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The Double Flowering Cherry (P. avium, fl. pi), 

 is extremely handsome when in bloom, being so densely 

 covered with large, pure white, double flowers as to hide 

 the branches. 



The AVeeping Cherries. — The Common Weeping 

 Cherry belongs to the preceding species, and is a pleas- 

 ing variety with drooping branches. The Weeping 

 Bigarreau Cherry is a good sized, handsome tree, with 

 graceful, pendant branches. The D vvarf Weeping Cherry 

 is a very small, beautiful tree, suited to small plots. 

 The Weeping Sour Cherry is a fine drooping variety, 

 and a new double Cherry from Japan with rose-colored 

 flowers, is regarded as a promising ornamental tree. 



The European Bird Cherry (P. Padus), belonging 

 to the same section of the genus as our Wild Cherries, is 

 an admirable lawn tree. It has a handsome form, good 

 foliage, and a profusion of white flowers in long racemes 

 in May, C. 



There are two fine forms with variegated leaves: 



The AucuBA-LEAVED Cherry with deep-green leaves, 

 speckled and splashed with yellowish-white, C; and the 

 Variegated Bird Cherry, with leaves dotted and blotched 

 with yellow ; both have a slender drooping habit, C. 



Of the Flowering Plums, those bearing the most re- 

 semblance to the common Plum are : the Double Flow- 

 ering Sloe (P. spinosa, flore jjleno), from Japan, with 

 daisy-like, white flowers in spring, followed by purple 

 fruit, E.; and the Common Double Flowering Plum (P. 

 domestica, fl. pi. ), E. 



Some dwarf Plums are among our best ornamental 

 shrubs. The Double Flowering Plum (P. triloba) is a 

 very fine, hardy shrub, with beautiful, delicate-pink, 

 semi-double flowers, arranged closely along the branches, 

 and forming compact spikes. P. tomentosa, from Japan, 

 is a fine shrub, with plaited leaves, but inconspicuous 



