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slendei stciir 

 inland shurt 



District of Columbia and Wmne 

 peg. — 1 he fruit is small and usuallj 

 scarcelj ( dible, the flesh being 

 astringent. The species is com 

 mou on dunes of the Great Lakes. 

 It is in cult, as an ornamental plant, 

 for which it is worthy, although it 

 is much attacked by the twig blight 

 (caused by the fungus Monilia). 



Var. cuneita {P. ciinedia, Raf.). Fig. 1090. More 

 erect from the base; Ivs. thin, oval, short-obovate or 



spatulate, strongly toothed: fls. larger. Bogs and cool 



woods in the northern states. Not in the trade, so far form 

 as known. know 



Var. B6sa83ri, Waugh {P. Bffsseyt, Bailey). Western 

 Sand Cherry. Figs. 1991, 1992. Known from P. pioni/a 

 by its more prostrate habit, Ivs. spreading (more erect 

 in P. pumifa), broad and thick, usually elliptic, elliptic- 

 oval, or elliptic-lanceolate: stipules on strong shoots, 

 large and green, serrate: fr. nenrlv or quite twice 

 larger, on short.stalks, usually swi-.t .ir at ]i;i-^t edible. 

 -This is the Sand Cherry of thr I'lams ■,,mI iIk- West, 

 ranging from Kansas to Manitoba aihl w.-i i.. \'tiih and 

 Colorado. The original of the Iiii|mo\..1 l;>,.ky Moun- 

 tain Cherry, a plant grown for it~ lai-i -wr, t fruit. In 

 its extreme form this plant liM.k- t.. Ik .li-iinrt. but it 

 seems to intergrade imperceptiljiv ini.. /'. luiwila. 



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parently a hybrid of P. Wnt^.nii :lth1 

 Besseyi. A small, trei- lik.- Im-h ; Iv^. 

 oblong-ovate, .short-p"inii (I ,.r ii. arh I 

 rate, slightly conduplic;ii>-. flossy ai.i.v 

 ticulated beneath : fr. cherry-like, si 

 than that of Besseyi (about % or ?'4 i 

 deep mahogany color, with a thin plum-like bloom, a 

 thin flesh and a relatively large cherry-like stone.— Ap- 

 pears to have been raised about 40 years ago from seed 

 of P. puinila, var. Besseyi (P. Watsotii 

 grew near) by J. E. Johnson, in Nebraska 

 Mr. Johnson subsequently moved to I tab 

 whence the fruit was distributed It h i- -^^i:-^^ 

 little value as a fruit plant, but it is an it 

 tractive ornamental subject, both m fluwi t 

 and fruit. 



18. fruticdsa. Pall. {P. Cha>n<eci'ra<ius 

 Jacq. P. pfimiln, HoTt. Ci'rasus inbi) ira 

 Hort.). Dwarf Cherry, or GrocsdChekk\ 

 of Europe. Spreading bush, 2-4 ft high 

 with slender glabrous branchlets: Ivs var^ 

 ing from obovate to oblanceolate and lanct 

 olate, the apex acuminate or sometimes al 

 most obtuse, closely serrulate, thickish, 

 shining above, the petiole short: fls. white, 

 in nearly or quite .sessile umbels: fr. small, 

 globular, purple-red, very sour. Highlands and nits, ot 

 Germany, Austria-Hungary and southern Russia. 



Var. pSndula, Hort. (PrwriKS, and C^rasus, Japinica 

 p/ndiila, Hort.), is a most ornamental form with droop- 

 ing branches, excellent for top -working on standard 

 stocks (Pig. 1993). This is sometimes confounded with 

 P. semperflorens, but is distinguished at once by its 



foliage, its early blooming, its fls. in clusters, and its 

 dwarf habit. This is the form of P. fruticosa that is 

 chiefly known in this country. A similar pendulous 

 It with larger and more erenate-serrate Ivs., is 

 known as P. reflexa, Hort. ; perhaps a hybrid of P. 

 fruticosa and P. semperflorens. Var. yariegita, Hort., 

 has Ivs. marked with yellowish white. 



AA. Plant a tree or tree-like. 



B. Trees ijrotrn only for ornament or for storks {not 



pomoloyical species). 



c. Flower-clusters simple, sessile or very nearly so. 

 D. Lvs. tometilose beneath. 



19. tomentdsa, Thunb. Small tree, or sometimes a 

 tree-like bush, the young growths pubescent-tomen- 

 tose: branches close-jointed, causing the lvs. and fls. to 

 be numerous: lvs. broad-oval to short-obovate, short- 

 stalked, abruptly contracted into a short point, the 

 margins incisely and sometimes unequally serrate, dull 

 and rugose above, densely pubescent -tomentose be- 

 neath: fls. small, sessile, usually 1 or 2 at a joint, pink- 

 ish, appearing just before the lvs.: fr. light red, globu- 

 lar, the size of a very small cherry, sessile or very 

 short-stalked, sparsely hairy, said to be eaten in Japan 

 but too small to be of much importance for food. N. 

 China and Manchuria. A.G. 12:77. G.F. 5:581.-A 



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DP. -Lrs. glabrous or nearly so. 

 E. Shape of lrs. roundish, — nearly as broad as long: 

 fl. -clusters on the ends of the branchlets. 

 20. Mahileb, Linn. Mahater Chfrrv. St. LrciE 

 Cherry. Small, slender tn-.- witli liar.l L'lahrous branch- 

 lets: Ivs. light green, roun<! i^at.' t" ..i l.iriilar, abniiitly 

 very short-pointed, often Mil..s,r.|at.> ai lia^u. the mar- 



