PRUNUS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN, 



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THE APRICOTS. ARMENIACA. 



P. Armcniaca, P. brigantiaca, P. dasycarpa, P. 

 J\Iute, P. tomentosa, P. triloba. 



THE PLUMS. PRUNUS. 



P '. alleghaniensis, P. ainericana, P. angustifolia, P. 

 cej-asifera, P. cefasifera var. atro-purpurca, P. com- 

 )>noiis, P. cotniminis i'ar. pruneaiiliana, P. drvari- 

 cata, P. insititia, P. spinosa, P. Watsoni. 



THE CHERRIES. CERASUS. 



P. acida, P. A-vium, P. Ceraszts, P. ChcuiKecerasus, 

 P . km/iilis, P. Jacquetnonti, P. japonica, P. Jla.i'i- 

 ntoiviczi, P. pendula, P. pennsylvanica, P. prostrata, 

 P. pseudo-Cerasus, P. Pudduin, P. pumila, P. ser- 

 rulata, P. subhirtella. 



THE BIRD CHERRIES. PADUS. 



P. Capollin, P. cornuta, P. demissa, P. Makaleb, P. 

 inollis, P. Padzts, P. serotina, P. virginiana. 



THE CHERRY- LAURELS. LAUROCERASUS. 

 P. ilicifolia, P. Laurocerasus, P. lusitanica. 



P. ACIDA. One of the species from which 

 the Cherries of gardens have been derived, 

 allied to P. Cerasus ; small, dark-green, shining 

 leaves of firm texture and nearly glabrous. A 

 variety is semperflorens, of drooping habit and 

 bearing white flowers (sometimes double) 

 from May to September, and often carrying 

 flowers and fruit. A dwarf tree, usually 

 grafted standard high. 



P. ALLEGHANIEXSIS. Usually a shrub from 

 4 feet to 6 feet high, but sometimes a small 

 tree three or four times that height. The 

 flowers, \ inch across, at first pure white 

 changing to pink, are followed by handsome 

 fruits, which are blue-purple, nearly globular, 

 and valued for preserving. Pennsylvania. 



P. AMERICANA (wild Red Plum). A hand- 

 some tree found in North America to the east 

 of the Rocky Mountains, and one of the 

 hardiest. It is a tree 20 feet or more high, of 

 graceful habit, bearing at the end of April or 

 the beginning of May many pure snowy white 

 blossoms ; fruits red or yellowish-red, the 

 species being cultivated in the United States 

 on their account. 



P. AMYGDALUS (the common Almond). 

 One of the earliest of trees to bloom, and 

 reaching its best before hardy trees have done 

 more than show signs of reviving life. There 

 are several named varieties in cultivation : 

 amara (Bitter Almond) flowers slightly 

 larger than those of the common Almond, 

 petals almost white towards the tips, deepening 

 into rose at the base. Dulcis (Sweet Almond) 

 This has leaves of a grey-green colour, and is 

 one of the earliest to flower. Macrocarpa 

 This is a strong-growing tree with larger, 

 broader leaves than the type ; the flowers, too 

 which are rose-tinted white, are larger. This 

 tree is hardy and vigorous in our country. 

 There are also double-flowered and pendulous 

 varieties cultivated under names denoting these 

 characters. Syn. Amygdalus communis. 



P. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Chickasaw Plum). In 

 Britain this is a shrub 4 to 6 feet high, but in 

 America it is a small tree 15 to 20 feet high ; 

 the leaves 3 inches long ; flowers in clusters of 

 one or two pairs, white, sometimes with a 

 creamy tint, one-third of an inch in diameter. 

 Several excellent varieties of this Plum are 

 grown in the United States for the bright red 



Prunus Davidiana. 



