302 Trees for Shade and Ornament 
aspiring; the foliage very heavy and dense, of darker color, oblong to 
roundish, and characteristically disposed m horizontal layers. These 
forms are seemingly less liable to rust fungi, very rapid growers, and 
thoroughly hardy. 
Fic. 107 —- Japanese Flowering Cherry. Prunus Pseudo-Cerasus 
Lindl. 
P. Razumofskiana (270 bts) 1s another Russian, with oblong foliage, 
which seems little known in this country, but in its native habitat is 
considered by far the finest, forming a large picturesque tree, and is 
the most rapid grower of all the poplars. A specimen at Ottawa 
proves perfectly hardy, and promises to live up to its reputation. 
CHERRIES, PEACHES, PLUMS 
Prunus (Cerasus), This large genus of the rose family, with about 
seventy-five species, contains many small trees and shrubs worthy of 
