AUBORETUM E T FRU T IC E TUM B RITA N NICUM .
g re e d ily e a te ., by the bird.8 as most o th e r sorts,
hanging on th e trees a long time.
VflQi-hpiiit it' .1 n Ostheim is a dri.„w..Ta4.r.£f’ _w_e_e_piI-ng tree, a great bearer.
■ "of'wltahftft r ‘i-’ ‘*'® variety from the fruit
iacq., is th e v ariety from th e fruit
h L ? • ® ' Mararehino is made. Plants o f it have
been laised m tlie Hort. boc. Garden in 1837.
l l i e flovvors are smaller than th o se o f C. sylvéstris. The fruit is round
r i b t f t d d fl“™»red, and almost always sen!
sibly acid. 1 he skin of th e fruit is commonly red, but, in th e nimieroiis vn
'" f t n ‘ a nd dark
01 The flesh and ftfte ft" ‘"® easily
Sta te m E u r o p e , a n d tlie a b o rig in a l fo rm is u n k n ow n .
in t Z Z Z i Z P T fo cultivation, whether
fo rft! I gai dens, may, m point o f general aiipearance, be included in three
forms : large trees with s to u t branches, and shoSts proceeding from th fm a to
stem horizontally, or shglitly inclining upwards, ancl when voSng and w l t t a Z
then leaves, bearing a d istant resemblance to gigantic candelabra such as fht.
t o Z ’ c t a e f t " ? f o f n f tf tile 'r size su d
as th e d u k e s ; and small trees with weak wood, and branches divergent and
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and the darkest m colour ; the flowers are also largest ou th e w f t t r e c T T ?
E S £ t : ” t e
? h ? f t r e ? fii h i f t® ’ “"d o f a reddish colour. I t wefrhs
sp im known at k tlZ a s ^ L 'r d T s ik f tta m 'f ttZ f tZ Z l Z Z r = " ft
X X V I . r o s a ' c e æ : c e ' r a s u s . 281
B. Species or Varieties cultivated as ornamental or curious.
Ï 3. C. (v .) s e m p e r f l o ' r e n s Dec. Th e ever-flowering Cherry Tree.
F l F r L P-.'Tsft’f t p f t m S L t o I. y. 58 ; th e
' C ë p t a f t h f r f t t L Cerise de' la T ¿ u s sa ln t, Cerise de S t. Martin, Cerise
í f t , S í ; f t N , D u l I a r , i . , p . 3 0 . No. 18. t . 5 . f .A ; th e p la te in A rh , B rit., 1s t edit.,, voh v , , and
out Jig‘ 449.
I
4 4 9 . Cérasus (T.) semp erflò ren s.
and red. I t s n a t i v e country n o t known. (Dec. P ro a .) A low ptmdulous
tree. Height 10 ft. to 20 it. A garden pioduc-
tion. Cultivated in ? 1700. Flowers white ; May.
Drupe red : July and August.
An ornamental tre e , usually grafted standard high
on the common wild cherry, or gean ; growing
rapidly for 8 or 10 years, and forming a round
head, 8 or 10 feet high, and 10 or 12 feet in diameter,
with tbe extremities o f th e branches drooping to
the ground ; and flowering and fruiting almost the
whole summer. I t forms a truly desirable small single
tree for a lawn.
<i 4. C. s e r r u l a ' t a G. Don. T h e serrulated-feaocd
Cherry Tree.
Ideniijicalion. H o r t, B rit., p. 480. -, Do n ’s Mill., 2. p. 514.
Synonymes. F r ù n u s s e r ru là ta L in d t. B o r t. Tidris. 7. p. 23 -. ,
double Chinese C herry ; Y u n g -T o , Chinese.
Engraving. Oury?g. 450. from a living specimen. . 50. cerasus remiluta.