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flower stems are short, but the blossoms are scattered and 

 do not form balls like the preceding. It continues to 

 bloom till late in May. Giyo-iko is remarkable in that 

 the flowers are of a clear, light green color when they 

 expand, and gradually become tipped with a pinkish 

 tinge. They are very large, and often panicled in long 

 stems. The branches of the tree are slender and ram- 

 bling. Fugen-zo, a popular variety, has very double 

 rose-blush flowers on long stems, and is a prolific and 

 long-continued bloomer. It is one of the handsomest 

 kinds to be found in Japan, and is planted perhaps more 

 generally than any other. 



This list could be much extended, but these include the 

 best varieties. " There can be no doubt," says Professor 

 Georgesen, " that these cherries will do as well here 

 in almost any part of America as they do in their native 

 country, and as ornamental trees for the lawns and road- 

 sides they will, while in bloom, surpass in beauty anything 

 that we now have that blooms in early spring. Once 

 before the public they will not lack appreciation." 



PRUNUS Flowering Almond. 



P. amygdalus, popularly known as the flowering almond, 

 usually appears in the nurserymen's catalogue under the 

 head of amygdalus, but as it really constitutes only a 

 sub-genus, or perhaps a group with the somewhat dis- 

 tinct peculiarities of prunus, it is well to conform to the 

 true classification, and to count the almond as a species 

 of that genus, as is now done by many of our best 



horticulturists and by nearly all the best botanists. The 



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