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of the species of willow, but are of a 
darker and more shining green, at least 
in the original species. The stems are 
not of long duration; but the plant 
throws up abundance of travelling suck- 
ers, by which it is continued naturally, 
and also propagated. It is common 
through all the plains of Russia, from 
55° N. lat. to the south of the empire. 
In British gardens it is valuable on 
account of its early flowering, the grace- 
fulness of the slender twigs, on which 
its flowers are produced before the 
leaves appear, and of its easy culture in 
422, 4. nana. any dry soil. Its fruit resembles that of 
A, communis, butis much smaller, and 
rarely seen in England. The plant, which is usually called the dwarf double- 
blossomed almond in British gardens, is Cérasus japénica fldre pléno, or, as it 
is trequently named in the nurseries, Amygdalus pumila. 
# 2. A.inca‘Nna Pall. The hoary dwarf Almond. 
Identification. Pall. Ross., 1. p.13.; Smith Fl Grec., t. 497.; Don’s 
Miller, 2. p. 482. ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1839, t. 48. f 
Synonymes. A. nana var. incana Guldenstad, and Arb. Brit. 1st edit. 
vol. 1i. p. 674. ; 4. tomentésula Lodd. Cat. 
Engravings. Pall. Ross. 1. t.7.; Flor. Gree., t. 477,; Bot. Reg., 1839, 
t. 58.; and our fig. 424, : 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate serrated, clothed with 
white tomentum beneath. Flowers solitary. Drupe 
compressed, pubescent. (Don’s Mill.) A low decidu- 
ous shrub, Caucasus and the Levant, between Smyrna 
and Bursa. Height 2ft. to 3ft. Introduced in 1815. 
Flowers red; March and April. 
Readily known from A. nana by its leaves being covered 
with hoariness beneath.’ Increased by budding on the 
common plum. 
424. A. incana. 
¥ 3, A.commu‘nis Z. Thecommon Almond Tree. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 677. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 530. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p, 482. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 4. t. 29.; and the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. v.; and 
our fig. 425, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrulate. Flowers solitary. 
Calyx of a bell-shape. Fruit compressed, and rather egg shaped. (Dec. 
Prod.) A middle-sized deciduous tree. Mauritania, and in the mountain- 
ous parts of Asia. Height 20 ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 1538. Flowers 
white or rose-coloured ; March and April. Drupe brownish ; ripe in Oc- 
tober. In fine seasons the fruit ripens on standards as far north as Derby, 
and on walls at Edinburgh. 
Varieties. 
¥ A.c. 1 amdra Dec. The bitter Almond. Amandier amer, Fr. ; gemeine 
Mandelbaum, Ger. — Flowers large. Petals pale pink, with a tinge 
of rose colour at the base. Styles nearly as long as the stamens, 
and tomentose in the lower part. Seeds bitter. There are two 
forms of the bitter almond; one with a hard shell, and the other 
with a brittle one. Thetree is cultivated in the South of France, 
in Austria, in Italy, in Greece, &c.. for its fruit, which is preferred 
for some purposes in medicine and in domestic economy to that of 
the sweet almond, particularly for giving a flavour ; and for stocks 
for grafting the other varieties on, and the peach, apricot, and even 
the plum. Bitter almonds are generally mixed with sweet ones. in 
very small proportions, for re blancmange, &c. 
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