XXVI. ROSA^CEM : Ce'rASUS. 



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463. Cerasus prostrata. 



(Dec. Prod.) A prostrate 

 shrub. Native of the moun- 

 tains of Candia, of Mount 

 Lebanon, and of Siberia. 

 Height A ft. to 1 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1802. Flowers 

 rose-coloured ; April and 

 May. Drupe red ; ripe July. 



A very desirable species for 

 rafting standard high on the 

 ommon cherry. The red co- 

 3ur of the flowers is very un- 

 omnion in this genus. 



Y 8. C. i^RSiciFoYiA Lois. The Peach-tree-leaved Cherry Tree. 



\ient)fication. Lois, in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 9. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 537. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 513. 

 ynonyme. Primus persicifblia Besf. Arb. 2. p. 205. 

 ngraving. Oaxfig. 000. in^i^. 000. 



'pec. Char., ^c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, unequally serrate, gla- 

 brous, with two glands upon the petiole. Flowers numerous, upon slender 

 peduncles, and disposed umbellately. {Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree. 

 ? America. Height 30 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1818. Flowers white; 

 May. Drupe small, black ; ripe in July. 



A rapidly growing tree, attaining the height of the common wild cherry, 

 ad bearing so close a resemblance to it in almost every respect, that it is 

 robably only a variety of it. There are trees of this kind of cherry in the 

 irdin des Plantes at Paris, of a pyramidal form, with a reddish brown smooth 

 irk, flowers about the size of those of C. Mahaleb, and fruit about the size 



peas. The wood is said to be harder and redder than that of the common 

 ild cherry. It was raised from seeds sent from America by Michaux. 



I' 9. C. borea'lis Michx. The l^iorih-Americaii Cherry Tree. 



enlification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 286. ; Lois, in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 32. No. 22. ; Dec. 

 Prod., 2. p. .538. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 513. 



nonymes. PrOnus borealis Poir. Diet. 3. p. 674. ; the Northern Choke Cherry, Amer. 

 igravings. Michx. Arb. Amer., 3. t. 8. ; and oxajig. 454. 



)ec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, membranaceous, glabrous, 

 denticulate and almost in an eroded manner : they resemble those of the 

 common almond tree, but have the serratures 

 inflexed, protuberant, and tipped with minute 

 glandulous mucros. Flowers on longish pe- 

 dicels, and disposed nearly in a corymbose 

 manner. Fruit nearly ovate, small; its flesh 

 red. (Dec. Prod.) A small tree. Northern 

 parts of North America. Height 20 ft. to 

 30 ft., with a trunk 6 in. to 8 in. in diam.eter. 

 Introduced in 1822. Flowers white; May. 

 Drupe red ; ripe in July. 



Of all the cherries of North America, Mi- 

 aux observes, the C. borealis is the one that 

 s the greatest analogy with the cultivated 

 crry of Europe. Pursh describes it as a 

 ry handsome small tree, the wood exquisitely 

 I'd and fine-grained ; but the cherries, though 

 jreeable to the taste, astringent in the mouth, 

 jd hence called choke cherries. 454. cerasus boreaiis. 



I -i 10. C. pu^MiLA Michr. The dwarf Cherry Tree. 



ir^f.^'"'"'7> ^''''"'- f ^- ?'"; ^''-' 2- P- 28<5- ; Dec. Prod., 2. p, .537. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 513. 

 Z^T^iCr I'^^T' S^""'^ ^'"- Mant.i:i., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 331.; Cerasus glattca 

 I(EncA Jtfe^A. 672. ; Ragouminier.Nega, Meneldu Canada, Fr ^ ' 



