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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves obovate, acuminated, setaceously serrulated, quite 

 glabrous. Petioles glandular. Flowers in fascicles. (Don's Mill.) A low 

 erect tree, or rather tree-like shrub. China. Height in China 4- ft. to 6 ft. ; 

 in British gardens 6ft. to 10ft. Introduced in 1822. Flowers double 

 white, tinged with red, though not so much so as the double French 

 cherry. 



This tree resembles the common cherry tree, but is not of such vigorous 

 growth ; and only the double-flowered variety of it has been yet introduced. 

 A very ornamental plant. 



5. (7. PSEU^DO-CVRASUS Lindl. The False-Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Hort. Brit., No. 12663. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 



Synonymes. Prdnus Pseudo-Cerasus Lindl. Hort. Trans. 6. p. 90. ; P. paniculata Ker Hot. Keg. 



800., but not of Thunb. ; Yung- To, Chinese. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 100. ; and our fig. 451. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves obovate, acuminate, flat, serrated. 

 Flowers racemose. Branches and peduncles pubescent. 

 Fruit small, pale red, of a pleasant subacid flavour, with 

 a small smooth stone. (Don's Mill.) A low tree. China. 

 Height 8ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1819. Flowers 

 white ; March and April. Fruit pale red ; ripe in June. 



This tree is readily known from the other cherry trees, 

 even when without its leaves, by its rough gibbous joints, at 

 which it readily strikes root; and is, consequently, very 

 easily propagated. It has been tried by Mr. Knight, as a 

 fruit tree ; and he finds that it forces in pots better than 

 any other variety. Desirable for small gardens, on account 451 . 

 of its very early flowering. 



** 6. C. CHAM^ECE'RASUS Low. The Ground-Cherry Tree, or Siberian 



Cherry. 



Identification. Lois, in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 29. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 537. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 513. 

 Synonymes. C. intermedia Lois, in N. Du Ham. 5. p. 30. ; Priinus intermedia Pair. Diet. 5. 



p. 674. ; P. frutic&sa Pall., according to Besser ; Cerasus pumila C. Bauh., according to Pall. Fl. 



Ross. ; Chamsecerasus fruticbsa Pers. Syn. 2. p. 34. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 5. p. 29. t. 5. f. A ; Hayne Abbild., t. 61. ; and our fig. 452. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate-oblong, glabrous, 

 glossy, crenate, bluntish, rather coriaceous, scarcely 

 glanded. Flowers in umbels, which are usually 

 on peduncles, but short ones. Pedicels of the 

 fruit longer than the leaves. Fruit round, reddish 

 purple, very acid. (Dec. Prod ) A neat little shrub. 

 Siberia and Germany. Height 3ft. to 4 ft. Introd. 

 in 1587. Flowers white ; May. Drupe reddish 

 purple ; ripe in August. 



It forms a neat little narrow leaved bush, which, 

 when grafted standard high, becomes a small round- 

 headed tree with drooping branches, at once curious 

 and ornamental. It does not grow above a fouith 

 part of the size of C. semperflorens ; and, like it, it 

 flowers and fruits during great part of the summer. 



jk 7. C. PROSTRAVA Ser. The prostrate Cherry Tree. 



Identification. _ Seringe in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 



Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. 1 7. ; Bot. Reg., t. 106. ; and our fig. 453. 



Spec. Char , $c. Decumbent. Leaves ovate, serrately cut, glandless, tomen- 

 tose, and hoary beneath. Flowers mostly solitary, nearly sessiie. Calyx 

 tubular. Petals ovate, retuse, rose-coloured. Fruit ovate, red ; flesh thin. 



