460 GAHDEN PLANTS. PART II, 



DKUPACE.E. 



Amygdalus. 



A. Persica. SEMI-DOUBLE CHINESE PEACH. Sir J. Paxton 

 says, "has in all respects the habit of the common Peach. 

 There are two varieties, white and red. Seedlings are said to 

 come true from seed." Introduced by Mr. Fortune into the Agri- 

 Horticultural Society's Gardens, and thus described by him : 



" These are very remarkable trees, common in the gardens of 

 Northern China, where they attain to the size of our English 

 Almond. Nothing can be more beautiful than these when in full 

 bloom. In the spring they are literally loaded with flowers, as 

 large as our Scotch Roses. The Carnation-flowered has striped 

 blooms resembling the Carnation hence its name and sports in 

 a remarkable way, producing striped and self-coloured flowers upon 

 the same tree. As spring flowers they are highly prized by the 

 Chinese. Itinerant gardeners carry them about the streets for sale 

 in the northern Chinese towns. The flower-buds are then just 

 beginning to expand. The buyer puts his purchase in a pot, gives 

 it a little water, and then places it in his window or sitting-room. 

 In a day or two the buds burst, and the little tree is one mass of 

 bloom. They are propagated by budding and grafting, and will 

 grow well in any common garden soil. I ought to add that small 

 plants produce blossoms freely as well as large full-grown trees." * 



Plants are distributed from the Gardens of the Agri-Horti- 

 cultural Spciety ; but here they have not displayed themselves 

 in that beauty of bloom to merit the high praise that has been 



bestowed upon them. 



Cerasus. 



1. C. Laurocerasus. The so-called Laurel of the English 

 gardens. 



2. C. Lusitanica PORTUGAL LAUREL. Neither of these well- 

 known evergreens exists, nor would, I believe, be capable of 

 existing in the climate of India. 



POMACES. 



Cydonia. 



C. Japonica. This well-known handsome flowering shrub Dr. 

 Voigt mentions as existing in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens, 

 * Gardeners' Chronicle/ Feb. 1860. 



