1989. Pninua pumila— Sand Cherry 



No. 16. 



gins closely callous-serrate: fls. small, fragrant, white. 

 ill small terminal 'umbels in May and June (in New 

 York), appearing when the tree is in nearly full leaf: fr. 

 very small, dark red, not edible. Middle and southern 

 Europe and the Caucasus.— Extensively imported for 

 cherry-tree stocks, and sometimes run wild. 

 EE. Shape of Ivs. distinctly longer than, broad: fl.-chis- 



tern mostly lateral. 

 F. Native Bird Cherries, hearing very small white fls. 

 and a profusion of very small red fruits. 

 21 . Pennsylvinica, Linn. Cojimon Wild Bird or Pin 

 Cherky. Fig. 1994. Shallow-rooted tree with slender 

 red - barked branches, 

 25-40 ft. high and some- 

 times VA ft. in di 

 trunk: Ivs. oblong-Ian 



light green and rather 

 thin, ,■i..^.■lvsllaI■|.-sl■r- 



. cuneata. 



rate: IN. small, wliite. 

 slend.T- Malkr.l. :,,,- 

 peariiji; with tin- ivs., 

 in 2's or 3's: fr. the 

 size of a pea, light 

 cherry - red, the flesh 

 thin and sour and 

 somewhat puckery: 

 stone oblong. Sandy 

 and rocky lands, New- 

 foundland to British 



Columbia, and south in 1990. Prunus pumila, 

 the mountains to Colo- (X ' > ) No 10 



rado and N. Carolina. 



S.S. 4:156. -Where the tree grows naturally, it often 

 sprouts inveterately and becomes a nuisance. When 

 bruised, the wood has a strong peach-like odor. It is 

 an interesting ornamental tree, however. In poor soils, 

 it is often little more than a bush. On large trunks 

 the bark tends to peel in transverse strips. 



22. emarginata, Walp. Sometimes 40 ft. high : Iva. 

 obloug-ovate or oblanceolate, mostly obtuse, closely 

 serrate, often somewhat pubescent beneath : fls. tinged 

 green, appearing with the Ivs. in B-12 ft. glabrous or 

 pubescent tor\ mbs fr larger than that ot P Pennsyl 

 vanica, almost black when ripe, the flesh thm and bit 

 ter stone ovoid High lands from Montana to British 

 Columbia and California S S 4 157 —Sometimes of 

 fered as an ornamental tree 



FP JExotic Chemes, bearing shoity white or pmlc fls m 

 gather profuse clusters, the fiuits taiger {uhen 

 produced) 



2"! semperflorens, Ehih r\ rRBuicniiNc CHFRR^ 



PRUNUS 



desirable ornamental subject. The leaves resemble 

 those of P. Cerasiis, except that they are smaller. 

 Known in France as Cerisitr de la Tvuissaint ("All 

 Saints' Cherry"). There is a form with yellow-varie- 

 gated Ivs. 



24. p<!iidula. Alr.iiM. ;;* .„;;,;, /,v;„, :(,|q., in part. 

 C^ra.v"^/ ^ I ' s I.. C.Japdyiica 



and vui-, . 11 I, 1 I I M la . Japanese 



Weepin'. I . . I ' I -. 1'.I96. Small 



tree, Willi >i \ ■ . ■ -- uvate to ob 



long-oval. . a. nil I ' : ■ , usually Iiubes- 



fls.i 



clusters fn. Ill lai.ial I'lal- i.. i.n i h. I\ -. .appear, rose- 

 pink, the petals iiotrlu il at the tiji. the calyx-tube fun- 

 nelform and red : fr. very small, globular, black-red, 

 somewhat astringent. Japan. R.H. 1876, p. 328. (in. 

 50:1095. G.F. 1:198; 2:487 (old tree). Gng. 2:269. 

 M.D.G. 1890:320-1. Var. asc^ndens, I\lakino, is an up- 

 right form. B.M. 7508. i\I.I).(l. I',i(i0::il'.l, 320.-Oneof 

 the handsomest of early-lli.wrrin- tnis, producing its 

 chaste pink flowers in pmlusidn. Usually top-worked 

 on P. Avium. Hardy in ceiitial New York. Miquel's 

 name, subhirtella, is older than Maximowicz's pendulu, 

 but Miquel confused two species, and it seems to be de- 

 sirable to drop the name. 



CC. Florrer-chmters from lateral winter-buds, pedun- 

 rhrl intd lunrimi i-'i fls., with prominent ser- 

 riile bructxat Ih,' forks. 

 25. Pseddo-Cferasus, Liinll. (P. Pi'iddum, Miq., not 

 Roxbg.). Japanese Flowerinu Cherry. Figs. 1997, 

 1998. Strong-growing tree, like a Sweet Cherry: Ivs. 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, long - acuminate, glabrous or 

 nearly so, the margin deeply sharp-serrate or toothed, 

 the stipules u.sually large and serrate on the young 

 growths fls lai(,e pink or blush appearing with the 

 hrst Ivs or slightlj m ad^ ance of them on glabrous or 

 hairy pedicels the peduncle branching fr spherical 

 small veiv dirk r 1 subacid somewhat astringent 

 Chin I T I r IT I 1 M I G C III 7 b09 19 407 517 

 ( n n 1 1 od pp 5 8 J H III S4 139 



OP 1(1 I in -"i —The botanical status of 



the tr ill this name is not well under 



stood li I U 1 J 1 certain that all of these plants 

 belong to P lsn<du C lasus as 

 described by Lindley Our knowl 

 edge of the group is -set too im 

 perfect to warrmt a thorough 

 revision 

 Var hort^nsis M \im {( i i 



hV,i H It ( / ( ( II 



P dn„l, , I Si 1 11 I 1 il 



famou 111 

 Japan wli i ii 

 many f 1 1 i i in 

 full doullf It lill 1 !■ rii il 

 t\pe m ha\ing somewhat uai 

 lower Iv with smaller serra 

 tures and Urge fls It is now tre 

 quently planted in this countrj 

 particularly the double fld forms 

 but It IS not quite as hardy as the 



oblong obin ite shuil 

 strong shoots) iiitgi 

 firm in texture fls wh 

 peduncles from Mav 

 pie Cherrv but mosth 

 red -Probilih i . iilti 

 rello Cheu\ f < , : 



IS thought ti' Ih (Il 111! 



rited nsP (,,i 1 1 K... I 



Inly d. 

 ■f on lot 

 ill Sei.1 



50, p !H 



Its hi 



artshoot nt till [111 



\ some its parent species 

 11 P Oetaivs, and is si 

 \(i 28 R H 1877 50 

 ling all summer makes 



