24. 
THE RED-FRUITED CHERRY. 
Cerasus vulgaris. 
Puate 4, Fre. 4, 
—_’ 
oye ECIDEDLY of smaller size than 
\\; Cerasus sylvestris, the Red-fruited 
Cherry is also know by the 
character which has given to it 
its common name, as well as by 
its smaller leaves and flowers. In 
other respects both leaves and flowers are 
similar—with a similar arrangement of 
veins in the former, and a similarly ser- 
rated leaf-margin—the flowers being five-petalled 
and white. The fruit besides being red, is round 
in shape, juicy, and acid to the taste. Two 
distinguishing features in the fruit of the present 
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