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at the same time as the orchard Cherries, of which it is a 

 development, with great loose clusters of pure-white 

 double flowers. Cerasus Pseudo-cerasus, known also as 

 C. Watereri and C. Sieboldii, is an exquisite form of the 

 Japanese Rose Flowered Cherry, and this, with the other 

 double rose-flowered form, James H. Veitch and the 

 lovely pure-white, double-flowered Chinese Cherry, C. 

 serrulata, are the best for planting in the flower borders. 

 These are the trees the blossoming of which is the occa- 

 sion in Japan for holidays and festivals in which all 

 classes take part. It seems a sane and lovely custom 

 and one that western nations might do well to follow, 

 but, imagine, if you can, the American man of business 

 and affairs making a holiday and going afield, lunch- 

 basket in hand, because the land is full of apple blos- 

 soms, "their breath upon the breeze." Noses are held 

 too closely to the grindstone for the sweet perfume to 

 reach them, and too many there are who let pass un- 

 noticed these rare "blue days," musical with the 

 ecstatic songs of mating birds and cloudy with the mist 

 of blossoming trees. 



Cherries enjoy the deep, well-drained loam of the 

 garden borders, and they love a sunny situation. Lime 

 in some form is important to their well-being, and they 

 respond gratefully if given a dose at least once a year. 



Here, in the frost-bound north, the impetuosity with 

 which the Peach trees burst into bloom, in defiance of 

 threatening winds and cold, endears them to us. In- 



