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these distinctions are too minute for application on the 

 present occasion. 



The form of the glands, as well as their position, is 

 perfectly distinct ; they are fully developed in the month 

 of May, and they continue to the last permanent in 

 their character, and are not affected by cultivation. The 

 globose glands are situated, one, two, or more, on the 

 footstalks, and one, two, or more on the tips or points 

 of the serratures of the leaves. The reniform glands 

 grow also on the footstalks of the leaves, but those on the 

 leaves are placed within the serratures, connecting, as it 

 it were, the upper and lower teeth of the serratures 

 together ; their leaves, when taken from a branch of a 

 vigorous growth, have more glands than the leaves of 

 the globose varieties. It will, however, sometimes 

 happen, that glands are not discernible on some of the 

 leaves, especially on those produced from weak branches ; 

 in this case, other branches must be sought for which do 

 produce them. 



With regard to the flowers, on which the divisions 

 are founded, all authors previous to DUHAMEL have 

 described large and small flowers only. Both in the 

 Bon Jardinier and in the Pomone Frangaise, " fleurs 

 moyennes," or middle flowers, are mentioned ; the 

 notice of them, however, originated with DUHAMEL, 

 who, in the descriptions of several of his Peaches, speaks 

 in a manner which indicates even four sizes, viz. fleurs 

 grandes *, fleurs assez grandes t, fleurs petitesi, fleu^s 

 tres petites ; and on examining the trees thus described, 

 the differences are evident. In noticing these, however, 

 it is not intended to convey an idea that a fourth 

 division is necessary ; on the contrary, it would perplex 

 rather than elucidate. In fact, it requires some practice 



* Madeleine Blanche. f Avant Peche Blanche. 



Bourdine. Bellegarde. 



