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Oriental Flowering Trees and Shrubs 
PRICE LIST FOR 1934 AND 1935 
Japanese Roseflowering Cherries 
NOTE: Capital letters following each description indicate sizes; see price lists following each 
group of descriptions. 
AVIUM FLORA PLENA, double pure white. A very fast and symmetrical grow¬ 
ing tree, covered with double white flowers; a real shade tree, too. Known for 
seventy-five years as a splendid ornamental tree. D to J. 
BENI HIGAN-ZAKURA (Higan Cherry, P. Subhirtella) , "Spring Cherry.” First 
to bloom; very prolific; blush pink; small single flowers that bloom with the last 
snow of winter. B to K. 
"This is the Japanese Spring Cherry which the late Mr. Wilson, after a year devoted in Japan 
to the study of Cherry-trees, calls 'the most floriferous and perhaps the most delightful of all 
Japanese Cherries.’ It is a large, low-branched shrub rather than a tree and is not known as a wild 
plant. This Cherry is much planted in western Japan from northern Hondo southward, but it is not 
much grown in the eastern part of the Empire and is rarely found in Tokyo gardens. For this 
reason and as it does not reproduce itself from seed Prunus subhirtella is still rare in American and 
European collections. There are large plants in the Arboretum collection, where they have been 
growing since 1894, and where, covered with their drooping pink flowers, they are objects of won¬ 
derful beauty. The value of Prunus subhirtella is increased by the fact that the flowers often remain 
in good condition for ten or twelve days, and longer than those of the other single-flowered Cherry- 
trees. This Cherry can be raised from soft wood cuttings and by grafting on its own seedlings. 
These will grow into tall trees with long, straight trunks. (Prunus subhirtella, var. ascendens) and 
in Japanese temple gardens are sometimes fifty feet high with trunks two feet in diameter. This is 
a common tree in the forests of central Japan, and grows also in southern Korea and central China. 
Until Wilson’s investigations in Japan in 1914 this tree seems to have been entirely unknown in 
western gardens. Raised from the seeds of Prunus subhirtella, which are produced in large quanti¬ 
ties every year, it grows here rapidly and proves to be a handsome tree. It has the drooping flowers 
of the well-known Prunus pendula of gardens, which is only a seedling form of P. subhirtella 
ascendens and for which the correct name is Prunus subhirtella variety pendula. This tree is not 
known to grow wild, but has for centuries decorated courtyards and temple grounds in central and 
northern Japan. The largest tree seen by Wilson was sixty-five feet tall with a head as broad as the 
height of the tree. There is a form of P. subhirtella (var. autumnalis) with semi-double flowers 
which blooms in both spring and autumn. This is a shrub often cultivated in Tokyo gardens, and in 
the Arboretum first flowered in May, 1915.” 
(Extract from Bulletin No. 3 of the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.) 
FUJIZAN (Shirotae; Mount Fuji), snow white; large double flowers; vigorous; 
extra choice. A splendid showy variety; considered one of the better of the 
white double Japanese Cherries. B to K. 
HOSOKAWA-BENI-ZAKURA, pink, mid-season; upright growth, slight spread; 
fragrant double flowers; one of the best; another of the hyacinth flowering sorts. 
A to K. 
KANZAN ZAKURA, double deep pink; vigorous; upright and no great tendency 
to spread while growing. A good street tree. This sort seems to be especially 
appreciated in Washington, D. C. Rated as a prime variety. Old trees are 
likely to have a top shaped like an open umbrella. B to K. 
KOFUGEN-ZAKURA (Fugenzo), double deep pink; vigorous; upright and no 
great tendency to spread. One of the best. A good street tree. The best deep 
pink sort. If planted in quantities this sort should have a lighter variety, such 
as Naden or Rosea, as a foil. A to K. 
NADEN-ZAKURA, pink; late flowering; double; very popular; vigorous grower; 
showy and attractive; adapted for street or lane planting. This variety is an 
excellent companion for Kofugen. A to K. 
ROSEA (Rose), late; double flowers about 1% inches in diameter, borne in raceme¬ 
like clusters of three or four flowers; vigorous; a spreading sort; a good lane, 
shade or street tree. A free bloomer and the flowers open fully just as the 
leaves commence to develop. B to K. 
10% additional paid at time of purchase insures free replacement for one year. 
