ORNAMENTAL VARIETIES. 499 



75. TlPPECANOE. 

 Hero of Tippecanoe. 



A new, very large, and handsome clingstone, originated by 

 Mr. George Thomas, of Philadelphia, and first exhibited before 

 the Horticultural Society there in 1840. Its lateness and 

 beauty render it a valuable kind. 



Leaves with reniform glands, the shoots dark purplish red. 

 Fruit very large, nearly round, a little compressed on the sides. 

 Skin yellow, with a fine red cheek. Flesh yellow, juicy, with 

 a good vinous flavour. It ripens from the 20th to the last of 

 September. Flowers small. 



76. WASHINGTON CLINGSTONE. 



An American variety, remarkably juicy and sweet. Al- 

 though Thompson finds it third rate in England, it is here 

 scarcely surpassed. To use the expressive words of one of our 

 friends in Maryland, a good judge of fruit, " there is nothing 

 better than this peach out of paradise." It is neither hand- 

 some nor prepossessing externally. 



Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit of medium size, round- 

 ish. Skin yellowish green, marked with grey specks, and with 

 a slight tinge of red on the sunny side. Flesh very juicy, 

 tender, and melting, with a very sweet and luscious flavour. 

 Last of September. Flowers small. 



Curious, or Ornamental Varieties. 

 77. DOUBLE BLOSSOMED. Thomp. 



Double Flowering Peach. Pecher a Fleurs Doubles. Son. Jard. 



Rose Flowering. Pecher a Fleurs Semi-Doubles. O. Duh. 



The Double Blossomed Peach is, when in full bloom, one of 

 the gayest and most beautiful of fruit trees, and blooming with 

 its lovely companion, the Double Flowering Cherry, finds a 

 place in all our pleasure grounds and ornamental plantations. 

 Its flowers are three times the size of those of the common 

 peach, of a lively rose colour, nearly full double, and so thickly 

 disposed on the branches as to be very striking and showy. 

 They are produced at the usual season or a few days later. 



