| − | Some of the cult, kinds of P. Lannesiana in Japan, many of which have recently been intro. into this country, are ranged by Wilson under the following formae: donarium (P. donarium, Sieb.), fls. white and double, fragrant; Fudanzakura, a precocious form that blooms at almost any season, the single fls. white or nearly so, of little horticultural value; Gozanomanioi, fls. white, single, very fragrant; Habutai, fls. single, white, and fragrant, of minor value; Minakami, fls. very fragrant, white, single or nearly so; Ohshibayama, of minor value, the fls. white flushed pink, single or semi-double; subfusca (Sumizome), one of the handsomest; with very large fragrant single or nearly single white fls. flushed pink; cataracta (Takinioi), fls. very fragrant, single, white: Wasinowo, fls. single, fragrant, white; Amayadori, excellent, botanically much like P. serrulata var. sachalinensis, with double fls. clustered at ends of branchlets, pale pink passing to white; Hata- zakura, fls. semi-double, white tinged pink, the inner petals reduced and rudimentary, said by Wilson to be "a very beautiful cherry, with fls. suggestive of apple blossoms horaisan fls white semi double a bleasing; Hosokawa, "a pleasing form" with fls single or semi-double, pure white, and fragrant; affinis (Jonioi)," a lovely plant with fls. of remarkable whiteness," very fragrant, single or semi-double; Kokesimidsu, of minor horticultural interest, the fls. single or semi-double, white suffused pale pink; Kunrinjishirotai, fls. white, fragrant, semi- double; Miyako, one of the best of the late-flowering forms, with fragrant double fls. white flushed pink; Senriko, beautiful form, with very large fragrant semi- double fls. pale pink passing to white; Sirotae. "the finest of all the double-fld. white cherries," the fls. large and fragrant and pure white; Sobanzakura, fls. double, white; Surugadai-odora, late-flowering, the fls. nearly white, semi-double, fragrant, pendulous on long slender pedicels; Ariake, "a very striking form," with very large and fragrant single or semi-double pale pink fls.; excelsa (Banriko), of minor horticultural value, with single fls. "pale washy pink:" campanulata (Gijozakura), pink, single or semi-double; Kirigaya, fls. fragrant, single, pale pink; Kongosan, of minor interest, with single pink fls.; Mazakura, "the cherry used by the Japanese for a stock on which to graft all the garden forms of P. Lannesiana and P. serrulata," with few white or pinkish fls.; Ranzan, "a very pleasing form," with single pink fls. on long slender pedicels; Temari, fls. congested near end of branchlets, pale pink, single and semi-double; erecta (Amanogawa), "a beautiful form and very distinct in its habit of growth," branches fastigiate, the fls. fragrant, semi-double, pale pink; Benitoranowo, "a good form," with rose-pink semi- double fls. clustered near ends of branchlets; Moutan (Botanzakura), "one of the very best forms," bearing very large, pale pink, fragrant semi-double fls.; Gosiozakura, fls. semi-double, pale pink; amabilis (Higurashi), "a good form," with slightly fragrant, double and semi- double, pale pink fls.; Isezakura, semi-double, fragrant, pink; Mikurumakaisi, double, pale rose; Ochichima, fls. large, double, pale pink; Ogon, "a very beautiful form, commonly cult, in the temple grounds at Kyoto," with fls. pale pink and semi-double; Ojochin, "one of the best forms," the very large fls. semi-double and pale pink; versicolor (Yayeakebono), fls. very large, fragrant, semi-double, soft pink, very beautiful; nobilis (Yedozakura), resembles P. serrulata, var. sachalinensis, "a fine cherry," with pink double clustered fls. of good size; Gioiko, semi-double fls., pale yellow with greenish stripes, free-flowering; grandiflora, "a very striking cherry," with profusion of large semi-double or double greenish yellow fls. (Gn. 76, p. 229, as P. serrulata flore luleo plena. Gt. 52:1513 as P.serrulata grandiflora).
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