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AliBORETUM AND FRUTICRTUM. 



FAIIT 111 



J: 11. C depre'ssa Ph. The depressed, or jn-ostrate, Clicrry Tree. 



Identification. Piirsh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 332. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amcr., 1. 



p. 16S. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5U. 

 St/nonyincs. C. piimila, Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. £86., not PrClnus pilmila h. ; P. SusquchJknaj, 



mild. Enum., 519., Baumz., ed. 2. p. 286. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Branches angled, depressed, prostrate. Leaves cuneate- 

 lanceolate, sparingly' serrate, glabrous, glaucous beneath. Flowers in 

 grouped sessile umbels, few in an umbel. Fruit ovate. (Dec. Prod., ii. 

 p. 538.) A prostrate slu'ub, a native of North America, from Canada to 

 Virginia, on the sandy shores of rivers and lakes. It spreads its branches 

 very much, and does not rise above 1 ft. from the ground. The fruit is 

 black, small, and agreeably tasted ; and, in America, is called the sand 

 cherry. Introduced into Britain in 1805, and distinguished at sight from all 

 the other species, not less by its prostrate habit, than by its glaucous leaves, 

 whicii bear some resemblance in shape to those of ./mygdalus nana ; and, 

 according to Sir W.J. Hooker, to those of (\ pumiia; with whom, judging 

 from the plants under these names in the London gardens, we agree in 

 thinking the species identical, notwithstanding the different descriptions 

 given to the two kinds by botanists. 



at 12. C pygm.e'a Z/o/.y. The pygmy Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Lous, in N. Du Ham., B. p. 32. and 21. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 5.58. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 513. 

 Synonymc. 7'ri1nus pygmaj'a M'Uld. Sp., 2. p. 993., Pursh Fl. Amcr. Sept., 1. p. 231. 



Spec. Char., <S-c. Leaves ovate-elliptical, but tapered to the base, and rather 

 acute at the tip, sharply serrated, glabrous on both surfaces, and with 2 

 glands at the base. Flowers of the size of those of P. spinosa, dis- 

 posed in sessile umbels, a few in an umbel. Fruit black, of the size of 

 a large pea, a little succulent. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 538.) A shrub, about ift. 

 or 5 ft. high, a native of the western |)arts of Pennsylvania and Virginia, 

 introduced in 1823. It flowers in May, and its fruit is very indifferent. 



¥ 13. C. NIGRA Low. The l)lack Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Lois, in N. Du Ham., ."). p. 32. No. 22. ; .Sims Bot. Mag., t. 111". ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer, 



1. p. 167. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 5.38. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 513. 

 Sj/nonynws. /'rOnus nigra Ait. Ilort. Kcw., 2d cd. 3. p. 193., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 331. ; P. 



americilna Darlington in Amer. I.yc. X. II. of New York. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t, 1117. ; and our figs. 411, 412. 4 1 2 



Sj)cc. Char., S^c. Leaf with 2 

 glands upon the petiole, and 

 the disk ovate-acuminate. Flow- 

 ers in sessile umbels, few in 

 an umbel. Calyx purple; its 

 lobes obtuse, and their margins 

 glanded. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 538.) 

 A tall shrub or low tree, a na- 

 tive of Canada, and of the Al- 

 leghany Mountains ; introduced 

 in 1773. It flowers in April and 

 May ; and its flowers, from the purpHsh tinge of the anthers, have a very 

 pleasing appearance. The fruit, which, as far as we know, has not been pro- 

 duced in England, is described by Sir W. J. Hooker as being as large as a 

 moderate-sizetl cherry, and, apparently, red. The leaves, the wood, and 

 the general habit of the plant, as .seen in the gardens about London, are 

 much more those of a plum, than those of a cherry. It forms a very 

 handsome small tree, producing its blossoms later than those of the com- 

 mon plum, but, like it, before the appearance of the leaves. There are 

 plants in the Hammersmith Nursery, and in other gardens near London, 

 which flower every year. 



a 14. C. hvema'lis Michx. The winter Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Lois, in N. Du Ham , 5. p. 194. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. 



p. 168. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 

 Sj/Honymes. P. hyemilis Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 284., Pinsli Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 331., Flliot 

 ■ Carol, 1. p. .542. ; the black Choke Cherry. 



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