INVENTORY 



77261 to 77267. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Scions pre- 

 sented by E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arbore- 

 tum. Received August 8, 1928. 



77261 to 77266. Pbdnus spp. Amygdala- 

 ceae. 



77261. Prunus incisa Tbunb. 



Mame cherry. 



An ornamental Japanese shrub or 

 small tree about 25 feet high. The 

 flowers, which appear in drooping clus- 

 ters before the deeply cut leaves, are 

 white or rosy, with bright-red calyxes, 

 and the anthers are bright yellow. The 

 petals fall early, but the calyxes, which 

 gradually grow brighter, remain on the 

 young fruits for some time and are 

 very showy. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 74428. 



77262. Prunus maackii Rupr. 



Amur cherry. 



A Manchurian bird cherry, 40 feet or 

 more in height, with very smooth 

 brownish yellow bark which peels off 

 like that of a birch. The leaves are 

 pointed and very finely toothed, and 

 the white flowers are in short racemes 

 borne on the previous season's wood. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 64239. 



77263 to 

 Lindl. 



77265. Prunus serrulata 

 Oriental cherry. 



77263. Variety Chosiuhizakura [red 

 cherry from Chosen]. Tree of 

 spreading habit ; young foliage red- 

 dish brown ; flowers uniformly 

 pink, up to IV2 inches in diameter, 

 single or semidouble, in clusters of 

 two to four, produced in great 

 abundance. 



For previous introduction see 

 No. 47133. 



77261 to 77267— Continued. 



77264. Variety Masuyama [probably 

 named for some Japanese person]. 

 Tree spreading, up to 15 feet high ; 

 bark reddish brown ; young foli- 

 age brownish green ; buds deep 

 pink, truncate; flowers up to 1% 

 inches in diameter, double, light 

 pink shading deeper toward the 

 margins and opening flat, similar 

 to Horinji but a little less double 

 and presenting a more clean-cut 

 appearance. A very attractive va- 

 riety. 



77265. Variety Miyako [beauty or 

 prosperity ] . Tree of upright habit ; 

 bark dark brown ; young foliage 

 light brown ; buds deep pink, trun- 

 cate ; flowers semidouble opening 

 rather flat, up to 1% inches in di- 

 ameter, almost white in center, be- 

 coming pink toward the fimbriate 

 petal tips and on back, in droop- 

 ing clusters. A very attractive va- 

 riety. 



77266. Prunus subhirtella Miquel. 

 Higan cherry. 



Higanzakura [Higan signifies equi- 

 nox in Japanese]. Tree very spread- 

 ing, up to 40 feet high; bark gray, 

 smooth. Flowers single, light pink, 

 appearing before the leaves. This is 

 perhaps superior to TosMno for mass 

 effect, because of the compact habit of 

 growth and the great numbers of 

 flowers produced. 



77267. Syringa 

 Oleaceae. 



pinnatifolia Hemsl. 

 Pinnate lilac. 



A western Chinese shrub up to 10 feet 

 high, with pinnate leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 long made up of 7 to 11 ovate to lanceo- 

 late leaflets. The lilac-tinged white flow- 

 ers are in short panicles 2 to 3 inches 

 long. 



1 It should be understood that the names of Varieties of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and 

 other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received when 

 introduced by the Oflice of Foreign Plant Introduction, and, further, that the printing of 

 such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in this country. 

 As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the American trade forecast, 

 and the use of varietal names for them in American literature becomes necessary, the 

 foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be subject to change with a 

 view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized horticultural 

 nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom 

 mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible iden- 

 tification from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inventories 

 are appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or herbarium 

 specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The only 

 identification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other species 

 of the same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identification, there- 

 fore, must necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is any 

 question regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from this 

 oflice, herbarium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite 

 identification can be made. 



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