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Cerastinm— continued. , Cerasus—continued. 
С. tomentosum (downy)* Л. white; cymes forked, on erect than February, some sharp sand being added to the soil. 
stalks. Early summer. oblong-spathulate, upper ones lanceo- | Tor oulturo &¢., of the edible-fruited kinds, see Cherry. 
late, densely clothed with a greyish tomentum. h. біп. Southern pet ае - ка a . 
and Eastern Europe, 1648, is evergreen species is largely C. Avium (birds). Wi herry, or Gean. fl. rising with the leaves; 
employed in almost all gardens for edgings to summer flower- bud ета acute, destitute of leafy scales. April and May. 
be -0 
&c. (S. Е. G. 455.) Jr. roundish-ovate, depressed, black ; flesh adhering to the stone, 
VERE „мыш ht f very succulent and sugary, the juice usually coloured. l oval- 
CERASUS (sid to have been first brought from lanceolate, pointed, serrated, somewhat pendent, slightly pe 
Cerasus, a town in Pontus, in Asia). Cherry. Овр. bescent on the under side, and furnished with two glands at the 
Rosacew, Hardy deciduous or evergreen shrubs and trees. base. А. 20ft. to 40ft. England. Deciduous. 
С. A. multiplex (double-flowered).* Л. smaller than the type, 
ovate, bearing two or three glands at the base. 
C. Caproniana.* Common Cherry. Л. rising with the leaves; 
calyx large, campanulate ; peduncles usually thick, stiffish, not 
long. Spring. jr. po depressed, with the suture hardly 
depressed ; flesh soft, more or less acid and styptic. J. oval. 
lanceolate, toothed, glabrous. h. 15ft. to 20ft. Europe. Small 
tree, with spreading branches. Of this deciduous species, innu- 
merable varieties have been raised. The most important of the 
fruit-bearing sorts will be found described under erry. The 
double-flowered variety (multiplex) is very showy, and useful for 
forcing and for shrubberies (SYN. С. ranunculiflora). (Е. d. S. 1805.) 
C. caroliniana (Carolina).* Л, rather lar e; racemes axillary, 
dense, shorter than the leaves. May. "x nearly globose, 
mucronate, l. evergreen, on Short petioles, oblong- late, 
mucronate, smooth, rather coriaceo almost entire. North 
America, 1759. E н. З е 
C. Chamsecerasus. Ground Cherry. jl. umbellate; umbels 
usually sessile ; peduncles х= od than the leaves when in fruit. 
May. у». round, reddish- = very acid. l. obovate, shi А 
crenated, bluntish, quite gl brous, rather coriaceous, y 
landular. л. 2ft. to 4ft. Euro: » 1597. Deciduous. "There is 
& creep = ct this species, pendula, and another with 
C. depressa (dep ) Л. white; umbels few-fi sessile. 
aggregate. May. fr. Ae 1. lanceol днд e al j^ 
serrated, glabrous, glaucous beneath. 
depressed, prostrate. North America, 1805. uous. 
С. duracina (hard)* j, white, rising with the leaves uncles 
to 
long, slender. April. Jr. heart-sha: ; su d pressed, 
rarely almost obsolete; flesh hard ee brittle. TW ion" 20ft. 
A large tree; branches ascending when о but i 
state hardl ing. Deciduous. ` SYN? Prunes BR 
spreading, 
Bigarella, it is probable that this species, c i vium 
has produced the Bigarreau and Heart Chicos’: oe 
. C. ilicifolia (Holly-leaved). fl. white, small, in racemes jin. to 
2in. long. M May. fr. large, jin. or mo; ick, usually 
red, sometimes dark purple or nm California. T orna- 
mental shrub, with shining dark evergreen fol e; t for 
C. Juliana (St. Julian's). И, risine wi \ ovate, 
depressed, eari-formed. ; flesh M ae "es poe 
species—frequentl i rrectly, classed 
forms of C, Ashman oer чү m - Heaumiers, m 
FIG. 4054. FLOWERING BRANCH OF CERASUS ILICIFOLIA. 
= . -Flowers white; pedicels one-flow. ising bef th 
leaves in fascicled umbels from unr tau А occum d 
rising after the evolution of the leaves in racemes from 
the tops of the branches. Drupe globose or umbilicate 
at the Баве, fleshy, quite glabrous, destitute of bloom, 
ning & smooth, rather globose, compressed stone. 
eaves, when young, conduplicate. By far the ] er Fr УР CERAS OCERA! 
ME чн the species are deciduous, but two o^ с. Ner y nme de ш Ein es i 
portant ones are evergreen, viz., the common Laurel than April d A ee | 
(C. Lawrocerasus), with its numerous varieties, and the aem л Йер, aan tod, аа 
ovate, acute. 
agn - Ovate- , remotely- furnish. 
Mehr i. Laurel (0. aono" The various species and four glan See = a” bit to ft.” Levant па 
‚ °з аге propagated by seeds, cuttings, grafti Y 18. e following varieties are found in 
budding. The seeds should be sown in eon a "A ds, pee and are all useful for extensive planting in shrubberies 
or they may be k я 3 k ; eds, woodlands : angustifolia (narrow-leaved) ; camellixfolia (Ca- ——— 
bed нее „may be kept till spring. Cuttings should be mellia-leaved) ; caucasica ); colchica (Colchican) very  — 
3 in а semi-shady position, in autumn, or not later loved] rotundifolia (round-leaved), and variegata (variegated 
