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golden-leaf, found wild by Jackson Dawson, of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, and somewhat disseminated, and 

 probably essentially the same ;i> variegata; carthagena, 

 with small, short ^-elliptic or ovate -elliptic leaves. 

 Prunus serotina ranges through the eastern and 

 southern states as Ear west as Kansas. 



Vrunus Pennsylvania, the bird, wild red, pigeon 

 or pin cherry, is occasionally cultivated for ornament, 

 although it is not so well known as its merits 

 deserve. Ir sprouts badly, a feature which n<> doubt 

 discourages its dissemination. The species has been 

 lately recommended as a stock for the common orchard 

 cherries. The union with the orchard cherries, both 

 sweet and sour, appears t<> be u »od as a rule, and the 

 species certainly possess) - promise as a cheap and 

 hardy stock in climates too rigorous for the ordinary 

 cherry stocks. The fruit is sometimes used in the 

 preparation of cough mixtures, but is never edible. 

 It is generally distributed throughout the northern 

 half of the Union from the Atlantic to Colorado. 



Thi Dwarf Cherry Group 



There is one well marked group of native cherries 

 which seems to be destined to play an important part 

 in tin- evolution of American fruits. This includes 

 two or three bush cherries. Tiny are jusl now begin- 

 ning to attract the attention of experimenters, and 

 already hybrids between one of them and the true 

 plums have been produced. It is fortunate that tin- 

 history of the group is now written, before it lias 

 become bo profoundly modified by domestication that 

 not necessary to invoke speculation to determine 



