. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 455. Cerasus prostrata. The Peach-tree-leaved Cherry Tree. Don's Mill., 2. p. 613. (Dec. Prod,') A prostrate shrub. Native of the moun- tains of Candia, of Mount Lebanon, and of Siberia. Height ^ ft. to 1 ft. Intro- duced in 1802. Flowers rose-coloured; April and May. Drupe red ; ripe Ju
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 455. Cerasus prostrata. The Peach-tree-leaved Cherry Tree. Don's Mill., 2. p. 613. (Dec. Prod,') A prostrate shrub. Native of the moun- tains of Candia, of Mount Lebanon, and of Siberia. Height ^ ft. to 1 ft. Intro- duced in 1802. Flowers rose-coloured; April and May. Drupe red ; ripe July. A very desirable species for grafting standard high on the common cherry. The red co- lour of the flowers is very un- common in this genus. ¥ 8. C. PERSICIFO^LIA Lois. Identijiccaion. Lois, in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 9. ; Dec. Prod., 2. Synonyme. Prilnus j7ersicifblia JDesf. Arb. 2. p. 205. ETlgraving. Our Jig. 000. ia.^. GOO. Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, unequally serrate, gla- brous, with two glands upon the petiole. Flowers numerous, upon slender peduncles, and disposed umbellately. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree. ? America. Height 30 ft. to SO ft. Introduced in 1818. Flowers white; May. Drupe small, black; ripe in July. A rapidly grofwing tree, attaining the height of the common wild cherry, and bearing so close a resemblance to it in almost every respect, that it is probably only a vai'iety of it. There are trees of this kind of cherry in the Jardin des Plantes at Paris, of a pyramidal form, with a reddish brown smooth bark, flowers about the size of those of C. Mahaleb, and fruit about the size of peas. The wood is said to be harder and redder than that of the common wild cherry. It was raised from seeds sent from America by Michaux. If 9. C. boreaYis Michx. The Jiov^h-American Cherry Tree. Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 286.; Lois, in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 32. No. 22. j Dec. Prod., % p. 538.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 613. Synxmymes. PrQnu
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