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also in our Wild Red Cherry (0. Pennsylvanicum), and 

 the Dwarf Cherry (C. pumila). The flowers in the other 

 group are in long slender racemes, as in the American 

 Wild Black Cherry (C. serotina), Choke Cherry (a Vir- 

 ginana), Bird Cherry of the Rocky Mountain regions 

 (C. demissa), and the small Bird Cherry of Europe 

 (C. Padus). 



The Chinese and Japan Cherries belong to the first 

 section, and seedlings of the different species may be in- 

 terchanged in 'their propagation whenever desirable. 



CITRON, LIME, LEMON, ORANGE, SHADDOCK, ETC. 

 As all of these fruits are but different and closely allied 

 species of one genus, their wood readily unites by either 

 budding or grafting. But, as with other fruits, the 

 largest and most vigorous species and varieties are pre- 

 ferred for stocks if large trees are desired, and the reverse 

 for dwarfs ; and as with the Apple and Pear, seeds from 

 the Wild Orange produce better stocks than those from 

 the improved on which to graft, and the same may be 

 said of the Lemon and other species of the Citrus Family. 

 The Shaddock (Citrus decumana), is a rather strong and 

 large growing tree, and it will readily take buds from 

 the Orange, Lemon and other species of the genus. For 

 making dwarf trees of the Orange, the Limonia trifoliata 

 is by some propagators considered a better stock than the 

 Otaheite Orange, which has long been used for this 

 purpose. 



CORNEL TREE. Seedlings of the common Oornus Mas 

 are used principally as stocks for the different varieties of 

 the Cornel, or edible-fruited Dogwoods. But the Cornels 

 are so rarely cultivated in this country, that experiments 

 are wanting for determining the value of the different 

 species for stocks on which to grow the edible fruited 

 varieties, but it is quite probable that Oornus florida 

 would answer equally as well as or better than C. Mas. 



CURRANT. Although not a tree, the Currant is some- 



