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Oriental Flowering Trees and Seirubs 
their introduction, on a smaller scale, hy private individuals, either from 
European nurseries or direct from Japan. In 1906 Doctor Fairchild in¬ 
troduced 25 of the best single-flowering and double-flowering varieties 
from Japan and planted them at his place in North Chevy Chase, Md., 
where many of them are still growing. The largest varietal collection of 
these cherries in this country has been assembled at the Arnold Arboretum, 
Jamaica Plain, Mass., 
and an excellent col¬ 
lection is also main¬ 
tained at Highland 
Park, Rochester, N. Y. 
Probably the best 
known and most pop¬ 
ular collection, how¬ 
ever, is that in Poto¬ 
mac Park, Washing¬ 
ton, D. C. In 1912, 
through the generos¬ 
ity of the city of Tokyo, 
Japan, nearly 2,000 
trees, including the 
best varieties known 
to Japanese horticul¬ 
turists, were presented 
to the City of Wash¬ 
ington and planted in 
Potomac Park. The 
earliest flowering va¬ 
riety of this collection, 
the Yoshino, which 
encircles the Tidal 
Basin with its nearly 
1,000 trees, bursts into 
bloom usually late in 
March or early in 
April. The other 1 1 va¬ 
rieties growing along 
the East and West 
Drive open their flow¬ 
Japanese Cherry: Ruth Wohlert 
ers in rapid succession about the time the Yoshino has ceased blooming, 
making a continuous display for over a month. 
