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2. p. 514. 

 Trans. 6. p. 90. ; P. paniculita Ker Bot. Reg. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves obovate, acuminated, setaceously serrulated, quite 

 glabrous. Petioles glandular. Flowers in fascicles. (Don's Mill.) A low 

 erect tree, or rather tree-like shrub. China. Height in China 4 ft. to 6 ft. ; 

 in British gardens 6 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1822. Flowers double 

 white, tinged with red, though not so much so as the double French 

 cherry. 



This tree resembles the common cherry tree, but is not of such vigorous 

 growth ; and only the double-flowered variety of it has been yet introduced. 

 A very ornamental plant. 



^ 5. C. Pseu^do-Ce'rasus Lindl. The False-Cherry Tree. 



IdentificattBn. Hort. Brit.. No. 12663. ; Don's Mill 

 Synanymes. Prilnus Pseildo-Cerasus Lindl. Hort 



800., but not of Thunb. ; Yung- To, Chinese. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 100. ; and onr Jig. 451. 



Spec. Char., 8^c. Leaves obovate, acuminate, flat, serrated. 

 Flowers racemose. Branches and peduncles pubescent. 

 Fruit small, pale red, of a pleasant subacid flavour, with 

 a small smooth stone. {Doit's Mill.) A low tree. China, 

 Height 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1819. Flowers 

 white ; March and April. Fruit pale red ; ripe in June. 



This tree is readily known from the other cherry trees, 

 even when without its leaves, by its rough gibbous joints, at 

 which it readily strikes rootj and is, consequently, very 

 easily propagated. It has been tried by Mr. Knight, as a 

 fruit tree ; and he finds that it forces in pots better than 

 any other variety. Desirable for small gardens, on account 

 of its very early flowering. 



451. C. Pseucio-Cirasu!. 



it 6. C. Cham^ce'rasus Lois. The Ground-Cherry Tree, or Siberian 



Cherry, 



Identification. Lois, in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 29. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 5.37. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 513. 

 Synonymes. C. intermedia Lois, in N. Du Ham. 5. p.30. ; PrClnus intermedia Pair. Diet. 5. 



p. 674. ; P. fruticdsa Pall., according to Besser ; Cerasus pilmila C. Bauh., according to Pall. Ft. 



Ross. ; ChamcEcerasus (ruticbsa Pers. Syn. 2. p. 34. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 5. p. 29. t. 5. f. A ; Hayne Abbild., t. 61. ; and our^^. 452. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves ovate-oblong, glabrous, 

 glossy, crenate, bluntish, rather coriaceous, scarcely 

 glanded. Flowers in umbels, which are usually 

 on peduncles, but short ones. Pedicels of the 

 fruit longer than the leaves. Fruit round, j-eddish 

 purple, very acid. {Dec. Prod ) A neat little shrub. 

 Siberia and Germany. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introd. 

 in 1587, Flowers white ; May. Drupe reddish 

 purple ; ripe in August. 



It forms a neat little narrow-leaved bush, which, 

 when grafted standard high, becomes a small round- 

 headed tree with drooping branches, at once curiotis 

 and ornamental. It does not grow above a fourth 

 part of the size of C. semperflorens ; and, like it, it 

 flowers and fruits during great part of the summer. ^^^_ p. cham^c^rasus. 



sk 7. C. prostra'ta Ser. The prostrate Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Seringe in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 



Sijnonymes. Prilnus prostrata Hort. Kew. ed. 2 3. 199., and Lab. PI. Syr Dec. 1. p. 15.; Priinus 



incana Stephen in Mim. Soc. Mosq. 3. p. 263. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 1 . t. 7. ; Bot. Reg., 1. 106. ; and our^. 453. 



Spec. Char., 8fc. Decumbent. Leaves ovate, serrately cut, glandless, tomen- 

 tose, and hoary beneath. Flowers mostly solitary, nearly sessile. Calyx 

 tubular. Petals ovate, retuse, rose-coloured. Fruit ovate, red : flesh thin. 



