200 ARISTOCRATS OF THE GARDEN 



ino-sakura (P. yedoensis). This is a large, quick- 

 growing tree which at its best is from forty-five to fifty 

 feet tall with a trunk from six to eight feet in girth 

 and massive spreading branches forming a rounded 

 crown from sixty to seventy-five feet through. The 

 fragrant flowers are larger than those of the preceding 

 two Cherries, and vary in color from pure pink to 

 white. If crowded together the trees grow taller, 

 but the crowns are narrow and much less shapely. 

 It was introduced into the Arnold Arboretum in 1902, 

 from Tokyo, and the seedlings have grown very 

 rapidly. 



The most beautiful of all the wild species of Asiatic 

 Cherries is P. serrulata, var. sachalinensis, better 

 known as P. Sargentii. This is a native of the 

 northern and colder parts of Japan and has large, 

 pink to rose-colored flowers and the young unfolding 

 leaves are a ruddy brown. It is a large and long- 

 lived tree and the avenue at Koganei mentioned pre- 

 viously is of this species and its varieties. Dr. 

 William Sturgis Bigelow sent seeds from Japan to the 

 Arnold Arboretum in 1889, and trees raised from these 

 seeds are now twenty-five feet tall with trunks four 

 feet in girth and crowns thirty feet through. Nearly 

 all the Japanese Cherries with double rose-colored 

 flowers are forms of this species, and it is the stock 



