CHEEKY. 



. Primus Ct-rasm. Nat. Ord., 



E have already depicted one 

 species of Primus, the black- 

 thorn, or sloe ; the only other 

 representatives of the genus 

 amongst us are the present 

 plant and the bird-cherry, or 

 P. Pa das. The cherry is 

 found in an apparently wild 

 state in spots far remote from 

 cultivation, as, for example, 

 on the mountains of Scot- 

 land, as well as in our English 

 lanes and fields. While some 

 writers dispute whether it be 

 truly indigenous with us, or 

 merely the degenerate descend- 

 ant of some long-since-intro- 

 duced variety, we can at all 

 events point to the fact that 

 it is widely disseminated almost everywhere. We owe 

 the introduction of the garden cherry into these islands 

 to the Romans, and while it is possible our hedge 

 cherry may be but a degeneration from this, it is at 

 least as possible that while we have indigenous wild 

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