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THE SUNDAY HERALD, BOSTON, MAY 2, 1915. 



BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE CHERRIES ARE 

 IN BLOOM AT ARNOLD ARBORETUM 



Myriads of Silvery Pink Flowers Display Dainty Petals as in tlie Gardens 

 About Tokio; Great Clusters of Rose Colored Flowers Attract the 

 Eye as at Japan's National Holiday in the Early Springtime. 



It Is cherry blossom time In Arnold | 

 Arboretum. Near the Forest Hills en- 

 trance the wonderful weeptng^ cherry Is 

 'lisplaytns al! tha ilaintv beautv of Ms] 

 nails of oilxcrv prni-; Hower.s: the! 

 Yetldo cherry is hi blnoin. the eherry 

 lound in ah the maidens on<j streets of 

 the .Tapanc.'se city; and the tree named | 

 for the directo)' of the Arboretum, tiie ' 

 Prunus Sarg-entif ti use tiij .stientiHc 

 name, is showing great clusters of rose- I 

 colored flowers. There are other yarie- ! 



hich 



Blossoms at the Arboretum. 



The splendid white Ca 

 now in bloom, the kurdica, a plum from 

 centr.1.1 Asia, is flowering also, and the 

 tomentosa, a cherry from northern 

 China, so hardly that It promises to be 

 a valuable fruit plant in such states as 

 Dakota, and ' certain peaches and al- 

 monds all are in flower. i 



.\side from the cherries the visitors to 

 the Arboretum, at this time, are griving 

 most attention to the Chinese magnolias. ' 

 before the administration building, and 1 

 to the long and brilliant banlss of for- 

 sythia. One banlc against a hillside is | 



lutes' 



tik fr.i 



al of the Ele-) 

 vated: while in other portions of the! 

 .-Vrborotuni there are spiendid displays ■ 

 of iMrsytiiia anil nlht-r nowers. and the 

 inasr')''liM.s- i tiie centrti stj-eet entrance j 



Mai 



well 



|)C1 



this 



f th. 



^eek have 



cha 



a miniature i . 



It spectacle which | 

 ■s make a special 



to see m all 

 I is the great festl- 

 e Island Empire 

 - ht, r 1 of the 



idee 



■ the 



Weeping i 



ilie people, wiio for 

 i ni.4t pi ide in the adva 

 ? taker of the gift natijrc 



or Drooping Cherry. 



; or droopins: cherry 

 prunu."! pendula. It 



strikingly beautiful: another Une con- 

 tains a representative of each ot the 

 large number of varieties which are 

 found in the Ailioietum. One of lhe.-«! 

 came from .Alabama, and is the more 

 interesting because for years, the variety 

 v.'ss supposed ' i i ->ir" -ti r-iiina. 



When exrl '-om 

 Japan, he m f ries 



of the Cher: : ipire. 

 Now the Inntltutk.n idct-.l v.-..ii the 

 difficulty of finding room for the Blunt- 

 ing and raising even of a single spaeiraeu 

 ot each of these varieties. 



The 



the til 

 feet til 

 the way to the groen 

 with flowers. One of 

 Arboretum is about 

 Japan the trees often 

 years. The expert! 

 the seeds have I 

 I produce the pendulous 

 " ' that 

 to g 



■eta 

 The 



all i 



20 vears old; 



attain an age i 

 i at the Aboretu 

 leen found to n 

 i habit, and that. I 



It is easy enough ! 

 this country 



laden with 



r the; 



1 foi 



the 



be 1 



>vhlch 1 



Common Tree m Tokio. 



Yeddo is the old name for Tokio, i 

 i.ne cherry known as prunus yed.li . 

 I? the tree planted very abuuild 

 I throughout that great city. It i- 



of this tree are about ti, 

 I thai the Emperor declares a puoh, : 

 vs ahead. Wh. ■ 

 I and tourists tni<. 

 I the parks, admire the scene and dii 

 liulvi to I heir hearts content. The yroi 

 I est diBphtv 18 about 'JO miles out of the 

 citv. and excursion trains are nni i 

 can vingr nianv thousands: inilised. 

 siuri that half the popiilaliOn o£ the i ity 

 make the Irip. 

 Tho Hpecimeiis or this tree 

 I .\ri)or6tiim were grown from the seed 



ire only 1.3 years 

 I (lowers are delicate tind have a slight 



I Cragr: 



One of the most striking and beautiful 

 f all those Japanese cherries is that 

 anted for Prof. C. S. Sai'geiit. One. 

 otv *! years old. tall and sturdy, robed 

 11 splendid aarraent of flowcis. 

 I planted in l»ti2. It is properly tho ' 



northern Japan, abounding 

 I In the forests of the northern island of 

 I Hokkaido, wherje it a line timber 

 reaching a height of from W to 

 |s<i feet. 



The Arboretum'9 explorer, E. H. wil- 

 m, who lately has returned fro 

 ar In the island empire, think.'-; this 

 the handsomest of the wild cherries 

 Japan. The floweis are very larse, 

 I sometimes two inches In diameter, ai 

 ihc foliage is handsome as well, wl 

 nied leaves. It is a fast groivii 

 snd absolutely harily tree and is long 

 I lived. Pictures siiow long .■i\enues of 



I these trees in full flower, and most of 

 1 centuries old. having 



been planted about 1735 by one of the 



II Shogung. 



The specUnens in the Arboretum were 

 wn from seeds collected by Prof. 

 Sargent and planted in the " Boston 

 Kiounda in 1**3. 



lany other varieticas are to iie se 



their best now. The triloba, 

 ree-lobed. is a native of northern 

 I China. The single-dow^ering variely 

 ■e been developed In the ' 

 -\rburetum, where it has been giuwni 

 since ISH. ana whence it has been sent 

 to Eui-ope and all parts of thi? country . 



II is a small and very beautiful bush 

 not fsir from the Japanese cherries. 



uie of tho thinss tliat lamc in what 

 ailed the •'great haul " the Arbon 

 turn once obtained from Petrograd. 



