COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. 
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4tli. The Cerisiers .---These and also the Griottiers, are very dis¬ 
tinct from those already treated of. They include those cherries 
whose fruit has a tender aqueous pulp, more or less acid; they can 
also he known by their wood, leaves and flowers. The May Duke, 
and Kentish or Flemish, are typical varieties of the Cerisiers. 
5th. The Griottiers.- —Formerly these were written Agriottiers, 
probably from the sharpness of their juice, a quality which prevails 
more or less in all of them. The distinction between them and the 
Cerisiers, is, however, very indefinite ; the Morelia tribe chiefly com¬ 
poses this division. Although the distinctions of their divisions are 
in some cases sufficiently definite, yet in other cases they are so vague 
as to be unavailable for the purposes of discrimination. To obviate 
this, Mr. Thompson, under gardener in the fruit department of the 
Society of London, has proposed a classification of his own, dividing 
the whole into two classes. The first class consists of trees, the leaves 
of which are generally large, pendent, waved on the margin, with 
sharp prominent veins beneath, coarsely serrated, of thinner texture, 
and of a more yellowish green than those of the following class ; 
having buds pointed, flowers large, proceeding from the wood of 
not less than two years old; the petals loosely set, not forming a 
well and beautifully expanded cup-shaped flower, appearing like 
those of the May Duke, Kentish, &c. the stamens slender and irre¬ 
gular in length, some being longer and others shorter than the style. 
The second class is composed of aqueous cherries, such as the May 
Duke, Kentish, and Morelia. The leaves are generally smaller than 
those of the preceding class, and have their margins plain, with the 
veins beneath, as they approach the margin, almost buried in the 
parenchyma, which is thicker than in the other class. The petioles 
support the leaves erect, or at least from hanging loosely and pend¬ 
ent ; the latter are deep green. The flowers expand widely, and 
the petals hang not loose, but form a regular cup-shaped flower, with 
strong stamens, generally shorter than the style. 
mr. Thompson’s classification. 
CLASS I.—LEAVES WAVED ON THE MARGIN. 
f Fruit heart-shaped, or oval. 
* Colour uniform, dark red or black,.Section l 
* * Colour pale yellow and red. do. 2 
* * * Colour uniform, pale yellow. do. 3 
f f Fruit round or oblate. 
* Colour uniform, dark red or black. do. 4 
* * Colour pale yellow and red. do. 5 
* * * Colour uniform, pale yellow..... do. 6 
