CHERRIES. 



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This cherry does not there become fully ripe until about 

 the 15th of July, at which period the tree presents a great 

 singularity, which is that of still having some cherries on it 

 entirely green, whereas the greater part of the others ha\e 

 acquired their full maturity. 



PEACH-BLOSSOMED. Auth. 



Cerisier a Jleur de Picker. N. Duh. 



This variety is in no wise remarkable, except as respects 

 the colour of its blossoms, which, instead of being white, as is 

 the case with other kinds, are of a rose-colour. 



STRIPED-LEAVED. Auth. 



Cerisier a feuilles panachees. N. Duh. 

 Griotte d feuilles panacMes. Die. d'Agric. 



This variety, as well as the preceding, is cultivated for 

 ornament, its peculiarity consisting merely in its striped foli- 

 age, the fruit having no particular claims to superiority or 

 merit. 



DWARF DOUBLE-FLOWERING. Pr. cat. 



Small Douhle-fiowering, Douhle-flowering Kentish, 



Cerisier d Jleur double. N. Duh. 



Prunus capronianafiore pleno. 



Griottier d Jleurs doubles. Griotte double. 



Prunus Cerasus jlore pleno. 



Cerasus caproniana, multiplex. Loud. Hort. Brit. 



This tree is of the same species as the Kentish, Morello, and 

 Duke cherries, and unlike the other double-flowering variety 

 described, attains to but a moderate size, and when inoculated 

 near the ground seldom forms more than a large shrub or very 

 low tree. The blossoms are exceedingly double, very showy, 

 of even greater diameter than the other variety, but the petals 

 project less and make less display ; the blossoms often have 

 some small leaflets intermingled with the petals, and frequently 

 present the appearance of several flowers concentrated in one. 

 This species is not so beautiful as the other, but as that forms 

 a large tree and this but a shrub, the two serve to occupy very 



