TREES AND SHRUBS. 21 



Cerasus pseudocerasus 



( Bastard Cherry) used to be known as the Japanese 

 Double Cherry, and one of the best of the cherries from 

 that country. As a rule it grows into a bush about 

 15 ft. high, of a very picturesque irregular shape, with 

 rigid branches coming out from the base. Its lovely 

 pale pink flowers appear in racemes in April and May, 

 at the same time as the young bright green leaves. 

 There is a form of it called C. Water eri (Waterer's 

 Cherry) which has a central stem and much more the 

 appearance of a tree. Its flowers, too, are larger and 

 deeper in colour. For soil and propagation, v. C. aviiun. 



Cerasus semperflorens aurea varie- 

 gata 



(Golden Weeping Cherry) is a lovely variety of 

 cherry, as its name alone implies. It will reach a 

 height of 20 ft., and its weeping branches be even more 

 than ordinarily beautiful in May, when its white flowers 

 are in their full glory, but it keeps up a scattered bloom 

 all through the summer. For soil and propagation, v. 

 C. avium. 



Cerasus serrulata 



(Chinese Double Cherry} grows, as a rule, like the 

 C. pseudocerasus, to a height of about 15 ft. and 



