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The apricot-like plimi seems intermediate between the wild p'um and the
wild apricot. The varieties cultivated for their fruit have, in general, much
arger leaves and, stronger young shoots, than the oth e r so rts ; they flower
later, their blossoms are larger, and tiieir fruit, particularly such sorts as the
magmim boniiin ami the diamond plum, several times as large; th e latter bein«
upwards o f 2 | iii. long. These fruit-bearing varieties are in universal cult£
vation m temperate climates ; and for every thing o f interest relating to them
as such, we refer to o u r Encyclopædia of Gardening, edit. 1835, i). 920. The
use ot the frmt in domestic economy, in Britain, for th e dessert and for
making tarts and puddings, is well known. In France, plums are used prin-
cipally dried, as an article o f commerce, and they are known under the name
o bngnofos, prunes and French [iliims. The different modes o f preserving
plums m France will be found detailed at length in the 1st edit, o f this work
and in our Suburban Horticulturist, ’
Î 4 . P . ( d . ) m y e o - e a ' ' l a n a L . The Myrobalan, or Cherry, Plum.
Identification. U n . Sp., C80. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 5.83. ; D o n ’s Mill 2 n son
Sm o n ym e s. P.MyrobhXtai D u H am .; P . myrobSlana Zo?i. : p '.’ce rasife ra ZAr/« JReifr 4 n i 7
Vn-guuan C h e rry ; E a rly S carle t P lum ; P ru n ie r myrobalan, or Cerisette. F r . \ Kirs¿h¿flîumè;
Engravings. Du Ilam . Arb. F r. 2. p. 111. t . 2. f
vol. V. ; and ourj?g'.440. . ; th e plate of this tre e in Arb. B rit., 1st edit.,
4 4 0 . P r im u s (d.) myrobiilana.
Spec Char Sfo. Sepals narrow. F ru it globose, depressed at the base ; umbilicus
depressed ; n u t with a small point. (Dec. Prod.) A low tree
Europe, or, according to some, North America. Height 15 ft. to 30 ft Cub
tivated in gardens for an unknown period. Flowers white ; March and
April. F ru it cordate, red, rarely iiroduced in England.
Variety.
2 P- i f - ) 2 foliis variegàtis N. Du Ham. has variegated leaves.
r i'ta a variety o f the common plum,
j e t It IS so distinct, both in the habit o f th e tree and the colour o f the fruit
that we think It more convenient to keep it apart. Its flowers are produced
-ft n "® ft® h ri" ? more tender than that
species, t seldom produces fruit m England, except when the blossoms are
protected I t forms a good stock for varieties intended to be kept dwarf. In
India the fruit is sold to dye black.
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Identification.
AI 5. P. c a ' n d i c a n s Patb. The white Plum Tree.
Balb. Cat A a u r ., 1813. p. 62. ; ? Willd. En um . S uppl., p. 32. j Dec. P ro d ., 2, p. .533. ,
UOtl S IVllI]., p. 438.
E n g ra vin g s. . Bot. Reg. 1 .1135.; and o u r jig s. 441, 442.
S^ec. Char., S/c. Branches pubescent.
Flowers 2 or 3 together, upon .short
pubescent peduncles. C aljx bellshaped.
Leaves broadly ovate,
whitish beneath. Stipules o f the
length o f th e petiole, very narrow,
and cut in a toothed manner, (Dec.
Prod.) A low shrub. ? Tauria.
Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introd. in 1825.
Flowers white ; April.
442. P . can d ic an s.
441. P . candicans.
I t IS not known o f what country It is a native. I t is quite
haidy, easily cultivated, and so laden with white blossoms in
spring as to appear a mass o f snow, whence the name
' 6. P . C o c o m i ' l l a Tenore. The Coconiilla Phira Tree.
' r r & : . 5 3 3 t e u ’rMm..®2T'«l.- ■’•‘“•I
Engraving. Oat fig. 443. from a living specimen.
Spec. Char., 4e . Flowers upon short peduncles, m pairs
Leaves obovate, crenulate, glabrous on both surfaces !
the crenatures glanded. F ru it ovate-oblong, with a smnli
point, yellow, ? bitter or ? acid. (Dee. Prod.J A low sZ u b
i i t T ’ Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced
in 1824. Flowers w h ite ; April. Drupe yellow ; ripe in
August.
The bark is febrifugal, and, in Calabria, is considered to
be a specific for the cure o f th e pestilential fevers common
in that country.
‘ 7. P. MARITTIMA Wangenkeim.
4 4 3 . p . Cocomüla.
The se<L~s'ide-inhabiting Plum Tree.
"''’-'■‘■'^-ation. Wangenh. Amer., 103., according
Ident
to .....ijld.X.. Enum., p.jj. 519. ,; iiii&P u rsh ii r F i l.. 2\Amer.
m er.
Sept., L p. 332. ; Dec. P ro d .. 2. p. 533. ; D o n ’s
2. p. 499.
Sij7i07x^ie. ?P . acuminà ta Michx. Fl. Bo r. Ame r.
Engravings. Our Jig. 444., from a living speci-
men ; and 446. from P u rs h ’s specimen in
th e Lambe rtian h erbarium.
444. P rim u s m a ritim a .
44£. P rù n u s m a ritim a .
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Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves lanceolate-
ovate, serrate. Flowers in pairs.
F ru it small, round, sweet, dark blue.
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