. An encyclopædia of gardening; . ning fromthe flat peach other varieties of similar habits, freefrom the deformity which has recommended it to theChinese. {Hort, Trans, v. 272.) 4486. There are many fine varieties qf the peach :Tusser, in 1573, mentions peaches, white and red;Parkinson, in 1629, enumerates twenty-one; and Mil-ler, in 1750, thirty-one varieties. In the garden of the Luxemburg, at Paris, are seventyvarieties ; and above double that number of names are to be found in the catalogues of ournurseries. Tliree distinguished and ingenious attempts have been made to class the va-rietie
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . ning fromthe flat peach other varieties of similar habits, freefrom the deformity which has recommended it to theChinese. {Hort, Trans, v. 272.) 4486. There are many fine varieties qf the peach :Tusser, in 1573, mentions peaches, white and red;Parkinson, in 1629, enumerates twenty-one; and Mil-ler, in 1750, thirty-one varieties. In the garden of the Luxemburg, at Paris, are seventyvarieties ; and above double that number of names are to be found in the catalogues of ournurseries. Tliree distinguished and ingenious attempts have been made to class the va-rieties of peaches and nectarines, by the leaf and flower as well as the fruit; tlie first isby Poiteau, in the Bon Jardinier; the next by Count Lelieur, in his Povione Franf-aise ;and the third by Robertson, nurseryman, of Kilkenny, whose arrangement is founded onthe glands of the leaves. But as these systems are not yet sufficiently perfected to renderthem available for this work, all we can do is to submit the follov/ing table : —. 21 I I t ll II IS §2 111^ If a c ji 13 -3 ll <C C ph PLi is 5 3 3<!<) & B< 9< 3 3 Jcfi (/} W $1 995p) pi 5i §1 CCCOJ QJ tU Qi Qi 01 (£) n pq n CQi ?11 1 e-S 111 I 13 -a ?S2§ . s s 2 Sa M I I -2§ § g M n a s e s 111 ^ s s ? ?l III Hi! 2 ||a III i50 0^ P,fi,tOC^ O4 5 5 5 6 5 5 55555 11 i s mil li I ?II iiii It. ill11! s5 11 §1 I SI .S 2 11IM ltl iz;wo ^ ^ I I 1 slfis I J gi^iai 00 O) O 1 CI <M e< (N <N 01 1^ II ?§ s Is1^ 1=1 5 g i* s sa ffl a .t5 g So pi §1 -1 TT i i ^ i til 8 ts « « i; -gj? If!!! i! S p. a. (u 3 oT-^ ii 2 ^<^ 1 U 05 I If illIll Hill i IS ? ,7= ^ ^ § oTS : a: XI 1X1 a: J 4i -li -kS O g g- £? & uj CO CO g c q c c 3) 1^ H M m g s 11 2 S o •o 5 -g ?& -gM H H W H^ % A •g &- ^ °«^ 1 1 -S &-9 III H ?3 >3 IS 3 S « 5 6 £ £ >^ ^ ^? a I g I b 1^ 5 B 5 ?£ 5 I ? 1 I I Ml i 11 ill •3 fi P4 ! i y li i 3S B II I I (o to n « 5; o to s I I 1 I S I I i
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