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control measures are advocated. So far as is known, no disease or pest lias 
assumed serious proportions among these trees in this country. 
Occasionally trees are infested with the larvae of the oriental peach moth 
(laspeyresia molesta), which blackens the ends of some of the branches. 
No effective remedy has yet been found against this moth, but it has not 
proved a serious pest as far as the Japanese Cherries are concerned. 
Japanese Roseflowering Cherries 
Quite likely these trees should be called "Asiatic” Flowering Cherries, 
as plenty of indications exist pointing to the fact that the Japanese 
Flowering Cherry originated in China. 
Chinese civilization is older and the 
Chinese horticulture was well estab¬ 
lished and in full bloom while Japan 
was yet immersed in barbarism, but 
inasmuch as we received these Cherries 
through Japan and under Japanese 
labels, they became known as Japanese 
Cherries. All the flowering trees now 
sold by our nurseries have been propa¬ 
gated from stock which was imported 
over twenty years ago. No recent im¬ 
portations have been made. 
Among the flowering trees, the Jap¬ 
anese Roseflowering Cherry takes the 
lead, possibly because of the popular 
appeal of the well advertised "Cherry 
Season” of Japan, when tourists by 
thousands visit that country. 
The Jap anese Cherry trees vary a 
great deal in form and therefore can 
be adapted to many various uses in 
decorating the garden. One type re¬ 
sembles the elm in its vase form, being 
cylindrical in form when young, turn¬ 
ing to vase-shape with age. Another 
type, the Amanogawa, is columnar in 
Amanogciiva Cherry Trees form like the Lombardy poplar, while 
the weeping form makes a large tree. Most of the cherries have wide 
spreading branches ^ some being vigorous growers, others of medium 
growth, and some rather dwarf. 
