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Prunus serrulate sachalinensis (Schmidt) Makino. (Amyg- 

 dalaceae.) 45178. From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased 

 from the' Yokohama Nursery Company. "Yamazakura (moun- 

 tain cherry)." A deciduous tree, 40 to 80 feet in 

 height, with a trunk sometimes 3 feet in diameter, 

 and sharply serrate oval leaves which are often red- 

 dish when young. The deep pink flowers, from ! to 1| 

 inches wide, are produced in short-stalked umbels of 

 two to six flowers. The fruit is a small black cherry, 

 1/3 inch in diameter. This tree, a native of Japan, 

 is probably the finest timber tree among the true 

 cherries, and is also remarkable for its beautiful 

 flowers, which appear in April. The seeds germinate 

 freely after lying dormant for a year. (Adapted from 

 W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 2, pp. 250, 251, under Primus sargentii.) This 

 flowering cherry tree has proven hardy on the Atlan- 

 tic Seaboard as far north as Massachussetts , and Pro- 

 fessor Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum recommends it 

 as one of the most beautiful of all the flowering 

 cherries. (Fairchild.) 



Primus subhirtella pendula (Amygdalaceae . ) 45216. Droop- 

 ing Cherry of Japan. Grown at the Plant introduction 

 Field Station, Rockville, Maryland, from scions pre- 

 sented by Mr. David Fairchild from his place "In the 

 Woods". One of the loveliest of all flowering trees. 

 In Japan, growing to a great age and to large size. 

 In the Kyoto park, stands a historic specimen 3 feet 

 in diameter of trunk, with drooping branches covering 

 a whole square which is reported to be 300 years old. 

 It flowers in Maryland about the same time that it 

 does in Japan i,e. the last week in April, and when 

 in bud, full bloom, or passing out of bloom can not 

 be surpassed by any other tree in loveliness. Its 

 flowers are small, single, borne in pairs or threes 

 and they come out before the leaves. For parks and 

 avenues it may not be so showy when seen from a dis- 

 tance as the double flowering kinds, but as a door 

 yard tree when it can be viewed from near by it can- 

 not be surpassed. Hardy to Massachussets . (Fairchild.) 



Tetrazygia bieolor (Miller.) Goen. (Melastomaceae . ) 

 45177. From Homestead, Fla. Presented by Mr. Chas. 

 A. Mosier. A low tree, 20 feet high, remarkable for 

 the white powdery down of the branchlets and the in- 

 florescence. Leaves 3 to 5 inches long, variable in 



