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TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



Prunus pendula 

 (Cerasus pendula 

 rosea) 



Japan 



Deep pink 



April and 



May 



*P. serrulata (Cerasus 

 serrulata) 



*P. Mahaleb 



Introduced from 

 China about 80 

 years ago. Also 

 a native of 

 Japan 



Europe 



The flowers 



are in large 



loose heads, 



and are 



white, or 



white 



suffused 



more or less 



deeply with 



rose, and 



I inch to 



i^ inch 



across. 



End of 



April 



White; 



April and 



May 



in March. It is a tree that 

 could be raised from layers. 

 Mr. Bean, writing in the 

 Garden of April 13, 1901, 

 says : ' ' Prunus pendula is 

 as naturally pendulous in 

 growth as the Babylonian 

 Willow is, and it should, if 

 possible, be obtained on its 

 own roots. It is an early 

 flowering kind — probably the 

 earliest of the Cherries- 

 being in bloom as a rule 

 soon after April comes in. 

 The flowers are of a lovely 

 shade of delicate rose, but 

 are not large. They are, 

 however, freely borne, especi- 

 ally after a hot, ripening 

 Summer and Autumn. In 

 the United States it succeeds 

 even better than here, and 

 by some authorities is re- 

 garded as the loveliest of 

 Japanese trees introduced to 

 that country. So much can- 

 not be said of it in Britain, 

 but it is well worth cultivation 

 for its beauty and earliness. " 



This is one of the most orna- 

 mental of the Cherries. It is 

 naturally a small tree with a 

 rather loose habit, and is pe- 

 culiar by reason of its short- 

 jointed stunted-looking bran- 

 ches. The leaves are fairly 

 large and very evenlyserrated. 

 For lawns or shrubberies it is 

 excellent, making a good 

 companion plant to its own 

 countryman, the large-flow- 

 ered pseudo-Cerasus and its 

 European cousins, Cerasus 

 and Avium. In addition to 

 being an excellent outdoor 

 tree, it may be cultivated in 

 pots for forcing for the conser- 

 vatory in Winter and Spring. 



The Mahaleb is well known 

 for its remarkable profusion 

 of pure white blossom and 

 its free graceful habit. In 

 the variety pendula, the 

 pendent character of the 

 branches is not unduly 

 marked, but is sufficient to 

 add greatly to the beauty of 

 the tree. It is not only one 

 of the best of Cherries, but 

 of all flowering trees, and is 

 as well adapted for planting 



