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gen-fixing legumes as fertilizers, the suggestion of Faber that we may have in 

 these trees and shrubs plants of positive agricultural value for the tropical 

 planter is well worthy of consideration. The value of the mulch formed by 

 the leaves of leguminous and other plants is keenly appreciated by the best 

 cultivators ; and it may be possible to find suitable small shrubs of Pavetta or 

 other rubiaceous plants which will be worth while growing for their nitrogen- 

 fixing leaf bacteria in the orchards of our semitropics or wherever else the 

 climate will permit their cultivation." (David Fairchild.) 



44296 to 44311.^ Prunus serrulata Lindl. Amygdalaceae. 



Flowering cherry. 



From Yoljohama, Japan. Scions purchased from the Yokohama Nursery 

 Co. Received February 27, 1917. 



44296. Kirin; late flowering, with large, very double, rose-colored flow- 

 ers ; one of the best. Considered by Wilson a foi*m of Prunus serrulata 

 sachalinensis and by Miyoshi forma atrorubra of P. serrulata. 



44297. TaTci-nioi; very fragrant, single, white flowers ; called by Miyoshi 

 forma cataracta of Prunus serrulata and by Wilson forma cataracta 

 of P. lannesiana. 



44298. Shogetsu; a rather late, good variety with very large, long- 

 pediciled, double, pale-pink flowers; called by Wilson forma superba 

 of Prunus serrulata sachalinensis and by Miyoshi the same form of 

 P. serrulata. 



44299. Ean-zakura; a curious Japanese cherry from the vicinity of 

 Tokyo, with single, pale-pink flowers which appear in late winter. 

 It is now being cultivated in the Arnold Arboretum. (Adapted from 

 Wilson, The Cherries of Japan, p. 31, as P. serrulata, var. spontanea, 

 forma praecox.) 



44300. Minakami; flowers very fragrant, white, single or nearly so ; 

 placed by Wilson under forma donarium of Prunus lannesiana and by 

 Miyoshi under forma glauca of P. serrulata. 



44301. KoJc-onye; flowers pink, double or semidouble, long pediceled and 

 usually short peduncled. Considered by Wilson forma homogena of 

 Prunus serrulata sachalinensis, while Miyoshi considered it a form of 

 P. serrulata. 



44302. Ranzan; a very pleasing form with single pink flowers on long 

 slender pedicels. Considered by Wilson a form of Prunus lannesiana. 



44303. Yae-akebono ; flowers very large, fragrant, semidouble, soft pink, 

 very beautiful ; called by Wilson forma versicolor of Primus lannesiana 

 and by Miyoshi the same form of P. serrulata. 



44304. Gyciko; semidouble flowers, pale yellow with greenish stripes, 

 three flowered ; considered by Wilson a form of Prunus lannesiana and 

 by Miyoshi as forma tricolor of P. serrulata. 



44305. Horinji; a small tree with dark-gray twigs, yellowish brown 

 young leaves, and flowers with roundish petals, the outer rank pink, the 

 inner rank white. Blossoming time from the middle to the end of 

 April. (Adapted from Miyoshi, "Japandsche Bergkirschen," Journal of 



^ See footnote, p. 11. 



