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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



a \ ■ 3 camptstris Ser. A . campe'stris Besser Emoti., p. 46. No. 1425. ; A Besseriotw Schott 



In Cat llort. Fmdob., 1818. Z%e fteld dwarf Almond. Leaves broader. Lobes of 



the calyx as long as the tube. Petals narrower, longer, and white. Styles tomentoee at 

 the base The form of the nut, according to Besser, is various. Supposed to be a native 

 of the south of Podolla. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 580.) 



Sk A. (». 4^ iftcdna Pall., the aoary-leaved dwarf Almond (Pall. Boss., 1. p. 13. t. 7. ; Smith Ft. 

 Grate. t t. 477. : Don's Mill. ,'2. p. 489.) lias obovate leaves, clothed with tomentum beneath ; 

 and the branches are somewhat spiral. It is a native of Caucasus and the Levant, between 

 Smyrna and Bursa ; ami produces its red flowers in March and April; but we have never 

 soon it in British gardens, Guldenstadt considered it to be a variety of A. nana, which, 

 wo think, is extremely probable. 



3* A. i? n. 5) ettirica Lodd. Cat, the Siberian Almond, is extant in some British botanical col- 

 lections, where it is an upright shrub, about 4ft high, with wand-like shoots, clothed 

 with tine, long, willow-like, glossy, serrate "leaves ; on account of which, and its upright 

 habit <!t' growth, the latter being different from that of all the other species and varieties 

 of almond, it is valuable in every collection where variety of character is desired. 



The plant which is usually called the dwarf double-blossomed almond, 



in British gardens, is Cerasus japonica flore pleno, or, as it is frequently 



named in the nurseries, Amfgdahis pumila. 



Description, eye. All the different forms of the dwarf almond are low 



shrubs, seldom exceeding 2 ft. or 3 ft. in height. The leaves bear a general 



resemblance to those of some 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 



qoa U P abundance of travelling suckers, 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. The 



species is common in British gardens, 



and is propagated by suckers. It was 



introduced in 1683; and produces it 



pink flowers in March and April. It is 



valuable on account of its early flowering, the gracefulness of the slender 



twigs, on which its flowers are produced before the leaves appear, and of its 



easy culture in any dry soil. Its fruit resembles that of A. communis, but is 



much smaller. 



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¥ 2. A. communis L. The common Almond Tree. 



Lin. Sp., 677. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 530. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 482. 

 N. Du Ham., 4. t. 29. 



Identification 



Engravings. N. Du Ham., 4. t. 29. ; and the plate of this tree in our Second Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrulate. Flowers solitary. 

 Calyx of a bell-shape. Fruit compressed, and rather egg-shaped. {Dec. 

 l J rod.,'n. p. 530.) A tree, a native of Mauritania, and, as Royle observes, 

 also found in the mountainous parts of Asia. It grows to the height of 

 20 ft. or 30 ft.; and was cultivated in Britain, in 1538. There are several 

 varieties of it in cultivation on the Continent, for their fruit ; and two or 

 three in this country, partly for the same purpose, but chiefly for their 

 flowers. The common almond, in a wild state, is found sometimes with 

 the kernels bitter, and at other times with them sweet; in the same man- 

 ner as the Quercus hispanica, which, in Spain, generally bears sweet and 

 edible acorns, sometimes produces only such as are bitter. For this rea- 

 son, in the case of the almond, instead of giving one form as the species, 

 we have followed I)e Candolle, and described both the bitter and the 

 sweet almond separately, either of which may be considered as the species, 

 and classed them with the varieties. 



/ 'ant-Lies. 



¥ A. c. 1 am&ra Dec. The bitter -V.emc\cA common Almond Tree. 



Identification. Doc. Jl. Jr., 4. p. 48fi. ; Du Ham., ed. 2. p. 114. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 530. 



fynonytm Amsndier amor, /•>. ; gemeine Mandelbaum, Ger. 



I>< < rtption, S(c. Flowers large. Petals pale pink, with a tinge of rose colour at the 



Styles Dearly as long at the stamens, and tomentose in the lower part. Seeds bitter. 



There are two forms of the hitter almond ; one with a hard shell, and the other with a 



one The tree is cultivated in the south of Trance, in Austria, in Italy, in 



