146 ROSE FAMILY. 



smooth; fruits a half inch in diameter, deep dull purple, and very 

 glaucous, with a toue;h skin and usually acerb flesh ; stone cherry-like, 

 but distinctly margined, entirely free from the flesh. Cult, sparingly for 

 ornament and for fruit. 



§ 4. Fascici-ed CuKiiuiES, Edible. Floicpr^ usnalhj fancidod or umbel- 

 late, stoUced, iisualbj appearing icith the leaves, the latter condiiplicate 

 in the bud ; fruit sviail and mosthj f/lobular, and nearlii always smooth 

 and destitute of bloom; the stone nearly or quite spherical and mostly 



'""'"^^'- " * Shrubs, native. 



P. pilmila, Linn. Dwarf or Saxd Cherry. A straggling shrub, 

 usually with decumbent base, the stronger branches erect, the plant 

 finally reaching a height, perhaps, of 6 or 8 feet ; flowers small, on 

 slender stalks, with the leaves somewhat preceding them ; leaves long, 

 oblanceolate, thick in texture and veiny, sharply serrate ; fruit mostly 

 black, the size of a small Garden Cherry, varying from astringent to sweet. 

 Along rivers and coasts, in the N. States. Cult, for fruit and flowers. 



p. cuneata, Kaf . A slender, upright shrub, with larger flowers and 

 short-obovate or si>atulate, thin leaves, which are less prominently toothed. 

 Grows in bogs and other cool land in the X. States. 



* Small trees. 



-<- Garden or exotic cherries, groion only for ornament. 



P. subhirtella, Miq. (or P. pendula). Rosebud, or Japanese AVeep- 

 iNG RosE-FLOWEKED Cherry. A liaudsome tree, with tortuous or 

 weeping branches, and very early rose-colored flowers in simple umbels 

 on slender hairy bractless pedicels, the calyx funnel-form and red ; petals 

 obcordate, notched; leaves ovate (or oblong-ovate on strong shoots), 

 veiny and slightly hairy below, prominently pointed and rather coarsely 

 sharp-toothed. Japan. 



P. Pseudo-Cerasus, Lindl. Japanese FLOAVERiNr, Cherry. A strong 

 tree with much the aspect of a Sweet Cherry ; cult, from China and 

 Japan for its very large and pretty rose-colored double (rarely single) 

 flowers, which are borne in a stalked and more or less branching umbel- 

 like cluster, with large obovate, jagged bracts ; leaves large and veiny, 

 dull, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, with very sharp teeth or often even 

 jagged, and prominent toothed or laciniate stipules. Var. Siebbldi, 

 Maxim., differing in having the young growth pubescent, is also in 

 cultivation. 



P. semperflorens, Ehrh. Ever-flowering or All Saint's Cherry. A 

 small tree with leaves like the Morello Cherry (those on the flowering 

 shoots suuiUer and more jagged), but producing flowers more or less con- 

 tinuously throughout the summer. 'I'hese late flowers are solitary, with 

 conspiciious, glandular-serrate calyx lobes ; fruit small, red, and soitr. 

 Probably derived from the next. 



•t- I- Garden or exotic cherries groi'jn chief ij for fruit. {DorOile-Jhncered 



forms occur.) 



-w- Flov:er-cl listers disposed along the branches. 



P. Cerasus, Linn. Sour, Pie, Morello and Early Richmond Cher- 

 ries. Griottes. a low-headed tree, with spreading grayish branches ; 

 flowers in small clusters from lateral buds, mostly in advance of the 

 leaves, the persistent bud-scales small ; leaves hard and stiff, short-ovate 

 or ovate-obovate, the point rather abrupt, smooth, and more or less 

 glossy, light or gi-ayish green ; fruit roundish, red, in various shades, 

 tart. ,Eu. 



P. Avium, Linn. Mazzard. Sweet, Heart and Bigarreau Cherrii.s. 

 GuiGNES or Geaxs. Taller, with a more erect growth, and reddish brown, 



