CHAPTER XI 



JAPANESE CHERRIES AND ASIATIC CRAB- 

 APPLES 



MANY OF THESE ARE ALREADY WELL KNOWN AND YET 

 RARELY PLANTED IN OUR GARDENS — THE NOMENCLA- 

 TURE IS HERE SET RIGHT AND THEIR IDENTIFICATION 

 IS MADE EASY 



THE group of plants now to be considered 

 is not exceeded in beauty and hardi- 

 ness by any other, and yet its members are 

 comparatively rarely seen in American gardens. A 

 few are fairly well known to older garden lovers and 

 here and there in city parks, like those of Rochester, 

 N. Y., several may be seen in all their beauty. But 

 truly there should be no garden, even a suburban 

 garden, without its Flowering Cherry and its Crab- 

 apple tree. 



When I think of the popularity certain plants of 

 much less lasting value have attained I cannot help 

 thinking that it is want of knowledge and not want of 

 appreciation that has kept in the background the 

 extremely ornamental plants with which this chapter 

 deals. If any reader will visit the Arnold Arboretum 



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