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flat China ; and a small thin-skinned description, more resem- 

 bling an apricot in appearance, and much harder than the 

 others. The peach is easily cultivated by seed or layers. A 

 seedling will throw out blossom in the second year, and be 

 ten or twelve feet in height : it requires to be carefully pruned, 

 wintered, and watered. No branches should be allowed to 

 grow on the stem closer than three feet from the ground ; 

 all spurious and misplaced shoots should be rubbed off be- 

 fore gaining strength to exhaust unnecessarily the juices of 

 the tree ; and all distorted leaves, the work of insects, of para- 

 sitic plants, mildew, &c. should be picked off and destroyed. 



The kernels of the peach should be carefully removed from 

 the shell, and in no ways injured if required for planting : 

 they should be sown in small beds at the commencement of 

 the rains, about eighteen inches apart, and as soon as they are 

 fit for removal, a good sized ball of earth must be taken 

 up with the roots, to prevent the root fibres from receiving injury. 

 All the buds around the stem had better be rubbed off by the 

 hand, as far as requisite, and a proper shape be given to the 

 tree, by cutting out all the superfluous spurs and their 

 branches. The time for opening the roots of the peach is 

 after the close of the rains : remove the earth with care, 

 so as not to injure the roots, for the space of three feet 

 round the stem ; pull off all the leaves, and cease to water the 

 tree until the blossom buds appear; then cover up the roots 

 with good loam mixed with old rotten manure ; water freely 

 every third or fourth day until the fruit begins to ripen, 

 when you must be guided by circumstances. It is necessary 

 sometimes to thin the fruit, and also to put the peaches in 

 bags, as they begin to ripen, otherwise the birds will destroy 

 them. 



Peaches first come in about February, and with care may 

 be continued until the rains commence, after which the 

 excess of moisture received by the leaves and roots causes 

 the fruit to swell and burst. 



AMYEIS HEPTAPHYLLA. Amyridacece. NAT. KARUN-PHUL. 

 A shrub with alternate pinnate leaves, and small yellow 

 flowers ; the leaves when bruised have the smell of Anise. 



