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On the Prevention of Mildew. 



appears to wander widely from its ordinary path : for amidst 

 all its boundless profusion and exuberance, it does not ever, 

 in other cases, appear to labour wholly in vain. 



P. S. Observing that the Almond trees, round the metro- 

 polis, are likely to produce a considerable crop in the present 

 year, I wish to recommend stocks of this species for Peaches 

 and Nectarines to the attention of nurserymen, as likely to 

 counteract the disposition in some varieties of the Peach to 

 become mildewed. It has probably other qualities to recom- 

 mend it, for it is obviously much more nearly allied to the 

 Peach than the Plum is, if the Peach and Nectarine be not, 

 as I suspect them to be, varieties only of the common Almond 

 (Amygdalis commimis.) The Almond stocks should be raised 

 and retained in the nursery, in pots, as they do not transplant 

 well. 



