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vicinity, but is confined to those regions. It is a 

 bush or small tree from five to thirty feet tall with 

 ascending and spreading thin branches and twiggy 

 branchlets and pale pink to pure white flowers. 

 This Cherry blossoms profusely in a small state and 

 is the only kind the Japanese dwarf and grow in pots, 

 and on this account they designate it the Mame- 

 zakura (Dwarf Cherry). 



All the Japanese Cherries make excellent specimens 

 on lawns where they are seen to good advantage. 

 The smaller growing kinds may be massed together 

 for telling effect whilst for avenue trees P. serrulata, 

 var. sachalinensis and P. yedoensis cannot be sur- 

 passed. They thrive best in a light loamy soil but 

 like all their kin they are subject to attacks of scale 

 insects. These pests may easily be kept down and 

 the trees maintained in good health by spraying in 

 late winter with lime-sulphur (one gallon to eight 

 gallons of water) or with miscible oil (one gallon to 

 fourteen gallons of water). 



THE CRABAPPLES 



In horticultural and botanical literature the Crab- 

 apples are often referred to as "Pyrus (something)" 

 but nowadays it is customary to speak of them under 

 the generic title of Malus and to restrict that of Pyrus 



