| 264. ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRISANNICUM. 
425. Amygdalus comminis. 
* A.c. 2 dulcis Dec., Lam. Ill. t. 430. The sweet Almond. Amandier 
& petits Fruits, Amande douce, /’r.; susse Mandel, Ger. — Leaves 
grey-green. Flowers protruded earlier than the leaves. Styles much 
longer than the stamens. Fruit ovate-compressed, acuminate. Shell 
hard. Kernel sweet-flavoured. Cultivated in the same places as the 
preceding sort, and generally propagated by grafting standard high on 
the bitter almond, or any strong-growing seedling almonds, in order 
to make sure of the fruit being sweet. 
¥* A.v.3 flore pléeno Baum. Cat. has double flowers. 
* A.c. 4 filis variegatis Baum. Cat. has variegated leaves. 
¥ A.c. 5 fragilis Ser., Dec. Prod. 2. p. 531. A. fragilis Hell, 1. p. 500. ; 
Amandier des Dames, N. Du Ham. 4. p. 113., Notsette Jard. Fruit. 
p. 7.3; Coque molle, Amandier 4 Coque tendre, Fr.; Abellan, Pro- 
vence.—Flowers protruded at the same time as the leaves, and of a 
pale rose colour. Petals broader, and deeply emarginate. Leaves 
shorter; the petioles thick. Fruit acuminate; shell soft; kernel 
sweet-flavoured. Cultivated for its fruit. 
+ A. c. 6 macrocirpa Ser., Dec. Prod. 2. p. 531. Amandier a gros 
Fruits, VW. Du Ham. 4. p.112., Noisette Jard. Fruit. p.7.; Amandier 
Sultane, Amandier des Dames, Amandier Pistache, F’r.— Leaves 
broader, acuminate, scarcely grey. Peduncles short, turgid. Flowers 
of a very pale rose colour, large, protruded before the leaves. Petals 
broadly obcordate, waved. Fruit large, umbilicate at the base, acu- 
minate at the tip; shell hard. There are two subvarieties, one with 
the fruit rather smaller, called, commonly, in France, Amandier Sul- 
tane; and another, with the fruit still smaller, called there Amandier 
Pistache; the kernels of both of which are considered remarkably 
delicate, and are preferred for the table. The flowers of this variety 
are always produced earlier than those of any other; and the kernels 
of the fruit are always sweet. In British gardens, the 4. c. macro- 
carpa has much the largest flowers of any of the varieties. It isa 
