|half-drooping and graceful
| | |tree.
| | |
*P. japonica |China and Japan |Double, |This is one of the
| |pure white|prettiest of small shrubs
| | |when in flower. It is very
| | |charming against a wall,
| | |but is a success in the
| | |open, flowering freely, and
| | |for this reason makes an
| | |interesting and beautiful
| | |group. It grows between 3
| | |and 4 feet high, and its
| | |long slender branches are
| | |often weighed down by the
| | |wealth of pure-white
| | |flowers. The leaves are
| | |tinged with red when young.
| | |The flowers of the variety
| | |flore-roseo-pleno are rich
| | |rose; it is a beautiful
| | |shrub. Increase only by
| | |layers or by cuttings;
| | |never graft.
| | |
*P. prostrata |Mountains of the|Bright |Mr. Goldring in the
|Levant |pink; |_Gardener's Magazine_,
| |Spring |April 6, 1901, p. 210,
| | |writes thus of this Cherry:
| | |"I am afraid that this
| | |species, which is a low
| | |shrub from the mountains of
| | |the Levant, is not very
| | |easy to obtain, yet it is
| | |one of the most delightful
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