| |1901, says: "Prunus pendula
| | |is as naturally pendulous
| | |in growth as the Babylonian
| | |Willow is, and it should,
| | |if possible, be obtained on
| | |its own roots. It is an
| | |early flowering
| | |kind--probably the earliest
| | |of the Cherries--being in
| | |bloom as a rule soon after
| | |April comes in. The flowers
| | |are of a lovely shade of
| | |delicate rose, but are not
| | |large. They are, however,
| | |freely borne, especially
| | |after a hot, ripening
| | |Summer and Autumn. In the
| | |United States it succeeds
| | |even better than here, and
| | |by some authorities is
| | |regarded as the loveliest
| | |of Japanese trees
| | |introduced to that country.
| | |So much cannot be said of
| | |it in Britain, but it is
| | |well worth cultivation for
| | |its beauty and earliness."
| | |
*P. serrulata |Introduced from |The |This is one of the most
(Cerasus serrulata)|China about 80 |flowers |ornamental of the Cherries.
|years ago. Also |are in |It is naturally a small
|a native of |large |tree with a rather loose
|Japan |loose |habit, and is peculiar by
| |heads, and|reason of its short-jointed
|