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AiMYGDALUS NANA. DWARF AlMOND. 



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C/tf/} aW Order, 



ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 

 Cal. 5-fidus, inferus. Petala 5. Drupa mice poris perforata. 



Specific Charatlev and Synonyms. 



AMYGDALUS nana foliis bafi attenuatis. Linn. Syft. Veg. 

 ed. 14. Murr. p. 162. Pallaf. Ro/f. 1. p. l* 

 /. 6. 



AMYGDALUS indica nana. Pink. aim. 28. t. 11. /. 3. 



ARM EN I AC A perficae foliis, fruftu exfucco. Amm. Ruth- 

 273- t> 3°- 



The Dwarf Almond, a native of Ruffia and Tartary, | s 

 juftly confidered as one of our moll ornamental fhrubs; U 

 rarely rifes above the height of three feet, and hence becomes 

 very fuitable for the fhrubbery of fmall extent. It flowers 

 about the middle of April, fomewhat later than the common 

 Almond. 



Miller obferves, that the roots are apt to put out fuckers, 

 by which the plant may be increafed in plenty; and if tn ° 1 ^ 

 are not annually taken away, they will ltarve the ol(J 

 plant. 



Cultivated in 1683, by Mr. James Sutherland. & %i ' 

 Hort. Kew, 



