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but this operation may be performed at any time when the 

 sap is in motion. The directions for the management of 

 greenhouse plants, apply also to this family of plants, to 

 which I refer my readers. A friend of mine, who is a native 

 of Rouen, in Normandy, informs me, that a Mr. Valee, of 

 that city, succeeds in clearing about twelve thousand 

 francs per annum from the flowers of Orange trees, which 

 are distilled for essences, &c. 



PEACHo 



PECKER. Amygdalus Persica. 



IT is generally considered that the Peach is of PersiaB 

 origin. In Medea, it is deemed unwholesome ; but when 

 planted' in Egypt, becomes pulpy, delicious, and salubrious. 

 It has been cultivated, time immemorial, in most parts of 

 Asia ; when it was introduced into Greece, is uncertain. 

 The best Peaches in Europe are supposed to be grown in 

 Italy, on standards. 



The list of Peaches in the London Catalogue, contains 

 two hundred and twenty -four names, fifty of which are 

 denominated American Peaches. Several attempts have 

 been made to class the varieties of Peaches and Nectarines 

 by the leaf and flower, as well as the fruit. Mr. Robertson, 

 a nurseryman at Kilkenny, has founded his arrangement 

 on the glands of the leaves ; and Mr. George Lindley, of 

 London, has, in a peculiarly distinct manner, arranged no 

 fewer than one hundred and fifty-five sorts of Peaches and ; 

 Nectarines in well-defined divisions and sections. There 

 are various instances on record, (Hort. Trans, vol. 1, p. 103,) 

 of both fruits growing on the same tree, even on the same 

 branch ; and one case has occurred of a single fruit 

 partaking of the nature of both. The French consider them, 

 as one fruit, arranging them in four divisions ; the Peches, 

 or free-stone Peaches; the Peches Usses, or free-stone 

 Nectarines, or free-stone Peaches ; the Pavies, or cling- 



