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monly seen form is a very similar 'Nara-no-yae-zakura' (synonym P. verecunda 'Antiqua' in Kawasaki 1994, p. 204). This historical garden form originated from the Chisoku-in Temple in Nara and was offered for export as P. serrulata antiqua 'Nara-yaezakura' (Wada 1937). Collingwood Ingram tells of the enormous crowds that came to view the blossom of Prunus serrulata var. pubescens in Shotoku-en Park (the Japanese pronunciation of the original Korean), now known as Changdeog Park in Seoul, Korea. Since 1877 Changdeog Palace was home to the Korean royal family. In 1905 Korea became a Japanese protectorate and five years later was fully annexed. On 1 November 1909 the palace grounds were opened by the Japanese colonial government as a museum and zoological-botanical garden. Most Koreans viewed this as an offensive desecration of the palace grounds. The "enthusiasm" of the masses of Koreans
Figure 73 The Korean mountain cherry (Prunus serrulata var. pubescens). Note the pubescent pedicels. Photo by author, 29 April 1996, Tama Forest Science Garden, Tokyo.