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B. Species or Varieties cultivated as ornamental or curious. 

 '*i 3. C, (v.) SEMPERFLO^RENS Dec. The ever-flowering Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Dec. FL Fr., 4. p. 481., and Prod., 2. p. 537. ; Don's Mill., 2 p. 13. 

 Simontimes. Prunus semperflorens Ehrh. Beitr. 7. p. 132.; P. serotina Roth Catal. 1. p. 58.; the 

 weeping Cherry, the Allsaints Cherry ; Cerise de la Toussaint, Cerise de St. Martin, Cerise 



Pngrwn***- N. Du Ham., p. 30. No. 18. t.5. f. A ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., voL v, ; and 

 omjig. 449. 



449. C6rasus (v.) semperfl6rens. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches drooping. Leaves ovate, serrated. Flowers pro- 

 truded late in the season, axillary, solitary. Calyx serrated. Fruits globes, 

 and red. Its native country not known. ( Dec. Prod.) A low pendulous 

 tree. Height 10ft. to 20 it. A garden produc- 

 tion. Cultivated in ? 1700. Flowers white ; May. 

 Drupe red : Juiy and August. 

 An ornamental tree, usually grafted standard high 



on the common wild cherry, or gean ; growing 



rapidly for 8 or 10 years, and forming a round 



head, 8 or 10 feet high, and 10 or 12 feet in diameter, 



with the extremities of the branches drooping to 



the ground ; and flowering and fruiting almost the 



whole summer. It forms a truly desirable small single 



tree for a lawn. 



4. C. SERRULA'TA G. Don. The serrulated- leaved 

 Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Hort. Brit., p. 480. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 

 Synonymes. Prihms serrulata Lir.dl. Hort. Trans. 7. p. 238. ; 



double Chinese Cherry ; Yung- To, Chinese. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 450. from, a living specimen. 450. Cftrasus somuata. 



