CONTENTS. 



History. Greek name, 1. Columella first Roman to notice 

 the peach, 2. Pliny's fuller notice, 3. Its introduction 

 in Britain, 4. Varieties in the time of Gerard and Parkin- 

 son, 5. Ray's and Switzer's Catalogues, 6. First sepa- 

 rate treatise on its culture, 8. Culture in France at Mon- 

 treuil, &c., 9. Quintinie's and Pepin's systems of train- 

 ing, 10. Other French modes, 11. Origin of wall-train- 

 ing, 13. Produce at Montreuil, 14. 



Botanical Characters. Name, &c., 16. Native country, 

 17. Relationship of the almond, peach, and nectarine, 18. 



Chemical Composition. Berard's analyses, 20. 



Varieties, 20. Selections, 42. 



Characteristics of Excellence, 42. 



Modes op Propagation. By seed, 43. Hybridizing, 44. 

 Layers, 44. Grafting, 45. Budding, 50. Choice of 

 stocks, 52. Adaptation to soil, 53. Peach stocks raising, 

 55, Stocks not all-important, 56. Transplanting stocks, 

 57. 



Soil and Manures. Drainage, 58. Loamy soil, 59. Pre- 

 paring out- door borders, 60. Concrete bottoms, 61. Pre- 

 paring soil, 62, In-door borders, 63. Flued-wall borders, 

 63. 



Standard Culture, Hardy Morton peach, 64. Rosanna, 65. 



