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jie common wild cherry, by which means the grafting season is prolonged ; 

 hd, lastly, of dwarfing the plants grafted on it. In British gardens, it is partly 

 bed for this purpose, but principally as an ornamental shrub or low tree. As 

 I the case of other dwarf species of a genus which will unite to a tall robust- 

 owing species, the mahaleb, when grafted on the common wild cherry (C. 

 ^Ivestris), grows to a larger tree than when on its own roots. The mahaleb 

 lill grow in any poor soil that is dry, even in the most arid sands and naked 

 jialks; and, as it forms a low bushy tree which is capable of resisting the 

 |ind, it may be planted in an exposed situation. When young plants are to ' 

 raised from seed, the fruit is sown as soon as ripe, or preserved among sand 

 1 the following spring, in the same manner as that of the cherry. Seedling 

 jants generally grow 1 ft. in length the first year, and 1 ft. to 18 in. the second, 

 le tree may also be propagated by layers ; by slips from the stool, taken off 

 th a few roots attached ; and by suckers, or by cuttings from the roots. 



'i 22. C. Pa'dus Dec. The Bird-Cherry Tree. 



ntification. Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 580. ; Prod., 2. p. ."isg. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. Sl.^i. 

 wnymes. Prftnus P'.idus Lin. Sp. 677., Hook. Brit. Flora, p. 220., Smil.h Eng. Flora, 2. p. 3.=i4. ; 

 Jird Cherry, Fowl Cherry ; Hag-berry, Scot. ; Cerasier k Grappes, Merisier a Grappes, I^aurier- 

 'utier, or Putiet, faux Bois de Ste. Lucie, Fr. ; Hag-bier, Swedish ; Traubeden Kirsche, Ger. ; 

 lliegio ramoso, Ital. 



sravings. Eng. Bot., 1. 138.3. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol, v. ; and our 

 g.474. 



\ec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, some- 

 jwhat acuminate, thin, serrulate, with the teeth 

 tather spreading. Kacemes long, leafy. Fruit 

 round, bitter. {Dec. Prod.) A low tree. Indi- 

 ;E;enous in most parts of Central Europe, and as 

 t\r north as Lapland, Height 12 ft to 40 ft. 

 'Flowers white : April and May. Drupe black ; 

 *ipe in July. Decaying leaves greenish yellow, 

 3r reddish. Naked young wood purpUsh, with 

 |White spots. 



^rieties. 



S C. P. 1 vulgaris Ser, 



C. Padus Dec, JV. 

 Du Ham. v, t, 1, This kind has large 

 flowers loosely disposed upon long pe- 

 dicels, and black fruit. 

 C. P. 2 parviflora Ser. (CEd. Fl. Dan., 

 t. 205.) This has smaller flowers, upon ""' "^'^ '^^"^ '""'' 



shorter pedicels, which are disposed more densely ; and black fruit. 



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