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Oriental Flowering Trees and Shrubs 
SLidare-Higan ZaJiiira: Pyramidal Form of 
Japanese Weeping or Rosebud Cherry 
Most of the Japanese Cherries are tinted pink. An exceptional variety 
or two are pure white. Fiijizan (or Mt. Fuji) is a splendid double white, 
and Taizanfukun, an upright 
growing species, produces white, 
single flowers^a very desirable 
variety. This I did not realize 
until the trees were covered with 
the large, snow-white, fragrant 
flowers. A few varieties are red 
or old rose; some, such as Amano- 
gawa, Mi kurumageashi, Hoso- 
kawa-Beni and Paul ohiert are 
pleasingly fragrant. 
The Cherry trees are admired 
from the time the first buds and 
flowers o f the single earliest Beni- 
Higan blooms in April among the 
snows, followed by the deeper 
colored Shidare-Higan (or Weep¬ 
ing Cherry) right through the season of the Roseflowering Cherries. It 
is about one month from the earliest to the latest variety, until the windy 
day that brings 
down the petals, car¬ 
peting the lawns and 
walks in pink. 
In summer the Jap¬ 
anese Cherry is an 
attractive tree with 
glossy green leaves 
presenting an appear¬ 
ance equal to that of 
the finest shade trees 
we have. In fall these 
leaves turn a brilliant 
scarlet and crimson, 
often strongly tinged 
with brown, making 
a blaze of color. 
In our section of Pennsylvania, ^ oshino as well as all subhirtella sorts: 
Idou’ering Cherry planted as street trees 
