BOTANY. 
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thirty feet in height, at all C. to H. L. alts., and is very common.— 
Hab. Persia. There are at least twenty varieties, some partaking ot 
the flavour of the Nectarine, others of the Apricot, as follows 
( Clingstone. 
- Dry, freestone ; 2 kinds, large and small. 
[juicy. 
Clingstone, resembling nectarine in flavour. 
Real juicy peach. 
' | Dark red. )_ , 
T . . . , Freestone. 
(Light red.) 
Dry, freestone ; 2 kinds. 
. Small ; clingstone. 
Island, or very large ditto. 
White 
Red 
Yellow 
| Clingstone. 
White and Eed | Freestone. 
("Clingstone ; 2 kinds. 
Red and Yellow! Juicy, freestone. 
[Dry ditto. 
™ , (White. 
(Red. 
Cerasus, Juss. 
241. C. Laurocerasus, Bose. — Common Laurel, grows un- 
cultivated in shrubberies on the high land to a height of eight or 
nine feet. Not very abundant; blossoms, but seldom seeds.— Hab. 
S.W. Europe. 
Prunus, Linn. 
242. .P. Armeniaca, Linn —Apricot ; a few trees on the high 
land, which do not appear to thrive or bear much fruit.— Hab. 
Levant. 
SUB-ORD. ROSE^E. 
Fragaria, Linn. 
043 F. vesca, Linn -The Wild Strawberry ; grows wild about 
gardens, and in the woods near Mount Pleasant ; not very common. 
Alt. 4-5.— Hab. Britain, Europe, N. Africa, Sibena, W. Asia to 
the Himalaya, E. and W. N. America. . 
244. F. elatior, Linn.— Garden Strawberry ; cultivated, alt. 3 8, 
but does not bear fruit well. — Hab. Europe, &c. 
