
Variety. 
ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART I11 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, acuminated, gla- 
brous, shining. Peduncles solitary. Lobes 
of calyx shorter than the tube. (Don’s Mill., 
ii. p.514.) A shrub, somewhat tender, grow- 
ing 3 ft. or 4ft. high, with numerous, slender, 
purplish or brownish red twigs, which are 
covered with a profusion of pale blush-co- 
loured flowers, from March to May. It was 
introduced from China about 1834, or earlier, 
by John Reeves, Esq. (Bot. Reg., t. 1801.) 
The figure in the Botanical Register is from 
a plant which was grown in a green-house; 
and ours is from one which flowered in the 
open garden, which will account for the dif- 
ference in their appearance. 

SC. j.2 miiltipler Ser. Am¥gdalus pdmila Lin. Mant., 74., Bot. Mag., t. 2176., and of 
the Hammersmith and other nurseries; and our jigs. 415, and 416. — Flowers semi- 
double, pink like those of the species. ; an ‘ 7 
There are two shrubs in British nurseries often confounded 416 
together under the name of J. pimila; the one is that now 
described, which may be known at any season by the pur- 
Plish or brownish red colour of the bark of its young 
shoots ; and, in summer, by its glabrous, 
415 finely serrated leaves, which have a red- 
dish tinge on their margins, and on the 
midribs. The other, C. sinénsis de- 
scribed below, the Prinus japénica of 
Ker, and of the Hammersmith and other 
nurseries, may be known in the winter 
season by the light green or greyish 
colour of the bark of its young shoots ; 
by its larger, paler-coloured, and com- 
paratively rugose leaves, doubly or 
coarsely serrated ; and by its more com- 
pact habit of growth. The flowers of 
this sort are also on longer peduncles, 
resembling those of a cherry; while M 
those of C. japdnica miltiplex, the Am¥gdalus pimila, or double dwarf almond of the 
nurseries, have much shorter peduncles, and are sometimes nearly sessile, giving the 
plant more the appearance of a Prinus than that of a Cerasus. The C. japonica mul- 
tiplex has been in cultivation in British gardens, under the name of Amygdalus pumila, 
since the days of Bishop Compton; and, though it is stated in books to lave been in- 
troduced from Africa, there can be little doubt of its being of Asiatic origin. The 
great confusion which exists respecting these two plants, in botanical works, has in- 
duced us toexamine, with particular attention, the plants of them that are in the Hor- 
ticultural Society’s Garden, and in the Hammersmith Nursery. In the former garden, 
there is at this time (June 10th, 1837) Cérasus japonica in its single state, but not in 
its double state; the plant bearing the name of C. japénica fldre pléno being unques- 
tionably the C. sinénsis described below, the Prinus jap6nica of the nurseries. In the 
Hammersmith Nursery, there are some dozens of plants of C. japonica midltiplex, there 
called AmYgdalus pimila, or the double dwarf almond, growing in paraliel nursery 
lines, with some dozens of plants of C. sinénsis, there called Prius jap6nica, or the 
double Chinese almond. We have considered it necessary to be thus particular, to 
justify us for having deviated from the Bot. Mag. and Bot. Reg. 

% 19. C.sInE’NsIs G. Don. The Chinese Cherry. 
Identification. Don’s Mill., 2. p. 514. 
Synonyme. 
Engravings. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, doubly serrated, 
Priinus japénica Ker in Bot. Reg., t. 27. 
Bot. Reg., t. 27.; and our jig. 417. 
wrinkled from veins beneath. Peduncles sub-aggregate. 
(Don’s Miil., ii. p. 514.) There is no single state of this 
species in Britain, but there is a plant of the double va- 
riety against a wall in the Horticultural Society’s Gar- 
den, named (June, 1836) C. japénica fldre pléno; and, as 
noticed under the preceding sort, there are many plants 
in the Hammersmith Nursery, under the name of P. 
japonica, or the double Chinese almond. A highly or- 
namental shrub, which, like the preceding sort, grows to 
the height of 3 ft. or 4ft., and is profusely covered with 
flowers, which appear about the end of April, and con- 
tinue throughout May. The plant is somewhat more 
tender than C. j. mUltiplex, which is well known in gar- 
dens as a hardy border shrub; and, except in favour- 
able situations, it requires to be planted against a wall. 
Flowers semi-double, with the petals red on the upper 
side, and white on the under. Though this and the 
preceding sort are quite distinct, there is nothing in 
that distinctness, as it appears to us, to determine that 
they are not varieties of.the same-species. Plants, in the 
London nurseries, of this and the preceding sort, are 
1s. 6d. each ; at Bollwyller, 1 franc. C. japdnica, in its 
single state, has scarcely yet been propagated for sale. 

