樱花史考

<正> 樱花是世界著名的花木,花以姣艳著称,盛开时繁英满树,终花时落英缤纷,花期短暂而灿烂。花色不仅有白色、粉红色及红色,而且还有黄、紫等珍贵色彩;花期亦不限于春季,还有秋季和冬季的,品种繁富,为各国园艺界所推崇。我国樱花种类丰富,很早就传往欧、美,在国际上亦享有盛誉。随着我国园林事业的不断发展,作为重要观赏花木的樱花已日益引起人们的关注。为此,作者对樱花的名称、渊源、传播、研究史及其家族进行了研究和考证,现整理成文,谬误之处,请指正。

STUDIES ON THE HISTORY OF FLOWERING CHERRY

In plant classification, flowering cherry belongs to the section of Prunus, Ro-saceae, namely, Section Pseudocerasus, which was established and described by Koehne in 1893- Eastern Asia clearly seems to be the center of distribution of this section in the world, with no less than fifty species now known from various parts of the continent, largely restricted to China and Japan, but extending to the Korean Penin^ sula and the Himalaya countries of Burma, Sikkin and Bhutan as well.Flowering cherries are famous flower trees in the world, with highly ornamental value not only for their various colors of beautiful flowers and their various postures, but also on account of their different flowering seasons. Among the species ever mentioned by botanists and horticulturists, there are in the whole section about is cultivated ones, 22 wild, 10 hybrid, and 250 varieties, forms and cultivars.This paper discusses in detail the following matters:I. The name and its origin of the flowering cherry.2- The spread and introduction of flowering cherries in the world.3. History of flowering cherry research.4. The family member of flowering cherries-A list of the world species of Section Pseudocerasus.