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PORTRAIT OF AUTHOR - - Frontispiece 



1. COMPOSITE FRUIT, PART PEACH AND PART NEC- 



TARINE - - 3 



2. PEACH AND NECTARINE FRUITS ON SAME BRANCH 4 



3. LEAN-TO PEACH-HOUSE WITH FRONT VENTILATING 



SASHES - - 7 



4. RANGE OF LEAN-TOS, WITH ORCHARD-HOUSE IN 



CENTRE - 9 



5. THREE-QUARTER SPAN PEACH-HOUSE - 10 



6. SPAN-ROOFED PEACH-HOUSE WITH VENTILATORS 



IN BRICKWORK - - 11 



7. SPAN-ROOFED PEACH-HOUSE WITH FRONT VEN- 



TILATING SASHES 12 



8. FRUIT AND FLOWERING SHOOT OF EARLY RIVERS 



NECTARINE 42 



9. PEACH LEAF WITH GLOBULAR GLANDS 46 



10. KIDNEY-SHAPED GLANDS 47 



11. FREESTONE PEACH - 48 



12. HALF CLINGSTONE PEACH 48 



13. TRUE - 49 



14. BEARING SHOOT OF PEACH - 59 



15. WITH BUDS - 65 



1 6. PEACH-HOUSE AT SCONE PALACE, PERTH - 76 



17. SECTION OF PEACH-HOUSE AT SCONE PALACE - 77 



