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pulp, surrounding a hard, much furrowed, and slightly flattened 

 stoue, certainly differs greatly from an almond, with its soft, 

 slightly fmTowed, much flattened, and elongated stone, protected 



Fig. 42. — Poach and Almond Stones, of natural size, viewed edgeways. 1. Common English 

 peach. 2. Double, crimsou-fluwereO, Chinese I'each. 3. Chinese Honey Peach. 4. 

 English Almond. 5. Barcelnna Almond. 6. Malaga Almond. 7. Soft-bhelled French 

 Almond. 8. Smyrna Almond. 



by a tough, greenish layer of bitter flesh. Mr. Bentham ^ has par- 

 ticularly called attention to the stone of the almond being so much 

 more flattened than that of the peach. But in the several varieties 



2' 'Journal of HcrL Soc, vol. is. p. 168. 



