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C. Julia' na pe'ndula (pendulous). 10. White. 



April. South of Europe. 1821. 

 Lauroce? rasus (common Laurel cherry). 



12. White. April. Levant. 1629. 



Evergreen. 

 angustifo' Hits (narrow-leaved). 8. 



White. April. Evergreen. 



variega' tus (variegated - leaved) . 



12. White. April. Evergreen. 



lusita'nica (Portugal Laurel). 20. White. 



May. Portugal. 1648. Evergreen. 



Maha'leb (Mahaleb). 20. White. April. 



Austria. 1714. Evergreen. 

 fru'ctufla'vo (yellow-fruited). 20. 



White. May. South of Europe. 

 latifo'lium (broad -leaved). 20. 



White. June. South of Europe. 

 ~- Mara'scha (Marascha). White. April. 



Europe. 1827. 



nepaWnsis (Nepaul). 20. White. May. 



Nepaul. 1820. Half hardy. 



occidenta'lis (West Indian). 20. White. 



Jamaica. 1629. Stove evergreen. 



Pa'dus (Bird cherry). 30. White. April. 



Britain. 

 argefntea (silver-Wofc/ied) . 20. White. 



April. 1846. 

 auciibccfo'lia (Aucuba-leaved). 20. 



White. April. 1845. 

 bracteo'sa (long bracted). 30. White. 



April. Europe. 

 heteropht/ lla (various-leaved). 20. 



White. April. 1845. 

 parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 30. 



White. April. North of Europe. 

 ru'bra (red. Cornish bird). 30. 



White. April. Britain. 

 vulga'ris (common). 30. White. 



April. Britain. 



pennsylva'nica (Pennsylvanian). 30. White. 



May. North America. 1773. 

 persicifo' lia (peach-leaved). 8. White. 

 May. North America. 



prostra'ta (prostrate). 1. Pink. April. 



Crete. 1802. 



Pseu' 'do-ctf 'rasus (bastard cherry). 6. White. 



April. China. 1821. 



pubefscens (downy). 12. White. April. 



North America. 1806. 



pu'mila (dwarf). 2. White. May. North 



America. 1756. 



pygmata (pigmy). 4. White. May. North 



America. 1823. 



sali'cinus (Willow-leaved). 4. White. April. 



China. 1822. 



semperflo' rens (ever-flowering). 20. White. 



April. China. 1822. Half-hardy. 



sessilijto'ra (stalkless-flowered) 



20. White. April. 



sertftinus (late. American bird). 30. White. 



June. North America. 1629. 



retu'stis (blunt-feawd) . 30. May. 



South America. 



serrula'ta (saw-edge-leaved). 4. White 



April. China. 1822. Half-hardy. 



sphceroca' rpa (round-fruited). 10. White 



June. Jamaica. 1820. Stove ever- 

 green. 



susqueha' nna (Susquehanna). White. May 

 North America. 1800. 



Virginia' na Virginian). 30. White. May 



Virginia. 1724. 



Cherry Culture. All our cultivated 

 sherries appear to be derived, by the aid 

 >f various crosses, from Ce rasus dura cina, 

 Juliana, and caproniana. 



DESSERT FRUIT. 

 1. Early Purple Guigne . . 



May. 



. Early Duke b. June. 



3. Royal Duke e. June. 



4. Elton m. June. 



5. Florence m. Aug. 



6. Late Duke e. Aug. 



7. Morello b. Sept. 



8. Buttner's October Morello . e. Sept. 



FOR PRESERVING. 



9. Kentish, e. Aug. 



For Standards take Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 ; 

 these, however, are equally adapted for 

 walls, fan forcing take the Early Duke. 

 This is so well adapted both on account 

 of its earliness and fine bearing, that few 

 of the other kinds are ever used for this 

 purpose. Some of the others would suc- 

 3eed very well, and the Tartarian has 

 been pointed to by some as very eligible. 



In addition to the above the following 

 are in good repute : "Warder's Black 

 Heart ; Black Eagle ; Bigarreau ; Tarta- 

 rian ; Downton ; and the new kind, Heine 

 Hortense. 



Propagation. Both budding and graft- 

 ing are resorted to ; the former is the 

 safest plan to avoid gum. The stocks used 

 are those of the wild cherry for ordinary 

 standards or wall trees, but for a dwarf- 

 ing system it has become customary of 

 late to use the Ce rasus Maha'leb^ or 

 Perfumed Cherry, so called on account 

 of the agreeable perfume emitted by the 

 wood whilst burning. In France this is 

 called Bois de St. Lucia, and this has 

 long been used as slocks. In addition to 

 its promoting a dwarf habit it is said to 

 be adapted to very ordinary soils, totally 

 unfit for the common cherry stock. It is 

 the usual practice to obtain the Maha'leb 

 from layers ; but no doubt cuttings will 

 answer equally well. The ordinary 

 cherry stocks are raised from seed, gene- 

 rally obtained from trees of the same 

 kind. They are preserved in sand through 

 the winter, and sown in February. Care 

 must be taken to preserve them from the 

 mice. They may be transplanted in the 

 following October in rows two feet apart 

 in the row. For dwarfs they may be 

 budded the following season j but if 



