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The principal ones that I've observed in the nurseries of the Luxembourg Garden are: (1) 

 the Holland Bigarreau - beautiful, and good fruit. (2) the Princess Bigarreau - smaller 

 than the preceding but excellent. (3) the red fruit Bigarreau - beautiful and good fruit. (4) 

 the full-fruit bigarreau from Russia - good fruit. (5) the common Bigarreau. 



CULTIVATION. Fruiting cherry trees are propagated by grafting onto the wild 

 cherry for trees in the open air, and onto the mahaleb for trees with lower trunks. The 

 latter are less productive but can adapt to all areas. In general, cherry trees like warmth 

 and loose, deep soil. They suffer in cold, wet, dense earth. The Portugal laurel is easily 

 propagated from seeds planted as soon as they are fully ripe and the pulp has completely 

 dried out. They are put in wooden boxes or in pots, or even planted in open ground. In the 

 latter instance, they have to be protected from field mice, which are very fond of them. 

 They adapt well to all areas, but they thrive best in good soil. Partial shade suits them 

 better than too southern an exposure. 



KEY TO PLATES, 



512. Wild cherry tree. 1. Branch with leaves. 2. Same, in bloom. 3. Complete 

 flower, opened. 



513. Mahaleb cherry tree. 1. Calyx. 2. Complete flower, opened. 3. Fruit. 4. Same, 

 transverse section. 5. Naked seed. 



514. Bird cherry tree. 1. Complete flower, opened. 2. Fruit. 3. Same, transverse 

 section. 4. Seed. 



515. Portugal laurel shrub. 1. Complete seed. 2. Same, cut open transversal ly. 3. 

 Lobes of embryo. 



516. Bigarreau cherry tree. 1. Flowering branch. 2. Open flower. 3. Fruit. 



