 flowers are borne in terminal and axillary racemes and the conical fruits 

 are purplish black, about half an inch long, with conical stones. This 

 plant is a native of eastern Europe and Asia Minor and was introduced 

 in 1629, according to Alton. It flowers in April, but is not as hardy as the 

 Portugal laurel and is not adapted for planting in ordinary shrubberies. 

 It is admirable for planting as undergrowth in thin woodland. (Adapted 

 from Bean, Trees and Shruhs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 2JtO.) 



43305. Pktjnus avium L. Amygdalacese. Mazzard cherry. 



" From Tiflis Botanical Garden." 



A deciduous tree up to 60 feet or more in height, with a trunk sometimes 

 2 feet and more in thickness and shining bark, which peels horizontally. 

 The young twigs are smooth and the oval leaves are 3 to 5 inches long. 

 The pure white flowers, about 1 inch across, appear in stalkless clusters 

 from the previous year's shoots and from spurlike branches of earlier date. 

 The round, blackish red fruit is about three-fourths of an inch in diameter 

 and is sv^^eet or bitter, but not acid. This tree is a native of Europe, 

 including England, and is one of the parents of the cultivated fruiting 

 cherries, especially the black ones. It should not be confused with 

 Prunus cerasus and P. acida, from which it differs in being larger, having 

 more coarsely toothed leaves and a fruit which is not acid. (Adapted 

 from Bean, Trees and SJirubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 229 

 and 230.) 



43306. Prunus cerasifera pivaricata (Ledeb.) C. Schneid. Amygdalacese. 

 (Prunus divaricata Ledeb.) Persian cherry -plum.. 



" From Tiflis Botanical Garden." 



A deciduous round-headed tree up to 30 feet in height, with serrate 

 leaves li to 2^ inches long and pure white flowers, often in dense clusters. 



