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peaches are grown successfully. Var. atropurpurea has purple leaves. Var. 

 ALBO-PLENA has semi-double flowers of the whitest white. Var. CAMEL- 

 LIAEFLORA has semi-double, deep red flowers. Var. DUPLEX has double 

 pink flowers. 



Prunus pumila var. depressa PROSTRATE SAND ChERRT 



A prostrate plant which has narrow leaves and edible black fruits. Of 

 limited possibilities as a ground cover, or for use in the large rockery. 



PRUNUS SARGENTII (P. serrulata var. sachalinensis) Sargent Cherry 

 Evidence of the hardiness and specimen value of this Cherry is given by a 

 tree which stands on the campus at Amherst. Grown from Oriental seed re- 

 ceived in 1877, it is now some fifty feet tall, sixty-five feet in spread of top, 

 and two feet in trunk diameter. The display of short-lasting pink flowers in 

 late April or early May, pleasant foliage, and freedom from pests — all taken 

 together with natural vigor, make for the usefulness of this plant as a shade 

 or roadside tree in less confined plantings. 



PRUNUS SERRULATA, "AMANOGAWA" AMANOGAWA 



A somewhat tender Cherry with semi-double, pale-pink flowers. This 

 variety is distinctive because of the columnar habit which results from the 

 erect position of every twig and branch. 



PRUNUS SERRULATA var. FUGENZO ("J. H. Ve&c/l") (" Kofugen") 



With longer-lasting, double, pink flowers hanging on slender stems, this 

 variety is one of the better known of several similar Oriental garden forms 

 related to the Sargent Cherry. It may, however, be considered less hardy 

 both as a plant and as to reliability of bloom. 



PRUNUS SUBHJRTELLA HlGAN CHERRY 



A hardy, round-topped, bushy tree up to some thirty feet, bearing a profusion 

 of single pink flowers before the leaves in early spring. Var. ASCENDENS, 

 with simpler branching, builds up into a tree of about twice the size of the type. 

 Var. PENDULA is a weeping form which has been much abused by faulty 

 propagation. If taken as selected seedlings or grafted low, as it should be, 

 and trained to a single central leader, the side branches will build up an in- 

 teresting framework. Top-worked plants of umbrella habit are to be shunned. 



PRUNUS TOMENTOSA NANKING CHERRY 



A spreading deciduous shrub up to eight or more feet, which in addition to 

 the white or pinkish, late-April flowers has showy red fruits which have some 

 economic importance for preserving and wine-making. 



Prunus triloba FLOWERING PLUM 



This plant is not to be confused with P. glandulosa, the Flowering Almond. 

 Own-root plants of this hardy, enduring species form large, suckering deciduous 

 shrubs. Tree-like specimens produced by the questionable practice of budding 

 on peach or other equally unsatisfactory understocks are usually of short 

 duration. The type being rare, the Flowering Plum is seen commonly in cul- 

 tivation in the var. plena which has profuse double white flowers. It is some- 

 times forced. 



Pseudolarix amabilis (P. KaempfeH) GOLDEN LARCH 



A hardy, Larch-like tree with feathery foliage, turning yellow in autumn, 

 which on subneutral soils gets up in time to one hundred feet or more. In 

 order to secure straight leaders and symmetrical branching, either seedlings 



