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P. communis |The origin of |White; |The wild plum is mentioned
(Wild Plum) |this plum is |April and |because a well-known tree,
|uncertain; it is|March |but its varieties are more
|stated in some | |beautiful. *Pruneauliana is
|works to be a | |very handsome; its fruit is
|native of | |the prune imported from
|Britain, Europe,| |abroad. It is of upright
|and a part of | |growth, with downy leaves,
|Asia | |and large, pure white
| | |flowers. *P. fl. pl. is
| | |extremely handsome; it has
| | |double flowers. The wild
| | |plum is the same as P.
| | |domestica.
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*P. divaricata |Wide |White; |This is one of the most
|distribution |April or |beautiful of the Plums,
|from Macedonia |late March|but rarely seen. A fine
|Caucasus and |in a mild |example of it is now in
|Persia. |season |the rock garden at Kew,
|Introduced in | |and when the weather is
|1822 | |mild before March is out,
| | |this spreading tree is
| | |enveloped in snowy-white
| | |flowers. But unfortunately
| | |its flowers are sometimes
| | |spoilt by late frosts. The
| | |growth is slender, twiggy,
| | |and dark in colour.
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P. spinosa (the |Britain, and |White |The Sloe or Blackthorn of
Sloe) |Europe, North | |the English hedgerow is
|Asia, &c. | |familiar, but the variety
| | |*flore-pleno is a good
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