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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



470. CSrasus al!clna 



obovate, acuminated, glandularly serrated, glabrous 



Stipules subulate, 



glandular, length 



of the petiole. 



Petiole glandless. 



(Don's Mil/.} A 



shrub. China. 



Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. 



Introd. in 1822. 



The flowers small, 



and white. Drupe 



about the size of 



that of the myro- 



balan plum. 471. crasu puddum. 



Species belonging to the preceding Subdivision (B.), not yet introduced. C. 

 Phoshia Hamilt., Prunus cerasoides D. Don., Cerasus Puddum Roxb. (Wall. 

 PI. Rar., ii. t. 143. ; and our fig. 471.), is a native of Nepal, producing fruit 

 like that of the common cherry, and wood which is considered valuable as 

 timber. The flowers are of a pale rose colour, and the tree grows to the 

 height of 20 or 30 feet. C. glandulosa, C. dspera, and C. incisa Lois., are Japan 

 shrubs, with rose-coloured flowers, described by Thunberg; and C. humttis 

 Moris., a native of Sardinia. 



ii. Padi veri Ser. The true Bird-Cherry Kinds of Cerasus. 



Sect. Char. Flowers produced upon the shoots of the same year's growth as 

 the flowers j the latter disposed racemosely. Leaves deciduous. 



A. Species of Bird-Cherry Trees already in Cultivation in Britain. 

 % 21. C. MAHA^LEB Mill. The Mahaleb, or perfumed, Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Mill. Diet., No. 4. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 539. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 



Synonymes, Prilnus MahcUeb L. Sp. 678. ; Bois de Sainte Lucie, or Prunier odorant, Fr. ; 



Mahalebs-kirsche, Ger. ; Ciliegio canino, Ital. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 5. t. 2. ; Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 227. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit. 



1st edit., vol. v.j and our fig. 472. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves cordately ovate, denticulate, glanded, curved. 

 Flowers in leafy subcorymbose racemes. Fruit black, between ovate and 

 round. (Dec. Prod.) A small tree. Middle and South of Europe ; com- 

 mon in France, especially in the mountainous districts ; very common near 

 St. Lucie, whence the French name. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. ; in British 

 gardens 20ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 1714. Flowers white; April and 

 May. Drupe black ; ripe in July. 



Varieties. Besides one with variegated leaves, there are : 



^ C. M. 2 fructu fldvo Hort. Fruit yellow. There is a plant of this 



variety in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 

 C. M. 3 latifolium *Hort. Leaves broader than in the species. 



A handsome small tree, with a white bark, and numerous branches. The 

 leaves somewhat resembling those of the common apricot, but of a paler 

 green. The wood, the leaves, the flowers, and the fruit, are powerfully 

 scented ; the flowers so much so as not to be supportable in a room. The 

 wood is hard, brown, veined, and susceptible of a high polish. Its smell is 

 less powerful, and more agreeable, when it is dry, than when the sap is in it. 

 In a dry state it weighs 59 Ib. 4 oz. per cubic foot. In France, it is much 

 sought after by cabinetmakers, on account of its fragrance, hardness, and the 

 fine polish which it receives. In Austria it is used for forming the twisted 

 tubes of tobacco pipes. In France themahaleb is used as a stock on which to 

 graft the different kinds of fruit-bearing cherries : for which it has the advan- 

 tages of growing on a very poor soil ; of coming into sap 15 days later than 



