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PRUNUS 



PSEUDOLARIX 



stalks, often two or three together, preceding the 

 leaves: fr. 1 or 2 in. in diameter, flattened lengthwise, 

 very firm in texture, perfectly smooth, handsome ma- 

 roon-red, possessing a deep suture, the yellow flesh 

 closely adhering to the small, spongy-roughened nearly 

 orbicular pit. Named in honor of 

 Eugene Simon, who sent pits from 

 China to France, prior to 1872. 

 China. R.H. 1872: 110. -Introduced 

 into the United States about 1880, 

 or shortly after. Although much 

 advertised by nurserymen, it has 

 not attracted great attention from 

 fruit-growers in the East. Upon 

 the Pacific slope it is popular. The 

 fruit is usually bitter, with an 

 almond-like astringency, but some- 

 times it is very palatable. The tree 

 is very hardy and vigorous some- 

 what north of the limit of peach - 

 growing, but, except in the Pacific 

 region, it does not appear to be 

 uniformly productive. The fruit 

 is handsome, with a pleasing odor, 

 and it keeps a long time. The tree 

 is conspicuous for its narrow, erect 

 growth. The flowers are borne on 

 short spurs on wood two and more 

 years old; also singly on the last 

 year's growth. 



P. Cocomilia, Tenore. Allied to P. cerasifera. Bush or 

 small tree, with thorny branches : Ivs. oval or obovate, taper- 

 ing below, somewhat pointed, glabrous on both sides: fr. 

 small and yellow. Italy. — P. Graydna, Maxim. Allied to P. 

 Padus. "It is a small tree, 20-30 ft. high, with a slender trunk, 

 ample, membranaceous, long-pointed, setaceo-serrate Ivs., bi- 

 glandular at the base but witliout glands on the petioles, a 

 peculiarity which best distinguishes this species from P. Padus, 

 although the hair-like teeth of the leaves are characteristic 

 and apparently constant." Sargent, Forest Flora of Japan.— 

 P. Jacquemontii, Hook. f. Subgenus Amygdalus. Dwarf (6- 

 10 ft.), with small ovate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, acumi- 

 nate, serrulate Ivs.: lis. pink,K-%in. across, solitary or in pairs, 

 short-stalked, appearing as the Ivs. burst: fr. globose, red, 

 juicy, small. Northwestern Himalaya, 9,600 to 12,000 ft. B.M. 

 6976. G.C. III. 22:2.-!. Gt. 44, p. 243 (leaf). -P. MadcHi, 

 Rupr. Somewhat allied to P. Padus, but the lis. appearing on 



bly serrate : racemes glandular and bearing conspicuous 

 bracts, appearing with the Ivs. : tts. white, K in. across, 

 stalked: fr. less than /4 in. long, in midsummer. Japan. G.F. 

 6:195 and Forest, FJ. Japan 12. — P. Miquelidna, Sarg. "A 

 second species of Prunus (Fig. 37), very similar in general ap 



2004. Prunus Davidiana (X Vi). No. 43. 



the ends of leafless shoots: fls. white, long-stalked, less than 

 Kin. across, the racemes 2-3 in long: Ivs. lanceolate, elliptic 

 or obovate, serrate. Manchuria. — P. Maximdwiczii, Rupr. 

 Subgenus Padus: 2.')-30 ft.: young growth rusty - puhescent: 

 Ivs. elliptic or olliptip- obovate, long -stalked, coarsely dou- 



2005. Prunus Simonu (X 3^) 



pearance to Prunus pendula [P. stibhirtellaj, is confounded 

 with it in gardens here. It has the same general habit and the 

 same long, pendulous branches, but the bark is darker, and 

 hardly to be distinguished from that of the common cherry 

 tree. The fls. are corymbose on short, leafy branches, and the 

 pedicels are conspicuously braeted at the base, and, as well as 

 the shorter and paler calyx-tube, are covered with a few scat- 

 tered hairs. The petals are more narrowly ovate than those of 

 the last species, entire and rarely truncate, much paler pink or 

 nearly white in color. The ovary is quite smooth, but the 

 style is densely coated with hairs. The Ivs., which appear 

 shortly after the opening of the flowers, are broader, thinner 

 and more deeply and irregidarly cut on their margins and are 

 only 6-8-ribbed. They are pubescent on the under side, as well 

 as the petioles and young shoots, and have two conspicuous 

 orange-colored glands at the base of the blade. Their larger 

 stiptiles are three-lobed and glandular. The corymbose in- 

 florescence of this plant, the forked stipules and the texture 

 and color of the young leaves point to some form of Prunus 

 Pseudo-Cerasus, but tlie style is conspicuously hairy, and I 

 therefore vei-y doubtfully refer it to Maximowiez's Pnmus 

 Miqueliana, authentic specimens of which, however, I liave 

 not been able to examine." Sargent, in G.F. 1, p. 196 and 

 fig. This plant appears not to be the P. Miqueliana of Maximo- 

 wicz, but a form of P. pendula (P. pendula, var. cai'nea, Rehd., 

 M.D.G. 1900:320). — P. prostrdta, Labill. Closely allied to P. 

 incana. Very dwarf, with small round -oval Ivs., whitish be- 

 neath : fls. small, bright pink, appearing with tlie Ivs.: fr. 

 small, ovoid, red, glabrous. B.R. 2:136. Gt. 44, p. 243 (leaf ): 1414. 

 R.H. 1870-l:'dll.— P. sphcerocdrpa, Swartz. Evergreen, allied to 

 P. Caroliniana: small tree: Ivs. elliptic to oblong-ovate, entire: 

 fls, small, white, in racemes shorter than the Ivs.: fr. 3^ in. or 

 less long, orange-brown. S. J'la. to Brazil. S.S. 4:161. — P. 

 Ssiori, Schmidt. "A much more common tree [than P. Padus] 

 in Yezo and in the elevated forests of Hondo is Pruntis Ssiori, 

 another Bird Cherry, always easily distinguished by its pale, 

 nearly whi e bark. It is a handsome glabrous tree, with oblong 

 niemV)ranaeeous Ivs. and long, graceful racemes of small fls., 

 and is well worth introducing into our pLantations as an orna- 

 mental plant. It also grows in Saghalin, where it was dis- 

 covered by Schmidt, in Manchuria, and in western China." 

 Sargent, Forest Flora of Japan. £,_ jj_ g^ 



PSEUDOLAKIX (Greek, paeiidos, false, and Larix; 

 being similar to, but not a true Larch). Coriiferw. 

 Golden Larch. A genus of one species, a tall, pyra- 

 midal tree with horizontally spreading whorled branches ; 

 the linear leaves a|)|>car Iti dense (dusters on slicirt spurs, 

 but those of the Icadiiiu' shoots are scattcrccl .nnd sidrally 

 arranged. It is a beautiful tree with its long, sjn-cading 

 branches pendulous at the extremities and clothed with 

 light green feathery foliage turnin,g to a clear yellow in 

 fall. The tree seems to remain free from insect pests 

 and fungous diseases and is hardy in Mass. and prob- 

 ably farther north. It requires a sunny, open position 

 and a well-drained, moderately moist soil; it does not 

 thrive nor look well if crowded by other trees. The 

 Golden Larch should be raised only from seeds. If 



