PRUNUS 



gardens belongs to it; but our Flow- 

 ering Almonds are Prunus Jiiponica 

 and P. triloba, a correction which 

 was made in the revised edition of 

 Gray's "Field, Forest and Garden Bot- 

 any." This Russian Almond is very 

 hardy, enduring the climate of the 

 northern prairie states, where it ripens 

 its little almond-like fruits in July. A 

 small-fruited form of the Apricot {P. 

 a ) has lately been in- 

 troduced as Russian Almond. 

 Prunus nana is cultivated in 

 or three forms. Var. cam- 

 pSstris has white fls. of larger 

 size. Var. Gedrgica has dark 



CochincMn^nsis i 



iger 



SuBdENi-s IV. Oham^amygdalus (including Micro- 

 cerasus). Dwarf Almond. 

 Fruit small, either firm or .juicy, glabrous or pubes- 

 cent: plant dwarf, with sessile Howers solitary or in 

 pairs preceding the Ivs.. the stamens 20 or more, the 

 calyx-tube tubular: Ivs. conduplicate. 



36. incina, Decne. (Virasiis incdna, Spach. 

 Amfigdalas incAnu, Pall. A. nAna, var. incdna, 

 Loud.). Shrub of medium size: Ivs. small, the 

 petiole short and soft-hairy and glandless or bear- 

 ing glands at the very top. the blade obovate- 

 oblong, elliptic or lance-plliptie, short-pointed or 

 obtuse, finely sharp-toothed, white-tomentose beneath: 

 fls. racstly ill 2's, appearing with the Ivs. or just in ad- 

 vance of them, light rose-color, about % in. across, the 

 petals emarginate: fr. bright red, the size of a pea, 

 smooth, .iuicy. Southeastern Eu. and western Asia. R. 

 H. 1853:281. B.R. 25:58. Gt. 44, p. 243 (leaf). 



37. nftna, Stokes (Amygdalus 

 nilna, Linn.). Russian Almond. 

 Fig. 2002. Bush, 3 to 5 ft. high : 

 flowers solitary, appearing a little 

 in advance of the leaves, sessile, 

 pink and showy : Ivs. narrowly 

 elliptic or elliptic lanceolate, 2 or 

 3 in. long, thick and rather stiff, 

 sc;Li-cely jiointnl, Iit,'hter colored 



larger 

 white ns. 



s V. Amygdalus. 

 Almonds and Peaches. 

 Fruit sessile, large, mostly 

 pubescent : fls. solitary from 

 lateral buds on the previous 

 year's growth, appearing in ad- 

 vance of the Ivs., the latter conduplicate in the bud. 

 A. Plant low and bushy: Flowering Almonds. 

 38. Jap6nica, Thunb. (P. ndna of American gardens. 

 P. Siiii'nsis, Hort. Amygdalus pumila, Sims). Figs. 

 20U2, 2003. Bushy plant, rarely over ', ft. high : Ivs. uvute- 

 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolatr. niiitiiniN , n^i nt all in- 

 clined to be lobed, glabrou- ' : r ' ■ w. ^u<'ui^]y 



veined beneath, closely an. I ' ' ! -.iiulati-: 



Hs. solitary or in 2's ami :; -. i ■ • i "f hlusli, 



stalked {the stalks lengthtiunf;,. ai.)u .u in;; with the 

 Ivs.: fr. globular or short-oblong, J.^ in. in diani., 

 smooth and shining, wine-red. Cult, from Japan, but 

 probably native to China. B.M. 2176. R.H. 1852:301; 

 1873, p. 457; 1874, p. 453; 1876:290; 1884:156; 1886, p. 

 416; 1887, p. 136; 1890:468. Gn. 38, p. 605; 50, p. 313.- 

 This is the commonest Flowering Almond of our gar- 

 dens, giving a profusion of attractive bloom in early 



fruii 



cent, bitter, with a Large, wrinkled, 

 sharp-pointed, somewhat cordate, 

 unequal - sided pit. Russia and 

 Western Asia. B.M. 101. L.B.C. 

 12:1114.-This plant has been in- 

 troduced into this country recently 

 as a fruit plant, although it pos- 

 sesses little merit for that purpose. 

 It is cultivated in Europe for its 

 flowers, and it has been thought 

 that the Flowering Almond of our 





spring. Hardy. It 

 known in gardens 

 only in the double 

 form. There is con- 

 siderable doubt as to 

 the application of the 

 two names P. Japnn- 

 ica and P. Siiien.'iis. 

 Carriftre supposes 

 (R.H. 1874. p. 451) 



cleared up by further investigations of abo- • 

 riginal types, the writer prefers to leave the 

 subject as above, thereby agreeing with most 

 writers on these plants. 



39. triloba, rjinll, I A ,n ^<,<h,his -p.-rTuvr„i:,l„ . Bunge, 



idr(^) 



last in haMM. I > '■' .It-hairy ivs., 



which ai-i. al.rui.U. la.iiiud, ok..,->1> amilily serrate, 

 tending to be lobcd above (on strong si ts): fls. soli- 

 tary and mostly in advance of the Ivs., pink or rose-col- 

 ored, sometimes white, usually double: fr. small, red- 



