CONTENTS. 



XVll 



6. CocomiUa Tenore 275 



7. niaritima Wcingen. 275 

 ? P. acuminata Mx. Fl. Bor. 



Amer. 



8. pubescens Poir. 276 



9. divaricata Led. 276 

 Ol/ier Species of VrUnus - 276 



V. Ce'rasus Jiiss. 276 



The Clierry Laurocerasus 



Tourn., Vrumis sp. L. : Ce- 

 risier, Fr. ; Kirsc/ie, Ger. ; Ci- 

 liegio, Ital. 



i. Ceras6phora Dec. 

 The Cherry-bearing Kinds. 



A. Species cultivated for their 

 Fruit, 



] . sylvestris Bauh. 277 



Synonymes and Ga rden 



Na??ies C. avium Mcench, 



N. Du Ham., Don's Mill. ; C. 

 tifgra Mill. Diet., not of Ait. ; 

 Frinms avium Lin. Sp. ; P. 

 dviutnvar. ot^/S Willd. Baum. ; 

 P. dviiini var. ^ Sf y Eng. Flor. ; 

 P. nigricans and P. varia Ehrh. 

 Beitr. : Gean, Bignrreau, Co- 

 rune, Coruon, Small Black; 

 Black Hertfordshire, Black 

 Heart, Black Mazzard, the 

 Merry Tree of the Cheshire 

 peasants ; Ike Merries in Suf- 

 folli : Merisier, Merise grosse 

 ttoire. Guignier, Bignrreaulier, 

 Heaumter. Fr. ; Sitsse Kirsche, 

 Ger. ; Ctregiolo, Ital. 



1 Merisiers or Merries 



277 



2 Guigniers or Geans 

 (C. Juliana Dec.) 277 



3 Heaumiers, the hel- 



met-shaped Cherries 

 ( C. Juliana. var. 

 heaumiana Dc.) 278 



Var. for Ornament. 

 C. s. duracina 2 flore 



pleno Hort. - '^78 

 Merisier H F/eurs doubles, 



or Merisier Renuncu- 



Her, Fr. 



4 Bigarreautiers, the 



Bigarreaiis, or hard- 

 fleshed Cherries ^C. 

 duracina Dec.) 278 



2. vulgaris Mill. - 278 

 Synonymes and Garden 

 Names. Cer. avium Mcench ; 

 Prunus Cerasus Lin. Sp. ; C. 

 horiensis Pers. Syn. ; C. capro- 

 iiiana Dec. Prod.. Don's Mill. ; 

 P. austera and P. cicida Ehr. 

 Beitr. ; P. CeraS7is var. a. Eng. 

 Flor. : Cherry, Kentish or Flem- 

 ish Cherry, Morello, May Duke: 

 Cerise de Monttnoreney, Cerise 

 de Paris, Cerise a Fruifs ronds, 

 Cerisier du Nord, Ccrisier-. and 

 Griottier in some provinces, 

 F"r. ; Saure Kirsche, Germ. ; 

 Marasco, or Ciliegio, Ital. 



Ornamental Varieties. 



2 flore semipleno i/. 279 



3 flore pleno Hort. 279 



4 /jersiciflora Hort. 279 



5 foliis variegatis i/. 279 

 Fruit-bearing Varieties. 



Selection exemplifying the 

 different forms which the 

 varieties of the cultivated j 

 cherries assume,as standard \ 

 trees. The Bigarreau,But- 

 ner's Yellow, the Kentish 

 Cherry, the May Duke, the 

 Morello, D'Ostheim -279 



6 Mardscha - - 280 

 "Primus Marascha Jacq. 



B. Species or Varieties culti- 

 vated as ornamental or cu. 

 rious. 



3. (v.) semperflorens 281 



Pritnus semperflbrens Ehrh. 

 Beitr., P. serolina Both Catal.: 

 the IVeeping Cherry, the All- 

 saints Cherry : Cerise de la 

 Toussaint, Cerise de St. Martin, 

 Cerise tardive, Fr. 



4. servulkta G.Don 281 

 Prunus serrulata, Lindl. 



Hort. Trans : the double Chi- 

 nese Cherry: Yung. To, Chinese. 



5. Pseiido-Cerasus 282 

 Prtimis Pseildo-Cirasus 



Lindl. Hort. Trans.; P.pani- 

 culata Ker Bot. Reg., but not 

 of Thunb. ; Yung-To, Chinese. 



6. Chamaecerasus L. 282 



Siberian Cherry C. inter- 

 media Poir. Diet. ; P.frvticbsa 

 Pall., according to Besser ; Ce- 

 rasus phmila C.Bauh., accord- 

 ing to Pall. Fl. Ross. ; Chamce- 

 cerasus fruticosa Pers. Syn. 



