The Garden Nurseries, Penn Valley, Narberth, Pa. 
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Good varieties of Japanese Roseflovvering Cherries, from an American 
viewpoint, are the following, in their sequence of hloom: 
Beni Higan {Spring 
Cherry) or Prunus 
suhhirtella, blooms in 
early April among the 
snows. It has small, 
single, light -pink flow¬ 
ers produced in multi¬ 
tudes, absolutely cov¬ 
ering the trees; indeed 
a lovely object after 
the winter’s snow and 
frost, and no collec¬ 
tion is complete with¬ 
out it. 
Beni Hi gan is the 
Japanese Spring 
Cherry which the late 
Mr. Wilson, of the 
A mold Arboretum, 
calls ’the most flori- 
ferous and perhaps the 
most delightful of all 
the Japanese Cher¬ 
ries.” It is a large, 
low-branched shrub 
rather than a tree and 
it is not known as a 
wild plant. This va¬ 
riety is known as Hi- 
ganzakura in Japan, 
where it is widely cul¬ 
tivated. There are large 
plants in the Arbore¬ 
tum collection where 
they have been grow¬ 
ing since 1894 and 
Japan Rosefloiaering Cherry Naden where, COVered with 
their drooping pink fl owers, they are objects of wonderful beauty. The 
value of this variety is increased by the fact that the flowers often remain 
in good condition for ten or fourteen days. 
