292 NECTARINES, 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



There is no doubt that this is the real Vermash Nec- 

 tarine, which is very well figured by Mr. HOOKER in 

 his Pomona Londinensis. The tree, from which the 

 drawing published in that work was taken, was at 

 Hampton Court, where I examined it in 1823. Mr. 

 Padley, his Majesty's gardener at that time, informed 

 me he had purchased it from Mr. Grimwood, of Chelsea, 

 about 1783. Mr. Hooker's statement, that it was brought 

 from France, appears to want confirmation, as the French 

 books contain no account of a melting Nectarine of this 

 description, with large flowers. The tree is tender, 

 and requires to be planted against a south wall. 



19. VIOLET HATIVE. G. LindL in Hort. Trans* 

 Vol. v. p. 552. 



Petite Violette Hative. Duhamel, 22. 1. 16. f. 2. 



Violet. Pom. Mag. t. 68. 



Lord Selsey's Elruge. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 523. 



Large Scarlet. Of some Collections, according to 

 the Pom. Mag. 



Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small, 

 bright red. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat broader at 

 the base than at the apex ; cavity of the stalk middle- 

 sized ; the point which marks the base of the style sel- 

 dom projects, but is generally in a shallow cleft, which 

 runs across the apex. /Skin, where exposed, dark 

 purplish red, intermixed or mottled with pale brown 

 dots ; next the wall pale yellowish green. Flesh 

 whitish, a very pale yellowish green, tinged with red 

 next the stone, from which it separates freely ; melting, 

 juicy, and rich. Stone middle-sized, roundish, obovate, 

 its fissures not so deep nor so sharp as those of the Com- 

 mon Elruge ; their ridges flattish, but rough, and of a 

 red colour, by which it may be always distinguished from 

 the fruit just mentioned, the stone of which is pale, with 

 no rays of red passing from it into the flesh. 



