AMY 



AMY 



ntal in shrii!>!>rrU-s, plan: 

 un<l other descriptions of pleasure ground, 



from its coining into l>loom early in the 



spring. It is, ho 'inportant in 



tin- i'urnuT than tlic hitter point of vi<_-\\, 



i', nil is often li:ibk- to miscarry in 



this climate. All the species and varie- 



Millions, and of a 



, ihming 1 well in most com- 



'I hose of the tree kiiul 



,.:1\ rise to iifti'i n or i\s enty feet in 



. dividing into mam spi- 



branches, which ultimately form ; 



fill heads, th;it arc gvncrall) u ell adorned 



in (lie beginning- of March with innume- 



lahle flowers, which continue in full 



bloom for u fortnight or three week*, :iiul 



owed bv the leaves, which are 



long- and narrow, and the fruit takes its 



growth. This is downy, rather i;u|;c,and 



of an oval form; consisting of a thick, 



. h.it embraces 



an oblong nut or stone, in which the ker- 

 nel or almond is inclosed, which is tin.' 

 only pai-t of the fruit that is capable of 

 ,;'. The dwarf, shrubby 

 .-, in gc- 

 c or four feel in 



. bich send forth a 



and in the single-fi. 

 suckers are frequently sent up 

 1 . Ami in both the double and 

 allihi- j oung- 



branches are thickly beset with flowers in 

 t!u' spring 1 , which, from their having- a 

 fine pale red colour, anil continuing- some 

 time in blov. , are highh ornamental. The 

 < coming 1 out 



about the end of March, and the double 

 kind in the beginning' of April, each re- 

 maining- abc- . '.t in blow. Tin- 

 sorts chiefly cultivated for use in this 

 countrv are, according 1 to Mr. }' 



\ almond, ; 



mond, the common or bitter almond, the 

 Jordan almond, and the hard-shell- 

 id almond. Tin - ted only for 

 ornament are, the.;\\art and the double- 

 rlowering almond- 



or peach-tree. Its nati\e country is not 

 known. It came to the Konui , 



- I .at in name, ; 



indicates : and it has been cultivated from 

 lime immemorial in most parts of Asia; 

 .1 has been adopt 



tion of F.urope, anil now flourishes ubnn- 

 !:.ntl\ MI America, where i: has been in- 

 .-oduced by the I. 



W i have only 01:1 iiccieS ; but 



there n 



produc 



they may be almost indefinitely inf 

 Hut though they an- capable of beint,- 

 g-reavly augmented in this manner, it is 

 probable that but very few pos- 



ii-y qualities, us nurserv .].,, 

 dom cultivate otore than tw at\ < 

 sorts. As in the cultivation of tl. 

 of tree much expense is constairly ix - 

 quired iu walls or other suitable buildings, 

 none but such as produce fine fruit should 



ailed to. This sort of tr< 

 g-row to a consider..]. le height as stan- 

 dards ; but, in order to produce and ripen 

 fruit, requires the shelter of warm walls. 

 Tin \ flower early in the spring in com- 

 mon, the flowers appearing- before the 

 leaves, mostly on the shoots of the pre- 

 ceding year, ami either singly or in pairs 

 along- their sides. They are formed each 

 of five small petals, with many stamina ia 

 the middle, and a small round s. 

 that becomes tin peach. The fruit is dis- 

 tinguished into tsvo sorts, the peach and 



:Vom the circumstance of the flesh 

 or pulp quitting 1 or adhering to tin 

 as in the former it easily separates, whili 

 in the latter it adheres firmly. Tluiv 

 are various sons of peaches that may In- 

 cultivated ; but for small gardens Mr. 

 Fors\ th recommends the foil' 

 most suitable : the c.i;-!y avant, small 

 iiiignomie, the Anne peach, royal George, 

 ro\al Kensington, uobK 



Hand, early purple, chancellor, n:- 

 vette, the Catharine, ti. 



lalus nucipcrsica, or the nectariii; 

 This is now generally considered 

 as a variety of the peach ; but the two 

 tret s cannot by any circumstances i 

 growth, wood, leaves or flowers, be dis- 

 tinguished from each other with . 

 gree of certainty. The ih. '.' 



readily discriminated in al 

 different stages of growth, that of the 

 nectarine having a smooth, firm . 

 or rind, while in the peach it is < 

 with a soft, downy sn 

 the pulp or flesh of the former i 

 more firm than that of the la' 

 are main varieties of ; 

 ma\ be cultivated ; but those that chicfl\ 

 di si r\ e attention arc, the 1'airchil. 

 \iolet, the clrougc, tl.' m. tL 



Kiiin:ui, the temple, and the M-nnasL 

 The white nectarine ma\ ;dso be cullivn 

 ted, both for the goodness of its f. 

 as being- a curious varietx . 

 AN!\ KIS, a genus uV \' 



and order ; its 



e, that the calyx is u pcria 

 cue-leafed, four-toot!, 

 small, and permanent ; the corolla coi.- 



