Chinese Flowering Plum. Prunus triloba. 



"A branch of a very large flowering variety of Chi- 

 nese flowering plum, found growing in the grounds of the 

 German Legation at Peking. This is much cultivated in the 

 gardens of North China and exists in a great many vari- 

 eties varying in the colors of the flowers from pale pink 

 to a dark violet-rose. Very great variation is found in 

 size, degrees of doubleness, profusion of bloom, time of 

 opening, and the lasting qualities of the flowers. The 

 Chinese in the north always graft or bud this plum on 

 Amygdaius davidiana." Photo. No. 988, by F. N. Meyer, 

 Peking, China, April 19, 1914. According to W. J. Bean 

 (Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles) the double 

 form of this species was introduced by Fortune into England 

 and has become very popular there'. 



