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TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



countky or 



Origin and 



Natural Order 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



*Pieris japonica {Syn 

 Andromeda jap- 

 onica) 



Japan 



White 



P. mariana (Syn An- 

 dromeda mariana) 



P. ovalifolia 



Prunus (Rosacese) 



North America 

 Nepaul 



White ; 

 Summer 



White ; 

 May 



with them. The tips of the 

 growing shoots too are bright 

 red. This blooms naturally 

 earlier than P. floribunda, 

 and on that account the 

 flowers are often injured by 

 spring frosts, to prevent 

 which, as far as possible, it 

 should be planted in a shel- 

 tered spot, where the early 

 morning sun does not shine 

 direct on it. 



A deciduous shrub a yard high, 

 with wax - like flowers. A 

 damp peaty soil suits it best. 



Grows to a height of lo to 12 

 feet, and has spikes of white 

 flowers. This species suc- 

 ceeds better in the West of 

 England and in Ireland than 

 elsewhere. 



This is a beautiful genus. As 

 at present constituted it con- 

 tains all those trees which 

 were formerly and in many 

 places still are included under 

 the generic titles of Amygda- 

 lus, Persica, Cerasus, Padus, 

 &c. The genus is divided into 

 six sections, viz., Amygda- 

 lus, which includes Almonds 

 and Peaches ; Armenaica, the 

 Apricots ; Prunus, which con- 

 tains the true Plums and the 

 Blackthorn ; Cerasus, the 

 various Cherries ; Padus, the 

 Bird Cherries ; and Lauroce- 

 rasus, under which is placed 

 the Cherry Laurel, Portugal 

 Laurel, &c. Although these 

 genera may differ outwardly, 

 yet they are botanically of the 

 same character. The genus 

 is widely spread, representa- 

 tives being found in Europe 

 and through Asia southward 

 to Persia and Afghanistan, 

 and eastward to China and 

 Japan ; it is also well repre- 

 sented in North America. 

 With the exception of the 

 section Laurocerasus, all the 

 members of the genus are 

 deciduous trees or shrubs of 

 various sizes, and most of 

 them are very beautiful, es- 

 pecially in spring. A fairly 

 light well-drained soil is best. 

 If inclined to be cold and 

 heavy and is not very deep, 

 the plums or any which sue- 



