. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 142 Rosacece—Pi^unus. 4. P communis (fig. 80). Almond.—This tree very much resembles the Peach-tree, but it is larger, of more erect habit, has larger flowers, and the fruit is not fleshy, the stone being enveloped in a tough downy fibrous husk. The varieties are numerous, and include pink, deep red, and double-flowered, and another of weeping habit. A
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 142 Rosacece—Pi^unus. 4. P communis (fig. 80). Almond.—This tree very much resembles the Peach-tree, but it is larger, of more erect habit, has larger flowers, and the fruit is not fleshy, the stone being enveloped in a tough downy fibrous husk. The varieties are numerous, and include pink, deep red, and double-flowered, and another of weeping habit. A native of North Africa, and a very ornamental tree in early Spring when covered with flowers. P. nana and P. pitmila, syn. GSrasus Japonica, are allied dwarf shrubby species, the former with single, the latter with double red or white flowers, and leaves bordered with red. Tbibe U.—SPIRJEE^. Fig. 80. Pr^rnis communis. (J nat. size.) Lobes of the calyx usually per- sistent. Stamens 10 or more. Carpels 1 to 8. Ovules 2 or more, pendulous. Carpels not included in the calyx-tuTDe. Shrubs or herbs. 2. Shrubby or herbaceous plants with alternate simple pinnate or bi- or tri-ternate leaves, and free or sheathing stipules. Flowers rose or white, inflorescence variable. Sepals and petals 4 or 5. Stamens 20 to 60, inserted around the mouth of the calyx-tube. Carpels usually 5, dehiscent; seeds many, rarely few, oblong or narrow. The name is said to be derived from cnrsipdo), to wind, in allusion to the suitability of some species for forming garlands. Somewhere about fifty species occur in the temperate and cold regions of the North, a few reaching the mountains of the tropics. This name was applied to a plant by Theophrastus, supposed to be S. salicifolia. The species cultivated are numerous, but we must confine our enumeration to a selection of the best. The plant often named S. Japonica, or S. barbata, will be found under its proper genus Please note that thes
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