in certain British Nurseries and private Gardens. 57 



^osdceiB Kmygddlece. — Kmygdalus communis gi'andifldra. Has very long 

 leaves and large flowers. 



Amygdalus Versica pendula, the pendulous-branched Peach. Handsome. 



Kmygdalus incdna, the hoary-leaved dwarf almond. A pretty shrub, not 

 uncommon. 



hmygdalus Fersica ndna, the dwarf Orleans Peach. Grows but two inches 

 in a season, and bears fruit in pots. 



Kmygdalus ndnajlore dlbo, the white-flowering dwarf Almond. A handsome 

 shrub. 



Kmygdalus ispahdna flore i^leno, the double Ispahan Peach. With very narrow 

 leaves and slender shoots. 



Armeniaca vulgdris incisa, the cut-leaved Apricot. France. 



Ceirisus Pddiis pendula. A distinct and interesting pendulous tree. 



Cerasus Pddus heterojjJiylla variegdta. A pretty variegated small tree, from 

 France. 



Cerasus Fddtcs aucubaefdlia. Has large spotted leaves, like the aucuba. 

 France. 



Cerasus 'Pddus rilhra, the Cornwall Bird-cherry. 



Cerasus Laurocerasus var. striata. Raised from seed in Wilson's Nursery, 

 Derby. 



Cerasus Laurocerasus colchica. A variety of the common laurel, with slen- 

 der shoots, rather pendulous. Booth of Hamburg. 



Cerasus prostrdta. 



Cerasus persicifilia. Paris. 



Cerasus grce^ca Baumann. A very ornamental species. 



Cherries are in this nursery grafted on Cerasus Malidleb, for dwarf trees 

 and for potting. 



HosdcecE 'S>p)ircBecB. — '^pircB' a Reeves'ikna anA S.drctica. Dwarf shrubs, with 

 white flowers. " (Spirae^a ReeveszaH« Hort. is the iSpirae^a lanceolata Poir., 

 Bot. Reg., and Encyc. of Trees and Shrubs, p. 1114., a handsome nearly 

 evergreen species, with rather large corymbs of white flowers. It appears to 

 be quite hardy." — G. G. 



"Rosdcece Rosea?. — Hosa Rdnks'iad sjnnosa alba, A very robust-growing 

 variety ; its vigorous shoots have numerous recurved spines. 



Hosdcea; PoviecB. — Cotonedster denticuldta and C. viargindta. Very pretty 

 evergreen species. The latter has around its leaves a bright silvery margin, 

 in which only it seems to differ from the former. " Cotoneaster denticulata 

 is very distinct from C. marginata. The latter is nearly related to C. i^iuxi- 

 folia, but differing in having larger and more marginate leaves, and is from the 

 North of India ; while the former has leaves nearly as large, resembling 

 those of C. nummularia, and is from Mexico." — G. G. 



Mespilus germdnica var. Neflier monstrueuse. A large variety of the Notting- 

 ham medlar, which grows well grafted on the common thorn. 



Pyi'us Sorbus var. Sorbier de Neuilly. Apparently a variety of Pyrus /Mor- 

 bus with very large pinnated leaves. 



Vyrus nivea. A variety of P. AY\& resembling P. vestita, but very hardy and 

 I'obust. 



Vyrus A^iia latifolia, Encyc. of Trees and Shrubs, p. 434. Vyrus lanuginosa 

 Ibid. p. 438. Vyrus edidis, Ibid. p. 433. All these grafted on Pyvus AYia 

 make fine ornamental trees ; the last is rather a rare variety, and the fruit is 

 good to eat. 



Pears grafted on Pyrus ^'ria unite well and grow freely, but they have 

 not yet fruited at Sawbridgeworth. 



Vyrus spectdbilis RiversW. A variety obtained here from seed, in an attempt 

 to fertihse the species with Pyrus japonica. Flowers larger and deeper in 

 colour than the species ; habit more robust ; leaves more rugose. 



(yranatdcece. — Viinica Grandtum plenum mdjus, the Grenadier Royale of 

 France, with very large flowers, and robust habit. A splendid variety. 

 France. 



