. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXVI. BosA^cEiE: pe'rsica. 265 vigorous large tree, of rapid growth, somewhat more fastigiate than the species. t A. c. 7 persicoides Ser., Dec. Prod. 2. p. 531 Amandier-Pecher, iV. I)u Ham. 4. p. 114., Noisette Jard. Fruit, p 7. — Leaves similar to those of the peach tree. Fruit ovate,
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXVI. BosA^cEiE: pe'rsica. 265 vigorous large tree, of rapid growth, somewhat more fastigiate than the species. t A. c. 7 persicoides Ser., Dec. Prod. 2. p. 531 Amandier-Pecher, iV. I)u Ham. 4. p. 114., Noisette Jard. Fruit, p 7. — Leaves similar to those of the peach tree. Fruit ovate, obtuse ; its husk slightly suc- culent ; the shell of a yellowish dark colour, and the kernel sweet- flavoured. Du Hamel has stated that its fruits vary upon the same branch, from ovate, obtuse, with the husk rather fleshy, to ovate, compressed, acuminate, and the husk dry. Cultivated in France and Italy for its fruit, but rarely found in British gardens. Other Varieties. The almond, considered as a fruit tree, has given rise to some other varieties, which will be found treated of at length in French works on gardening, in the Nouveau Du Hamel, and the Nouveau Cours d^Agriculture„ There are several varieties of the almond in cultivation on the Continent for their fruit; and two or three in this country, partly for the same purpose, but chiefly for their flowers. The common almond, in a wild state, is found sometimes with the kernels bitter, and at other times with them sweet; in the same manner as the Quercus hispanica, which, in Spain, though it gene- rally bears sweet and edible acorns, yet sometimes produces only such as are bitter. For this reason, in the case of the almond, instead of giving one form as the species, we have followed DeCandoUe, and described both the bitter and the sweet almond separately, either of which may be considered as the species, and classed them with the varieties. ^ 4. A. ORIENTA^LIS Ait. The Eastern Almond Tree. Dec. Prod., 2. p. Ident
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