Plate 536. 

 CERASUS PENDULA ROSEA. 



In the pleasant account which Mr. Fortune gives us of his 

 experiences in Japan, he mentions with much gratification the 

 tea gardens, the grounds of which were ornamented freely 

 with different varieties of the flowering cherry, trees which 

 are by no means so much valued here as we think they ought 

 to be ; and to the late Dr. Von Siebold we are indebted for 

 the introduction of the several varieties of the trees there 

 mentioned. 



Cerasus pendtila rosea, which we now figure, was obtained by 

 Mr. W. Bull, of Chelsea, from the establishment of Dr. Von 

 Siebold at Leyden, and may be described as a free flowering 

 ornamental shrub. The colour of the flower is a clear light 

 pink, while the drooping habit of the branches, which are covered 

 with the bloom, will make it an exceedingly pretty object 

 in the garden or shrubbery. There is another plant, intro- 

 duced at the same time, with double flowers of a beautiful rose- 

 colour, produced in long pendant branches. This has been 

 named C. Sicboldii rosea plena. 



There is another feature in these plants which will increase 

 their value, and that is, that they force exceedingly well, and 

 will be much used for bouquets, the delicate colour of the 

 flower being one that is much needed for that purpose. The 

 drawing was made by our artist from a plant in the establish- 

 ment of Mr. William Bull, of Chelsea. 



