[Plate 13.] 
DOUBLE CHINESE PEACH TBEES, 
(AMYCDALUS PEBSICA; FLOKE SEMIPLENO.) 
from China, with the habit of 
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upon their paper hangings. Travellers talk of the exquisite beauty of these things when tortured 
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of its flowers. The 
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his is cultivated because of the beauty and abundance 
I or deformed it is, the more is it prized." Thunberg 
variety, adding that the Peach is cultivated everywhere 
because of the beauty of its fli 
Among the valuable and authentic Chinese drawings in the possession of the Horticultural 
doubt the finest collection in Europe, the following varieties may be readily distinguished : 
semi-double Crimson 
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Eose : like the first, but the colour not deeper than that of a China Rose 
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3. Wge semi-double Bed; with flowers as large and deep red as No. 1, but with blunt petals, 
somewhat irregularly lobed. 
4 « Small semi-double Red; like the next, but of a deep rich rose colour; very pretty. 
5 - Small semi-double White, with very round petals, not much longer than the stamens. 
^hen Mr. Fortune was sent to China by the Horticultural Society, he was particularly instructed 
*« Procure these things ; and the result has been the acquisition of the two beautiful varieties now 
presented ; namely, a semi-double Crimsox, which is probably the first of the foregoing list and 
Jssai-Dorau White, which is not found there. These have now flowered in the Garden of the 
Wy, and prove to be great acquisitions. They have, in all respects, the *-« the common 
Pe *ch tree, except that they are more oritaP- ~ -** ™*ctthev *«*** the ^^ "* 
consequently they are better suited for forcin 
a or for flowerina- under fflass, than in the open air 
hardv, thev suffer from wet cold nights, which brown their flowers ana rum 
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