Chinese Flowering Plum. Prunus triloba. 
"A branch of a very large flowering variety of Chi- 
nese flowering plum, found growing in the grounds of the 
German Legation at Peking. This is much cultivated in the 
gardens of North China and exists in a great many vari- 
eties varying in the colors of the flowers from pale pink 
to a dark violet-rose. Very great variation is found in 
size, degrees of doubleness, profusion of bloom, time of 
opening, and the lasting qualities of the flowers. The 
Chinese in the north always graft or bud this plum on 
Amygdaius davidiana." Photo. No. 988, by F. N. Meyer, 
Peking, China, April 19, 1914. According to W, J. Bean 
(Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles) the double 
form of this species was introduced by Fortune into England 
and has become very popular there. 