7. prostrala Ser. - 282 

 Primus prostrdla Hort. Kew. 



and Lab. PI. Syr. Dec, P. in- 

 cdna Stephen in Mem. See. 

 Mosq. 



8. /jersicifolia Lois. 28.3 

 Prunus -persicifblia Desf.Arb. 



9. borealis Micf/x. - 283 



Priimis borea'is Poir. Diet. : 

 the Northern Choke Cherry, 

 Amer. 



10. piunila jMicLv.,- 283 



Pru7ins piunila Lin. Mant., 

 Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. : Ci- 

 rasus glaiica Moeneh Meth. : 

 Ragouminier, Nega, Menel du 

 Canada, Fr. 



ll.(p.)deple.ssaP/^. 284 

 C. phmila Mich. Fl. Bor. 

 Amer., not Primus ptimila L. 

 P. Susquehdriie Willd Enum. 

 ed. 2. : Sand Cherry, Amer. 



12. pygmse'a Lois. 284 



Primzis pygmce a Willd. Sp., 

 Pursh Fl. Arner. Sept. 



13. nigra Lois. - 284 



Primus nigra Ait. Hort. Kew., 

 Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., P. 

 americdna Darlington in .\mer. 

 Lye. N.H. of New York. 



14. hyemalis Mickx. 285 

 Priinus hyemalis Michx. Fl. 



Bor. Amer., Pursh Fl. Amer. 

 Sept., Elliot Carol. : the black 

 Choke Cherry, Amer. 



15. chicasa Michx. - 285 

 Primus chicasa Pursh Fl. 



Amer. Sept., P. i?isil'/tia Walt. 

 Carol. : Chickasaw Plum in 

 Carolina. 



16. pubescens Ser. - 285 



Primus pubescens Ph. Fl. 

 Amer. Sept. and Lodd. Cat. ; 

 P. sj]hu:rocdrpa Miehx. Fl.Bor. 

 Amer., not of Swartz. 



17. pennsylvanicai. 286 

 Prhnus pennsylvanica L. fil. 



Suppl., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 

 Willd. Baum. ; P. lanceoldta 

 Willd. Abb. 



18. japonica iyo/*. - 286 



Primus japonic a Thimb. Fl. 

 Jap. and Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 

 P sinensis Pers. Ench. 



2 multiplex Ser. - 286 

 kmygdalu^ pttmila Lin. 

 Mant. 



19. sinensis G.Don 287 



20. salicina G. Don 287 



Pritnus snlici7ia Lindl. in 

 Hort. Trans. : Ching-Cho-Lee, 

 or Tung-Choh-Lee, Chinese. 



Species belonging to the preced- 

 ing Subdivisori (B.), not yet 

 introduced. C. Phoshia Ha- 

 milt., Pritnus ccrasoides D. 

 Don, Ce;asj Puddum Hoxb., 

 C. glandul6sa, C. aspera, C. 

 incisa Lois., C. htimilis Mor. 



ii. Vadi veri Ser. 



The true Bird. Cherry Kinds oi' 



Cerasus. 



A. Species of Bird- Cherry Trees 

 already in Cultivation in 

 Britain. 



21. Mahdleb Mill. - 288 



Pru.nusM.ahk\ehL. Sp.: Bois 

 de Sainle Lucie, or Prunier oclo- 

 rant, Fr. ; Mahalebs-kirsche, 

 Ger.; Ciliegio canino, Ital. 



2 frvictu flavo Hort. 288 



3 latifolium Hort. 288 



22. Padus Dec. - 289 

 Primus Pddus Lin. Sp., 



Hook. Brit. Flora, Smith's 

 Engl. Flora : Bird-Cherry, 

 Foivl Cherry, Hag-berry Swt. : 

 Cerasier A, Grappes, Merisier 

 d Grappes, Laurier-Putier or 

 Putiet, faux Bois de Ste. Lucie, 

 Fr. ; Hag-bier, Swedish ; Trau- 

 beden Kirsche, Ger. ; Ciliegio 

 raniosa, Ital. 



1 vulgaris Ser. - .'89 

 C. Pddus Dec, N. Du Hm. 



2 parvifiora Ser. - 289 



3 riibra Ser. - 290 

 I C. Pddus frUctu ritbro 



Dec. & Lois. 

 Priinus rubra W., accord- 

 ing to Ait. H. K. 2d ed. 



4 bracteosa Ser. - 290 

 Pddus raciinusa Hort. 



