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VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IX CULTIVATION. 



Prunus virginiana leucocarpa Wats. White-fruit Choke Cherry. 



Prunus virginiana pendens Sudw. "Weeping Choke Cherry. 



Prunus virginiana nana (Du Roi) Dipp. Dwarf Choke Cherry. 



Prunus demissa (Nutt.) Walp. Western Choke Cherry. 



Range.— Rocky Mountains to the Pacific (in United States). 



Names in use.— Wild Cherry (Cal., N. Mex., Utah, Idaho, Mont, 

 Oreg.); Oboke Cherry (Cal., Nev., Idaho, Utah); California Cherry 

 (Cal.); Western Choke Cherry. 



Prunus serotina Ehrh. Black Cherry. 



Range. — From Nora Scotia westward through Canadian Provinces to the Kc jainis- 

 tiqnia River; south to Florida (Matanzas Inlet and Tampa Bay) and west to North 

 Dakota (Missouri River), eastern Nebraska and Kansas, Indian Territory, and eastern 

 Texas; western Texas (mountains). 



Names in use.— Wild Black Cherry (Vt, Mass., E. I., N. Y., N. J., 

 Del.. Pa., N. C, Ala., Miss., La., Ky., Mo., 111., Iowa, Wis., Kans., Nebr., 

 Minn., Ohio, S. Dak. (cult.), Ont.); Wild Cherry (Conn., N. J., Pa., 

 Del., W. Va., N. C, S. C, Ala,, Fla., Tex., Ark., Ky., Ind., 111., Iowa, 

 Wis.); Black Cherry (Me., N. H., Vt., R. I., N. Y.," Miss., Ky., Mich., 

 Wis., Ind., Nebr.); Eum Cherry (X. H., Mass., E. I., Miss., Nebr.); 

 W ; hisky Cherry (Minn.); Choke Cherry (Mo., Wis., Iowa). 



Prunus serotina neomontana Sudworth. Mountain Black Cherry. 



Range. — Southwestern Virginia (" balds'' on White Top Mountain); Alabama 

 (Talladega and Clay counties). 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Prunus serotina penduliformis Sudw. Weeping Black Cherry. 



Prunus serotina asplenifolia Dipp. Pernleaf Black Cherry. 



Prunus salicifolia H. B. K. Willowleaf Cherry. 



Prunus oapuli Cav. 



Range.— Southern New Mexico and Arizona (mountains); Mexico (mountains); 

 Central America (Pacific coast region) ; Colombia and Peru. 



Names in use. — Mexican Cherry-tree; Mexican Cherry. 

 Prunus caroliniana (Mill.) Ait. Laurel Cherry. 



Range.— Coast region and islands (15 to 20 miles inland) from South Carolina 

 (Cape Fear River) to Florida (Biscayne Bay and Kissimmee River) ; west in the Gulf 

 region through southern Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas (to Guadalupe 

 River). 



Names in use.— Wild Peach (Miss., La., Tex.); Wild Orange (N. C, 

 S. C, Miss., Tex.); Mock Orange (N. C, S. C, Ala., Miss., La,, Tex.); 

 Laury Mundy (La.); Laurii amande (La.); Cherry Laurel (Fla.); Ever- 

 green Cherry (Tex.); Mock Olive (Fla.); Carolinian Cherry (lit.); 

 Laurel Cherry. 



Prunus sphaerocarpa Swartz. West India Cherry. 



Range. — Florida (Biscayne Bay); West Indies; Brazil. 



Name in use.— West India Cherry (Fla.). 



