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THE AMERICAN NATURALIST 



[Vol. LI 



iTiFiciAL INOCTTLATIONS ON PruTius cerosifera. 



November, 1914 

 Prunus cerasifera, Arnold Arhoretum Type 



growing as rapidly, or, judging from their shrub-like growth, 

 because they are of a different type possibly nearer to the wild 

 type than are those commonly imported from France by nursery- 



The variety known as Golden Beauty, P. hortulana, has thus 

 far shown more marked resistance than otlier varieties of the 

 species thus far tested. It is interesting to remember that this 

 variety is supposed to have originated in western Texas some- 



