1454 



PRUNUS 



no central leader (compare Figs. 426 and 427, Vol. 1): 

 Ivs. ovate-obovate or short-ovate, abruptly short-pointed, 

 stiff and parchment-like and more or less glossy above, 

 light or gray-green: fls. in small clusters from lateral 

 buds mostly in advance of the Ivs., the scales of the 

 fl.-buds small: fr. roundish or depressed-globular, red, 

 soft-fleshed, acid: stone globular. Native to Asia Mi 

 nor and perhaps to southeastern Europe. 



is the common Pie Cherry of old yard 

 fence-rows and other waste pi; 

 thickets, as the Plum d..Hs, It s 

 The various Morellos bil..iii.' li. i 

 rency, Louis Phillippe, an.l otli, i 

 two well-marked groups of tli. -.• ji 

 those with uncolored juict- i \ i : r. 

 of some), and those with <■ 

 Griottes). To the former ri"' ; 

 Early 



-P. Cerastis 

 It escapes into 

 forming dense 

 from the root. 

 ■ ' the Montmo- 

 .IV are at least 



IChe 



ida 



Prunus ar 

 . a bush i 

 ad smallc- 



:if Ka 



I Morellos or 

 _ Miiiitmorency, 

 iii.ties. The 

 .. <- "la. Dumort.) 

 ■ndiilous branches 

 gland-bearing (less 

 and sour, the stone 



ovoid; of tliis iilnni /'. - ". ■ - ' ■" /'■■.• (No 

 It is generallv<-.iri-, 1. i- ,;, i, . • . . r. il, ,t t1,is P. aclda . 

 including P. .v.//., , : : rive from P. 



Cerasus. Even il i i . i ■ ~ tin- name P. 



«ca?a of Koch caiiiM.i -i ,imi, i... .i ,■ : Inted by the 



P. acida of Ehrhari; 7'. „.„./■■ .'/.." «.^. l.inli., therefore, 

 must hold as the specits-uumt. Ornamental forms of 

 P. Cerasus are: Var. ranunculifldra, Hort. {C. Bhfxii, 

 Hort.). Pis. full double, white, P. S. 17:1805. Var. 

 persicaefldra, Hort. Fls. full, double, light rose or pink. 

 Var. variegMa, Hort. Lvs. variegated with yellow and 

 dull white. 



Subgenus 



Padus (including Laurocerasus) . 



Fruit small and globular, rarely used for eating: fls. 

 ■white, small, in distinct racemes, not preceding the Ivs., 

 or arising from the axils of persistent lvs. of the yeai 

 before. 



B. Calj/xlobes persistent at the base of the fr.: fls. ap- 

 pearing relatively late in the season: large trees. 

 29. serdtina, Ehrh. Wild Black Cherry. Strong, 

 straight tree, reaching 100 ft., with very dark brown 

 bitter-aromatic hark: Ivs. oblong, lance-oblong or ob- 



long-ovate, taperiiiL- 

 ing above, with hkh 

 in long, roo.se r:i. < i 

 nearly full grown 

 terish, ripening in 

 erally distributed fn 

 Pla. and Texas. 



tnd firm, shii 



-i.i 'il '••. ■'•\ .-all. .us teeth: fls. 



' ' M_' A lirii the lvs. are 

 i i- :i. |.ui|.le-black, bit- 

 '■ -iiniMi'i :in(l s,|. timber. Gen- 

 1 Nova .Scotia to Dakota, south to 

 , 4:1.59. — A valuable timber tree, 

 furnishing lumber for cabinet work and house finish- 

 ings ; also a fine lawn tree. It is much used in forestry 





Pennsylvanica 



plantings. Var. p^ndula, Hort., has drooping branches. 

 Var. variegslta, Hort., has yellow-marked lvs. Var. 

 cartilaginea, Hort. (var. Carthaqena, Hort., by error. 

 P. cartilaglnea, Lehm.), is a handsome form with very 

 long, shining lvs. Var. aspleiii!61ia, Hort., has narrow, 

 deeply toothed lvs. 



PRUNUS 



Var. salicifdlia, Kcehne (P. saticifdlia, HBK. P. 

 Ciipitli, Ca.Y. Ci^rasiis Cdpollin, DC). Capulfn. Lvs. 

 narrower (usually narrowly lanceolate), smooth and 

 shining, u.sualiv more leathery. Western Tex., Ariz., 

 New Mex., Mex". and south. R.H. 1888, p. :;i7; 1893:496. 



1905 Prunus semperfh 



BB C ilyx lihes 



fls 



rly: 



.■iO Virginiina Linn Choke Cherry Pig 2000. 

 Bush rs 111 tunes a small tree ^0 tt till with rough 

 speckl 1 birk md a str ng odi r when bruised lvs. 

 thm o\al oblong )r obovate ibruptlv pointed, very 

 sharplj serrate with spreading or at least not incurved 

 teeth fls in short, dense racemes in spring with the 

 lvs fr size of pea, in summer, red or amber colored 

 (the latter var. leucocarpa. Wats.), puckery . stone 

 smooth. Generally distributed over northern North 

 America to the Arctic circle and occurring in the moun- 

 tains of Mex. S.S. 4:158. -Now and then a large-fruited 

 variety is found, fit for eating. Sometimes planted for 

 ornament. There is a weeping form, var. p^ndula, Hort. ; 

 a dwarf form, var. n&na, Hort. ; a narrow-lvd. form, var. 

 sallcliolia, Hort. The fruit is usually unfit for eating, 

 but forms are known with edible fruit. 



Var. demlssa, Torr. (P. demissa, Walp.). Lvs. more 

 rounded or even subcordate, somewhat pubescent, 

 thicker: fr. dark red or purple-black, large and edible. 

 Nebraska .and Dakota, west and south. — Considered by 

 Bessey (Nebr. Hort. 1895, p. 164) to be worthy of ira- 

 priivement as a fruit plant. He thinks it more nearly 

 related to P. serolina than to P. Virginiana. 



:n. PMus, Linn. European Bird Cherry. Very like 

 P. l'irijinittita, but has larger fls. on longer pedicels, in 

 longer and looser often drooping somewhat leafy ra- 

 cemes: fls. appearing a week later: stone rough. Eu- 

 rope and Asia. Gn. 53, p. 92. — Common in cult, in many 

 forms: var. p^ndula, Hort., drooping; var. variegita, 

 Hort., in several forms, as anrea, anciibfe folia, mar- 

 morata, Alberli. Var. commutata, Dipp. iP. Grai/dHa, 

 Hort., not Maxim.) is noteworthy because it is one of 

 the earliest of all trees to leaf out in, spring. G.F. 



