

Jersica milgaris. Natural Order: Rosacac — 7io.fr Family. 



ATIVE to Persia, the Peach is one of the most delightful of 

 tiuit trees. The different named varieties, numbering nearly 

 two hundred, have been mostly produced b}- a process called 

 li\bridizing, to which nurserymen pa}^ assiduous attention. 

 i^'S--^ *- The flowers most frequently seen are a beautiful rose tint. 

 ^ ^o^" There are those, however, that are pure white, and also a 

 double \ ai iety. In size they are a little larger than the blossom of 

 the chem. The fruit is among the most delicious bestowed upon 

 man, and its medicinal properties are considered healthful, nutritious, 

 ^jV) and Loohng to the system. The bark of the tree, the blossoms, and the 

 skins of the seeds, are poisonous, being highly impregnated with 

 prussic acid, which is distinguishable even in the odor of the flowers. 

 In Great Britain the Peach is usually cultivated and trained against 

 a south wall, in order to have the fruit ripen rapidly, the seasons 

 being too inclement for it to be grown in large orchards, as it is 

 ■found in the United States, where its cultivation forms a considerable industr\-. 



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 ^-^ And at one time feels two captivities: 

 A narrow dungeon which her body holds, 



But 



body 



'T^HEY chain'd us each to a marble stone, 



And we were three — yet each alone; 

 We could not move a single pace, 



herself enfolds. 



—Dr. King. 

 We could not see each other's face, 

 But with that pale and livid light 

 That made us strangers in our sight. 



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and lock the fetters 

 behold thee lagging. 



him. 



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