674 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
& A. n. 3 campéstris Ser. A. campéstris Besser Enum., p.46. No. 1425.; A. Besseridna Schott 
in Cat. Hort. Vindob., 1818. The Field dwarf Almond. — Leaves broader. Lobes of 
the calyx as long as the tube. Petals narrower, longer, and white. Styles tomentose at 
the base. The form of the nut, according to Besser, is various. Supposed to be a native 
of the south of Podolia. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 530.) 
S A. (n. 4) incdna Pall., the hoary-leaved dwarf Almond (Pall. Ross., 1. p. 13. t. 7. 3 Smith Fl, 
Grec., t. 477. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 482.) has ebovate leaves, clothed with tomentum beneath ; 
and the branches are somewhat spiral. It is a native of Caucasus and the Levant, between 
Smyrna and Bursa ; and produces its red fowers in March and April; but we have never 
seen it in British gardens. Giildenstadt considered it to be a variety of A. nana, which, 
we think, is extremely probable. 
& A. (?n. 5) sibirica Lodd, Cat., the Siberian Almond, is extant in some British botanical col- 
lections, where it is an upright shrub, about 4 ft. high, with wand-like shoots, clothed 
with fine, long, willow-like, glossy, serrate ieaves ; on account of which, and its upright 
habit of growth, the latter being different from that of all the other species and varieties 
of almond, it is valuable in every collection where variety of character is desired. 
The plant which is usually called the dwarf double-blossomed almond, 
in British gardens, is Cérasus japdnica flore pléno, or, as it is frequently 
named in the nurseries, Am¥gdalus pumila. 
Description, §c. All the different forms of the dwarf almond are low 
shrubs, seldom exceeding 2 ft. or 3 ft. in height. The leaves bear a general 
resemblance to those of some of the 
species of willow, but are of a darker 
and more shining green, at least in the 
original species. The stems are not 
of long duration; but the plant throws 
up abundance of travelling suckers, by 
which it is continued naturally, and 
also propagated. It is common through 
all the plains of Russia, from 55° n. 
lat. to the south of the empire. The 
species is common in British gardens, 
and is propagated by suckers. It was 
introduced in 1683; and produces it 
pink flowers in March and April. It is ot 
valuable on account of its early flowering, the gracefulness of the slender 
twigs,on which its flowers are produced before the leaves appear, and of its 
easy culture in any dry soil. Its fruit resembles that of A. communis, but is 
much smaller. 
¥ 2. A.commu‘Nis L. The common Almond Tree. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 677.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 530.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 482. 
Engravings. N, Du Ham., 4. t. 29. ; and the plate of this tree in our Second Volume. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrulate. Flowers solitary. 
Calyx of a bell-shape. Fruit compressed, and rather egg-shaped. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p. 530.) A tree, a native of Mauritania, and, as Royle observes, 
also found in the inountainous parts of Asia. It grows to the height of 
20 ft. or 30 ft.; and was cultivated in Britain, in 1538. There are several 
varieties of it 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 man- 
ner as the Quércus hispanica, which, in Spain, generally bears sweet and 
edible acorns, sometimes produces only such as are bitter. For this rea- 
son, in the case of the almond, instead of giving one form as the species, 
we have followed De Candolle, 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. 
Varieties. 
4 A.c. lamdra Dec. The bitter-kerneled common Almond Tree. 
Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p.486.; Du Ham., ed. 2. p. 114.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 530. 
Synonymes. Amandier amer, Fr. ; gemeine Mandelbaum, Ger. 
Description, &c. Flowers large. Petals pale pink, with a tinge of rose colour at the 
base. Styles nearly as long as the stamens, and tomentose in the lower part. Seeds bitter. 
There are two forms of the bitter almond ; one with a hard shell, and the other with a 
brittle one. The tree is cultivated in the south of France, in Austria, in Italy, in 

