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growth and produces immense masses of 

 sweet-scented blossoms ; variegata has 

 clean, silvery, variegated leaves, very 

 ornamental. There are other varieties 

 snch as globosa, chrysocarpa, and mon- 

 strosa in cultivation, but they are not well 

 known. 



Culture dc. as above. 



P. Maximowiczi. — A newly introduced 

 Cherry, native of Japan and Corea, where 

 it attains a height of 25-30 ft. and has a 

 rusty down covering the under surface of 

 the elhptic obovate, coarsely toothed leaves 

 as well as the young shoots. The white 

 ilowers, each about i in. across, are pro- 

 duced in May on racemes 3-4 in. long, 

 remarkable for their coarsely toothed 

 bracts. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 356. 



P. miqueliana {Cerasus herincqui- 

 ana). — A Japanese species related to 

 P. pendula, from which, however, it 

 differs in having darker coloured shoots, 

 which, when young, are covered with a 

 soft down, as are also the broader, 

 thinner, and the more deeply and irregu- 

 larly cut leaves, at the base of which are 

 2 orange glands. The flowers are pale 

 pink or nearly white, the petals being 

 narrowly obovate. 



Culture dc. as above. Although 

 cultivated at Kew this species is not j'et 

 well known. 



P. mollis (P. pattoniama ; Cerasus mol- 

 lis).— A Bird Cherry 20-30 ft. high, native 

 of the Western United States, and easily 

 recognised by its blmit elliptic leaves, the 

 under surface of which is covered with 

 down. The white flowers, each about ^ 

 in. across, are borne in corymb-like 

 racemes in May, and are in due course 

 succeeded by reddish fruits. 



Cidture dc. as above, p. 356. 



P. Mume. — A Japanese Apricot with 

 obovate or broadly elliptic, long pointed, 

 doubly serrate leaves, rounded at the 

 base, and smooth or downy beneath. 

 Flowers early in the year before the 

 leaves, red or white, usually twin. Tl^ere 

 are several forms with single and double 

 flowers ; also one with a drooping habit. 



Culture dc. as above. 



P. nana (Amygdalus noma ; A. hes- 

 seriana). — A beautiful dwarf Almond 

 2-3 ft. high, native of Tartary, with 

 smooth, oblong linear, serrated leaves, 

 narrowed at the base. Flowers in Febru- 



ary and March, rosy, one on a stalk, but 

 in great profusion. 



Culture dc. as above. This species is 

 more easily increased by layering than 

 any other means. 



P. orientalis (Amygdalus wrgeiitea). — 

 Silver Almond. — A distinct-looking small- 

 growing Almond native of Western Asia, 

 remarkable for the silvery down which 

 covers its short ovate leaves. It does not 

 flower very freely owing to the unfavour- 

 able weather m the early period of the 

 year, and it can only be considered quite 

 hardy in the mildest parts of the British 

 Islands. 



Culture dc. as above. 



P. orthosepala. — A compact-growing 

 twiggy shrub 4-5 ft. high, native of Texas, 

 having white flowers with projecting 

 orange-coloured stamens. The dark blue 

 or nearly blackish fruits are covered with 

 a glaucous 'bloom,' and have a thick 

 juicy yellow flesh of good flavour and 

 quality. 



Culture dc. as above. This is a com- 

 paratively new species, and is still practi- 

 cally unknown in a cultivated state. 



P. Padus (Cerasus Padus). — Bird 

 Cherry or Hagberry. — A beautiful tree 

 10-30 fl. high, native of the British 

 Islands, Europe, N. Africa, and Asia. 

 Leaves 2-4 in. long, eUiptic or obovate, 

 sharply and double serrate, unequally 

 cordate at the base. Flowers in May, 

 |-| in. across, white, in erect (then 

 drooping) racemes 3-8 in. long. 



There are many varieties, such as 

 argentea, leaves silver blotched ; aiicu- 

 hmfolia, Aucuba-like leaves ; hracteosa, 

 with long bracts; flore pleno, a splen- 

 did double-flowered form; heterophylla, 

 leaves various ; parviflora, smaller 

 flowers than in type ; rubra, reddish 

 flowers ; stricta, with flowers in erect 

 racemes. There is also a Manchurian 

 variety with fine racemes of flowers which 

 open some time before the ordinary form. 

 P. cornuta from the Himalayas is a 

 form of the Bird Cherry with larger, 

 broader, and stouter red-stalked leaves 

 than the native species. 



Culture do. as above. 



P. pendula (Cerasus pendula). — ^A 

 beautiful drooping Japanese Cherry, with 

 leaves similar in shape to those of the 

 Common Cherry (P. Cerasus). Flowers 



