. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1456 PRUNUS. 1998. Japanese Flowerine Cherry— Prunus Pseudo-Cerasus (X %). No. 25. Subgenus IV. ; (including Micro- cerasns). Dwarf Almond. Fruit small, either firm or juicy, glabrous or cent; plant dwarf, with sessile flowers solitary or in pairs preceding the Ivs., the stamens 20 or mo
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1456 PRUNUS. 1998. Japanese Flowerine Cherry— Prunus Pseudo-Cerasus (X %). No. 25. Subgenus IV. ; (including Micro- cerasns). Dwarf Almond. Fruit small, either firm or juicy, glabrous or cent; plant dwarf, with sessile flowers solitary or in pairs preceding the Ivs., the stamens 20 or more, the calyx-tube tubular: Ivs, conduplieate. 36. inc&na, Decne. (OSrasus incdna, Spach. Amygdalas Incd'na, Pall. A. ^idna, var. inc&va, Loud.). Shrub of medium size: Ivs. small, the petiole short and soft-hairy and glandless or bear- ing glands at the very top, the blade oboA*ate- oblong, elliptic or lance-elliptic, short-pointed or obtuse, finely sharp-toothed, white-tomentose beneath: fls. mostly in 2's, appearing with the Ivs. or just in ad- vance of them, light rose-color, about H in. across, the petals emarginate: fr. bright red, the size of a pea, smooth, juicy. Southeastern Eu. and western Asia. R. H. 1853:281. 25:58. Gt. 44, p. 2-13 (leaf). 37. n^na, Stokes (Ami/gdalus ndna, Linn.). Russian Almond. Pig. 2002. Bush, 3 to 5 ft. high: flowers solitary, appearing a little in advance of the leaves, sessile, pink and showy : Ivs. narrowly elliptic or elliptic lanceolate, 2 or 3 in. long, tliick and rather stiff, scarcely pointed, lighter colored and the veins prominent beneath, smooth, the edges set with sharp, spreading, saw-like teeth: fls. visu- ally solitary, rose-color, nearly 1 in. across, with or just preceding the Ivs.: fruit small and liard, pubes- cent? bitter, with a large, wrinkled, sharp-pointed, somewliat cordate, unequal-sided pit. Russia and Western Asia. 12:1114. —This plant has been in- troduced into this country recently
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