The Japanese Plums. 9 



ly one or' two from each bud. The buds are often aggregated 

 upon short spurs in the Japanese varieties as seen in the drawing 



H'^ 



Oeron. 



Upon page 4, and the flowers are then crowded 



into showy masses, as in the picture of Ogou 



herewith. Upon the longer shoots where the 



buds are but three at a joint, the clusters are 



less evident, as in the accompanying illustra- A'elsey. 



tionof Kelsey, yet their glomerate character is 



always more marked than in the Domesticas. Brief characters of 



separation may be drawn between Prunus domestica and P. trijlora 



as follows : 



