CER'ASUS MAHA'LEB. 
PERFUHED CHERRY. 
Class. 
ICOSANDRIA. 
Order. 
DI-PENTAG YNIA. 
Natural Order. 
drupace.*. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
Mahaleb. 
20 feet. 
April, May. 
Tree. 
in 1714. 
No. 1080. 
Cerasus, in ancient geography, is a town in Pon- 
tus Cajrpadocius, on the southern coast of the 
Euxine sea. The country about Cerasus, Tourne- 
fort mentions as being hilly, and abounding with 
forests, in which Cherry-trees grow naturally ; 
whence it was that the Romans, after their con- 
quests in Asia, under Lucullus, obtained this fruit, 
and gave it the name of Cerasus. 
The Mahaleb Cherry, as a fruit, is unimportant 
to us; but the tree, from the use to which it has of 
late been applied, is likely to be exceedingly use- 
ful. Fruit growers are already duly appreciating 
the value of the improved dwarfing system, as ap- 
plied to Apples and Pears. Mr. Rivers, of Saw- 
bridgewortli, is now carrying out the same principle 
with other fruits ; and it has been proved that what 
the Paradise Stock, and Quince, are to the Apple 
and Pear, our present subject — the Perfumed 
Cherry, is to the cultivated Cherry. Mr. Rivers, 
in his catalogue of fruits, observes that “Cherries 
may be made interesting garden trees, by growing 
them as dwarf hushes, grafted on the Cerasus 
Mahaleb or Perfumed Cherry. This stock has 
