304 Trees for Shade and Ornament 



color or pink flowers; these have also the advantage of being without 

 insect enemies (as yet!). 



P. Pseudo-Cerasus, var. hortensis Max. (271), the celebrated 

 Flowering Cherry from Japan, and a long list of other varieties and 

 forms, are very valuable in form and in flowering, some with large 

 double white flowers (April, May). They are only half hardy in New 

 England. 



Fig. 109. — Japanese Plum. Prunus Pissardii Dipp. 



P. Japonica Thunb. (272) (Sinensis), is a small tree of the almond 

 tribe, with a profusion of large, white, rose-like flowers arriving in ad- 

 vance of the foliage. Varieties of dwarf habit and of red or rose-colored 

 flowers are equally showy. There is, however, considerable doubt as 

 to the proper application of the name, since there are at least six 

 different species or forms offered under the same name. 



P. Pissardii Dipp. (cericifera atropurpurea) (273), Japanese Plum. 

 For color there is hardly any more satisfactory small tree to be found 



