1.   In Brooklyn, cherry blossoms bloomed to great fanfare, and environmentalists fished for toxic bass.

2.   The Bartrams are credited with saving the tree, whose beautiful, delicately fragrant, yellow-centered white blossoms bloom in deep summer.

3.   Washington, D.C., cherry blossoms have bloomed a bit early this year.

4.   Winter blossoms bloom in black velvet, on ribbons around the neck or at the shoulder.

5.   As the earliest cherry blossoms bloom in Washington, the National Gallery of Art has put together a show emphasizing the work of unfamiliar but distinguished flower painters.

6.   Cherry blossoms have been blooming in southern Japan for several days.