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31267. PEUNUS DOMESTICA. Papagone prune. From 

 Eome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, San Francisco, CaL 

 Fruits average 2J by 1| inches, often 3 by If inches, elongate-ovoid, 

 greenish yellow, darker on shaded side ; fine gray bloom ; very thin, 

 smooth skin: stalk short, one-half inch or less; seed very thin and 

 remarkably small for size of fruit; flesh firm, sweet, and highly 

 flavored. 



34268. PEUNUS DOMESTICA. Prune. From Eome. Italy. 

 Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, of the California Academy of Sci- 

 ences, San Francisco, Cal. Called Prunaringia; grown near Naples. 

 Fruit dark green, averaging about 24- by H inches, elongate-ovoid. 

 Very sweet and highly flavored. When ripe has one or more vertical 

 slits on cheek. Can not stand long shipments, but should prove 

 excellent for canning and preserving. 



40498. PEUNUS DOMESTICA. Papagone prune. From 

 Dr. Gustav Eisen. Boscotrecase, near Xaples. Italy. Eeported as 

 one of the finest of plums. Fruit greenish yellow, oblong, about 3 

 inches long, with a remarkably long, thin, slender stone. Dr. Eisen 

 says that " the quality of this can not be too highly praised." 



38337. PEUNUS GLANDULOSA. Flowering cherry. From 

 F. X. Meyer. Tsaochowfu, Shantung, China. Ornamental flowering 

 shrub of bushy habit, rarely over 5 feet tall, with nearly oblong 

 leaves and beautiful, large, double flowers, white with pink center. 

 Closely allied to P. japonica, from which it differs in its narrower 

 leaves. Sometimes cultivated under the name of " flowering al- 

 mond." This, however, is an entirely different plant, related to the 

 peaches. Xative of China. 



37645. PEUNUS GEAYANA. Gray's bird cherry. Pre- 

 sented by the Botanic Gardens, Petrograd, Eussia. Small orna- 

 mental tree. Xative of Japan, 20 to 30 feet high. Closely resembles 

 the European bird cherry (P. padus), but has erect (not drooping) 

 racemes of white flowers about 4 inches long. These appear in June 

 and are followed by the black fruits in August. 



PEUNUS MAXIMOWICZII. Korean flowering cherry. 

 From the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. A distinct and 

 attractive species, up to 20 or 30 feet in height. Leaves oval, bright 

 green, doubly and deeply toothed. Flowers white, about three- 

 fourths of an inch across, appearing with the full foliage. Fruits 

 about the size of small peas, red, turning to black. Xative of Korea, 

 Manchuria. Sakhalin, and Japan. 



