By Mr. George Lindley. 



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The names given to some of the English Peaches and Nec- 

 tarines are so directly at variance with the classification of 

 Duhamel,* which, as far as it goes, is unobjectionable, that I 

 cannot avoid observing on them, lest it should be supposed, 

 that I acquiesce in so incorrect a nomenclature. The classes of 

 Duhamel are four. The first are called Peches, being those 

 with downy skins, the flesh separating from the stone. The 

 second are called Paries, being those with downy skins, the 

 flesh adhering to the stone. The third are called Peches 

 violettes, being those with smooth skins, the flesh separating 

 from the stone. The fourth are called Brugnons, being 

 those with smooth skins, the flesh adhering to the stone. 

 The two last classes include those fruits which we call Nec- 

 tarines. The names therefore which the English gardeners 

 have applied, such as Violette Hative-f to a Peach, and 

 Brinion, corrupted from Brugnon, to a melting Nectarine, are 

 absolutely improper. As, however, almost every nursery- 

 man in England is now cultivating fruits under these names, 

 it will, I fear, be difficult, at least for the present, to assign 

 others which shall supersede them. 



In the following list the synonyms, whether French or 

 English, are placed in italics below the name which I con- 

 sider the proper one to be adopted for the variety. Where 

 a French name belongs to the same kind as an English name, 

 the former is placed as a synonym of the latter. 



Some previous explanation and observations are necessary 



* Traite des Arbres Fruitiers par Duhamel, Vol. ii. p. 4. 

 f Miller, in his Dictionary, has fallen into an error in describing his Lisle 

 Peach ; he says the French call it La Petite Violette Hdtive, which cannot be 



