FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



399 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



*P. prostrata 



Mountains of the 

 Levant 



Bright 

 pinlt; 

 Spring 



*P. pseudo - cerasus 

 (Japanese Cherry) 



*P. pendula (Cerasus 

 pendula rosea) 



China and Japan 



Japan 



Deep pink ; 



April and 



May 



Mr. Goldring in the Gardener's 

 Magazine, April 6, 1901, p. 

 210, writes thus of this 

 Cherry: "I am afraid that 

 this species, which is a low 

 shrub from the mountains of 

 the Levant, is not very easy 

 to obtain, yet it is one of 

 the most delightful of dwarf 

 cherries. It is a spreading 

 plant with slender arching 

 branches, but scarcely pros- 

 trate. Theleavesareamongst 

 the smallest in this group, 

 being from a half- inch to 

 one and a half inches long, 

 and finely toothed. Nor are 

 the flowers large, being a 

 half-inch or little more in 

 diameter, but in their pro- 

 fusion they almost hide the 

 branches. The colour is a 

 bright, and, among Prunus, 

 unusual shade of rose. This 

 shrub was known to Loudon, 

 and was recommended by 

 him. It has, indeed, been 

 in cultivation for nearly one 

 hundred years, but seems to 

 have shared the fate of many 

 other lovely hardy shrubs in 

 the middle decades of last 

 century, and almost passed 

 out of cultivation. It grows 

 at elevations of 5000 to 6000 

 feet, and is perfectly hardy." 



This is a glorious cherry, and 

 very popular in Japan ; in- 

 deed, it is one of the most 

 beautiful introductions we 

 have had from that land of 

 flowers. The recent double- 

 flowered varieties should be 

 in all gardens, and given a 

 fairly moist soil and sunny 

 situation, will bloom well. 

 P. pseudo-cerasus goes under 

 several names, such as Cera- 

 sus Sieboldi rubra, C. Water- 

 eri, and others. It is a small 

 tree here, with stout greyish 

 branches, and firm broad 

 serrated leaves. *J. H.Veitch, 

 with intense deep rose flowers, 

 is very charming. 



A beautiful tree of distinct 

 weeping habit, and raised 

 from seed quite readily, re- 

 taining its true character. 

 The flowers are borne pro- 

 fusely, and sometimes .open 



