About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

Briefly, this book is on Prunus species, which is one of the main fruit and nursery plants grown in the world.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.

Combining detailed research and personal observation, this book traces the history of these unusual trees, with their stunning pink spring blossoms and somber summer foliage, from their origins in Asia Minor.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.