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JAPANESE ROSEFLOWERING CHERRIES 
The Japanese ornamental Cherries are among the most beautiful of all the 
flowering trees and take the lead possibly because of the popular appeal of 
the well advertised "Cherry Blossom Time" in Washington, D. C. 
They vary a great deal in form and therefore are adapted to many uses in 
decorating the garden, either as specimens on the lawn, in small groups, for 
lining lanes and avenues, and as vistas. Vistas are made by a double 
row of trees placed in pergola-like manner 10 to 12 feet apart across the pergola, 
and spaced about 6 feet in the rows. One or two varieties should be used for 
this purpose, preferably one. 
The colors of flowers range from pure white, to blush and delicately tinted 
pinks, on through to deep pinks or old rose. These Cherries will thrive in any 
reasonably good, well-drained soil, with average moisture, in general, the same 
soil conditions should prevail under which the fruiting types of cherries do best. 
These can be grown throughout the same areas as the peach, and even some¬ 
what farther north. 
AMANOGAWA ZAKURA, light pink; late; double; pyramidal or columnar; just 
right for formal planting or small gardens. A very unusual sort, attracts 
favorable attention always—yet very rare. Planted two or three feet apart 
in a straight line, Amanogawa makes a perfect hedge and need never be 
pruned or sheared. 
AUTUMNALIS (winter flowering), semi-double; pale pink flowers; blooms in Fall 
and early Spring; very unusual and rare. During the mild winter of 1930- 
31 a pair of old trees in a Philadelphia suburb were in full bloom during 
the entire holiday season, Christmas and New Years, and it was not a 
mean petty display, but an abundance of bloom. Yet when spring came, 
they bloomed just as much it seems. Autumnalis will not bloom during low 
temperatures in the winter, but responds quickly to a mild period. 
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. The late "Chinese" Wilson, plant 
explorer, rates this variety as one of the best of the Japanese Moun¬ 
tain Cherries. 
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. 
HOSOKAWA BENI ZAKURA, pink, mid-season; upright growth, slight spread; 
fragrant. 
JEANNE WOHLERT, dwarf; semi-double; new; rare. The effect of this tree in 
bloom is that of many branched hyacinth of a lovely soft pink. 
KANZAN ZAKURA (Kwanzan), double deep pink; vigorous; upright. The tend¬ 
ency to spread is not evident until the trees are approximately ten years 
old. While consulting the Superintendent of the Park System in Washing¬ 
ton, D. C., I asked him what variety of Flowering Cherry the public seemed 
to prefer. He replied, "The variety Kwanzan seems to appeal most to the 
public." 
KOFUGEN ZAKURA (Fugenzo), double, deep pink. Similar to Kanzan, but 
slower growth. Not likely to grow straight or have a straight stem. 
