88 TriE MINIATURE FRUIT OARDEX. 



cred (as they appeared to me from the railway car- 

 riage) with LrJi!;ht red flowers. I learned, on inquiry, 

 that these were cherry hushes — literally masses of 

 fruit, of the ahovc variety. I find, however, that it 

 is not equal to the Kentish in flavor or size in Eng- 

 land. 



I need scarcely add, that the culture of all the 

 Duke tribe of cherries hy clusely pinched-in p^Tamids, 

 biennially removed, or biennially root-pruned, is most 

 satisfactory. It is, perha]is, more easily performed 

 than root-pruning, and the trees soon form perfect 

 pictures. As far as my experience has L'one. cherries 

 on the Mahaleb are much more fruitful when '"oft 

 removed ;" the nmst eligible mode is to remove only 

 half the trees in one seasdii, and tlie remainder the 

 following season. I have seen nothing in fruit-tree 

 culture more interesting than handsome compact 

 ]iyraunds of such sorts of cherries as the May Ihike, 

 Duche>-c de Palluau, Empress Eui,'enie, and Arch- 

 duke. One feels surprise to find that as yet but few 

 lovers of gardening know of the existence of such 

 trees. 



It Avill much ficilitate the operation on their roots, 

 if the trees be planted on small mounds. 



In forming plantations of pyramidal and dwarf 

 chrnies on tlu' ^[ahaleli stock, it is necessary to 

 arrange them with a little care. The two group.-, 

 those of the habit of the ^Viondlo tribe, and those of 

 the compact habit of tlie May Duke, should be planted 

 in Heparat(^ rows. Higan-eau and Heart cherries are 

 to<i short lived, wlu'U grafted on tills stock, in most 

 <lescri{)tion8 ol' soils, to be reconunended. 



