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Prunm 8errulata sachalinewis (Schmidt) Maklno. (Amyg- 
dalaceae.) 45178. From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased 
from the Yokohama Nursery Company. "Yamazakura (moun- 
tain cherry)." A deciduous tree, 40 to 80 feet In 
height, with a trunk sometimes 3 feet in diameter, 
and sharply serrate oval leaves which are often red- 
dish when young. The deep pink flowers, from 1$ to 1| 
inches wide, are produced in short-stalked umbels of 
two to six flowers. The fruit is a small black cherry, 
1/3 inch in diameter. This tree, a native of Japan, 
is probably the finest timber tree among the true 
cherries, and is also remarkable for its beautiful 
flowers, which appear in April. The seeds germinate 
freely after lying dormant for a year. (Adapted from 
W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 
Isles, vol. 2, pp. 250, 251, under Prunm sargentii.) This 
flowering cherry tree has proven hardy on the Atlan- 
tic Seaboard as far north as Mas sachus sett s , and Pro- 
fessor Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum recommends it 
as one of the most beautiful of all the flowering 
cherries. (Pairchild.) 
Prunu8 8ubhirtella pendula ( Amygdalae eae . ) 4 5216. Droop- 
ing Cherry of Japan. Grown at the Plant Introduction 
Field Station, Rockvllle, Maryland, from scions pre- 
sented by Mr. David Fairchild from his place "In the 
Woods". One of the loveliest of all flowering trees. 
In Japan, growing to a great age and to large size. 
In the Kyoto park, stands a historic specimen 3 feet 
in diameter of trunk, with drooping branches covering 
a whole square which is reported to be 300 years old. 
It flowers in Maryland about the same time that it 
does in Japan l,e. the last week in April, and when 
in bud, full bloom, or passing out of bloom can not 
be surpassed by any other tree in loveliness. Its 
flowers are small, single, borne In pairs or threes 
and they come out before the leaves. For parks and 
avenues it may not be so showy when seen from a dis- 
tance as the double flowering kinds, but as a door 
yard tree when it can be viewed from near by it can- 
not be surpassed. Hardy to Massachussets . (Fairchild.) 
Tetrazygia bicolor (Miller.) Goen. (Melastomaceae . ) 
45177. From Homestead, Fla. Presented by Mr. Chas. 
A. Mosier. A low tree, 20 feet high, remarkable for 
the white powdery down of the branchlets and the in- 
florescence. Leaves 3 to 5 Inches long, variable in 
