23. 
THE BLACK-FRUITED CHERRY. 
Cerasus sylvestris. 
Pratg 4, Fra. 3. 
% ERASUS, the ancient name of a 
town in Asia, was, it is under- 
stood, the place whence cultivated 
Cherries were first imported— 
about the year 68 3B.c.—into Eu- 
rope; and Lucullus, a Roman 
general, is, it'is believed, the individual 
to whom Europeans are indebted for this 
now well-known and juicy fruit. From 
Italy Cherry-Trees were brought into 
Britain, about half a century before the Christian 
era, and hence, although these Trees are not, 
according to such evidence as is obtainable, 
