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45059. PEUXUS SERRULATA. Japanese flowering cherry, 

 vnv. Asagi. A rare double variety with pale-green flowers which 

 when they first open have a strange but very attractive appearance; 

 later the centers of the flowers turn red and are then less attractive. 

 Not showy at a distance, but delicately beautiful for use in house 

 decoration. Petals not striped like those of the ricon. Tree rather 

 delicate: late bloomer. Should be sprayed with lime-sulphur every 

 February or March. 



45060. PRUNUS SERRULATA. Japanese flowering cherry, 

 var. WasemiyaJco. Large, semidouble almost pure white flowers, up- 

 right on short stems, very attractively arranged on the branches;; 

 midseason, i. e., April 20 in Maryland. Tree only fairly vigorous- 

 Suitable for lawn planting and showy from a distance. Should be; 

 sprayed early every spring with lime-sulphur solution. 



45061. PRUXUS SERRULATA. Japanese flowering cherry, 

 var. Miyak-oheni. Midseason variety (April 10 to 20 in Maryland), 

 with semidouble flowers. 1^ inches across, borne on short upright 

 stems in clusters of two or three. Buds pointed, quite pink ; flowers 

 pale pink when young, turning reddish with age. slightly fragrant, 

 Tre^ very floriferous and a vigorous grower, attaining a height of 

 20 feet in 10 years. 



45062. PRUXUS SERRLT^ATA. Japanese flowering cherry, 

 var. Toranowo. Large (1^ inches) extremely double flowers, deep 

 pink when in bud, becoming delicate light pink in full bloom, hang- 

 ing on long stems in clusters of two to five. Buds flat, as though tips 

 had been cut off. Not so free flowering as S. P. I. No. 45049, but with 

 deeper pink flowers and prominent green pistils. Tree fairly vigor- 

 ous. Should be sprayed with lime-sulphur solution in February or 

 March. 



26886. PRUNUS SIMONII. Apricot plum. From F. N. 

 Meyer, Tangsi, China. A fruit that looks like an apricot; very 

 fragrant ; sour ; with downy, dull-yellow skin, rather small in size. 



32669. PRUNUS SPINOSA X DOMESTICA. Plum. From 

 Kozlof, Russia, through F. N. Meyer. A hybrid between P. spinosa 

 and P. domestica^ Green Peine Claude variety, originated by I. V. 

 Mijurin at Kozlof. Named by him Bjeli tjorn^ " white sloe." Fruits 

 almost round, medium size, yellowish white, of good keeping quali- 

 ties. Trees of medium size, slow growers, but heavy bearers; excep- 

 tionally hardy. 



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