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Sheen; and in the garden of the Earl of 

 Landesborough, Yorkshire. 



Thomson has beautifully distinguished it 

 from the common peach in his Seasons : 



As I steal along the sunny wall, 



Where autumn basks with fruit empurpled deep, 

 My pleasing theme continual prompts my thought; 

 Presents the downy peach, the shining plum, 

 The ruddy, fragrant nectarine ; and, dark 

 Beneath his ample leaf, the luscious fig. 



The flowers have an aromatic bitter taste, 

 and, when fresh, an infusion of half an ounce 

 in water, or a drachm, when dry and sweet- 

 ened with sugar, is a useful laxative for chil- 

 dren. (Brookes, vol. 6.) 



