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THE ORNAMENTAL CHERRIES OF JAPAN. 



Bolan-sakiira has reddish flowers, very large and dou- 

 ble, which are at their best in the latter half of April. 

 It is not so abundant a bloomer as some other kinds. 



Ko-Fiigen. — This variety has the largest flowers of any 

 that has fallen under my observation. They often meas- 

 ure two inches or more in diameter, and are very double 

 and very late. Color reddish-pink, grow- 

 ing lighter with age. 



Kode-iiiaru (Fig. 4, p. 401) is peculiar in 

 that the flowers appear in very dense clus- 

 ters at intervals on the branches, and being 

 short-stemmed, they are crowded into balls, 

 which give the tree an unique appearance. 

 In color they are light pink ; the petals are 

 narrow, and only moderately double. 



rose-blush flowers on long stems, and is a prolific and 

 long continued bloomer. It is one of the handsomest 

 kinds to be found there, and is planted perhaps more 

 generally than any other kind. 



0-chio-chi7i is a large-flowered double white variety ; 

 very fine. 



Yo-KiJii has very large 

 and very double flowers ; 

 color rose-pink. The 

 flower stems are short, 

 but the flowers are more 

 scattered than in the Kodc-- 

 »ia)ii, hence they do not 

 form balls as it does. It 

 continues in bloom till late 

 in May. 



Ilakitmai blooms early, 

 has very large blush flow- 

 ers, turning almost white 

 before they fall off ; semi- 

 double, large petals ; one 

 of the best. 



Beni-iiaden has a large, 

 rose-colored flower, with 



very large, sprawling petals ; blooms medium early. 



Giyo-iko is remarkable in that the flowers are of a 

 clear, light green color when they first expand, and grad- 

 ually become tipped with a pinkish tinge. It is the only 

 variety I have seen of this peculiar color. They are 

 very large and often panicled, on long stems. The 

 branches of the tree are slender and rambling. 



Fttgen-zo, a very popular variety, has very double. 



Fig. 



FUZAN-FUKUN. 



•i^ Yayc-saktira has small 

 ,_J rose-colored but very doub- 

 e flowers. 



Asagi-sakiiia, also dou- 

 ble white, but tinted with 

 rose. 



Knrmiia-gayesld is white, shaded with pink, very double. 

 he-sakiira is red on the outer edges of the petals, but 

 gradually fades into white with age. 



Taizaii-Fiiktin is a handsome double white flower, 

 shaded with pink. 



Nisakitra has a large, double, red flower. 

 O-temayi is very large, rose colored. 

 This list could be much extended, but these include 

 their best varieties. There can be no doubt that these 

 cherries will do as well here in almost any part of 

 America as they do in their native country, and as orna- 

 mental trees for the lawn and roadsides, they will, while 

 in bloom, surpass in beauty anything we now have that 

 blooms in early spring. Once before the public, they 

 will not lack appreciation. 



There are two ways of importing them — either as 

 scions to be grafted on cherry stocks here, or small trees 

 already grafted. The latter is to be preferred. Cherry 

 grafts are uncertain at all times, and after they have 

 crossed the Pacific, too many would fail to grow. To 



