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with crenated leaves , having foci -daiks , and the petals of 
the flowers no longer than the empalement. Amygdalus 
dulcis putamine molliori. C. B. JP. 441. Commonly 
called Jordan Almond. 
3. Amygdalus ( Sativus ) foiiis lineari-laneeolatis acu- 
minatis, marginibus crenatis. Almond-tree with point- 
ed , narrow,, [pear-jhaped leaves , crenated on their edges. 
Amygdalus fativa [lore albo. 
4. Amygdalus ( Orientalis ) foiiis lanceolatis integerri- 
mis, argenteis perennantibus petiolo breviore. Al- 
mond-tree with fpear-Jhaped fihery leaves , which are en- 
tire , continue all winter , wry fhort foot-folks. 
Amygdalus Orientalis foiiis argenteis fplendendbus. 
Du Hamel. 
5. Amygdalus {Nana) foiiis petiolatis ferratis bafi at- 
tenuates . Almond with Jawed leaves , which arc nar- 
rowed at the foot-fialk. Amygdalus Indica nana. Pluk. 
Aim. 28. tab. 11. Dwarf Almond with fingle flowers. 
The [lift is the common Almond, which is cultivated 
more for the beauty of its flowers, than for its fruit. 
There are two varieties of this, one with fweet, the 
other bitter kernels, which often arife from the fruit 
of the fame tree. 
The fecohd fort is commonly known by the title of 
Jordan Almonds •, the nuts of this kind are frequently 
brought to England ; thefe have a tender [hell, and 
a large fweet "kernel. The leaves of this tree are 
broader, fhorter, and grow much clofer than thofe of 
the common fort, and their edges are crenated. The 
flowers are very fm ail, and of a pale colour, inclining 
to white. I have leveral times raifed thefe trees from 
the Almonds which came from abroad, and always 
found the plants to maintain their difference from the 
common Almond. 
The third fort hath narrow [harp-pointed leaves, 
which are fawed on their edges i the flowers are much 
frhaller than thofe of the common Almond, and are 
white ; the [hoots of this tree are fmaller, and the 
joints clofer than thofe of the common fort, nor is the 
tree fo hardy, therefore fhould have the advantage 
of a warmiituation, otherwife it will not thrive. Tnis 
fort flowers early in the fpring, and rarely produces 
fruit in England. But from an old tree which grew 
again A: a fouth-weft afpefoed wall, I have fome years 
had the fruit ripe, which were well flavoured, but 
their kernels were fmall. 
The fourth fort was found growing near Aleppo, from 
whence the fruit was fent to the duke D’Ayen in 
France, who raifed feveral of the plants in his curi- 
ous garden at St. Germains, and was fo good as to 
fend me a [hare of them, which are fiourifhing in the 
Chelfea garden, where they have endured the open 
air for fome years, againft a wall, without any cover- 
ing. The leaves of this tree are fllvery, and very 
like thofe of the Sea Purflane. Thefe continue moft 
of the year •, the flowers are very fmall, and have not 
been fucceeded by fruit yet in England. I can give 
no farther account of its difference from the other 
forts. 
The fifth fort is very common in the nurferies about 
London, and is ufually fold with other flowering 
fhrubs to adorn gardens : this feldom r xics more than 
three feet high, fending out many fide branches. T he 
roots of this are very fubjebt to put out kickers, by 
which it may be increaled in plenty, but if thefe are 
not annually taken away, they will ftarve the old plants. 
As thefe fuckers are very apt to creep at the root, and 
put out fuckers again, thofe plants which are propa- 
gated by layers are much preferable. This fnrub 
flowers in April, at which time all the young [hoots 
are covered with flowers, which are of a Peach biof- 
fom, and make a fine appearance when intermixed 
with fhrubs of the fame growth. 
The combion Almond is cultivated in all the nurfe- 
ries, and the trees are generally planted for the beau- 
ty of their flowers. Thefe often appear in February, 
when the fpring is, forward, but it troll comes alter, 
the flowers are foon deftroyed, lo that their beauty is 
of fhort duration, and in iuch [batons there are few 
of the Almonds which bear fruit ; whereas, when the 
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trees do not flower till March, they feldom fail to bear 
plenty of fruit,' many of which will be very fweet, 
and fit for the table when green, but they will not 
keep long. 
They are propagated by inoculating a bud of thefe 
trees into a Plumb, Almond, or Peach frock, in the 
month of July (the manner of this operation fee un- 
der the article of Inoculation). The next fpring, 
when the buds (hoot, you may train them up either 
tor ftandards, or fuller them to grow for half ftand- 
ards, according to your own fancy , though the ufual 
method is to bud them to the height the ferns are in- 
tended to be ^ and the feconcl year after budding, 
they may be removed to the places where they are to 
remain. The beft feafon for transplanting thefe trees, 
if for dry ground, is in Qdtober, as foon as the leaves 
begin to decay •, but for a wet foil, February is much 
preferable, and obferve always to bud upon Plumb 
flocks for wet ground, and Almonds and Peaches 
for dry. 
ALMOND, the Dwarf, with double flowers. See 
pE’RSIC A. 
A M Y R I S. See Toxicodendron. 
A NACAMPSE R O S. See Sedum. 
AN A C A R D I U M. Lin. Gen. Plant. 467. Acajou. 
Tourn. Iiaft. R. H. 658. tab. 435. The Cafhew-nut, 
or Acajou. 
The Characters are, 
It hath an empalement of one leaf , which is ere hi , and 
cut into five acute fegmsnts at the brim. The fewer is 
of one leaf \ having a fhort tube , cut into five parts at the 
top , which are r flexed , and are longer them the empale- 
ment the flower hath ten fender Jlamina , which are as 
long as the petal , crowned with fmall Jummits. In 
the center is placed a round germen, fufporting an awl- 
fijaped ftyle , crowned with an acute fiigr.ia. The germen 
afterward becomes a large , oval, fief hy fruit, having a 
large kidney-Jhaped nut growing to its apex. 
This genus of plants is by Dr. Linnaeus ranged in 
the firil fedion of his tenth clafs, entitled Decandria 
Monogynia •, the flowers of this having ten [lami- 
na and a Angle ftyle. 
We nave but one Species of this genus, viz. 
Anacardium {Occident ale) Llort. Cliff. 161. the occiden- 
tal Anacardium , or Cafioew. Acajou. Pif. Hift. Bral. 58. 
This tree grows to the height of twenty feet or more, 
in its native country, which is both Indies, but in 
England the plants are with great difficulty preferred ; 
though by their firft [hoot from the feeds, they appear 
fo ftrong and vigorous, as to promife a much greater 
progrefs than they are ever feen to make. 
They are eafliy raifed from the nuts, which are an- 
nually brought from America in great plenty ; each 
of thefe ftiould be planted in a fmall pot filled with 
light fandy earth, and plunged into a good hot-bed 
of tanners bark, being careful to prevent their hav- 
ing wet, till the plants come up, for the nuts fre- 
quently rot with moifture. The reafon of my advifing 
the nuts to be each put into a feparate pot, is, be- 
caufe the plants feldom live when they are tranfplant- 
ed. If the nuts are frefti, the plants will come up 
in about a month after planting, and in two months 
more they will be four four or five inches high, with 
large leaves •, from this quick growth, many per- 
fons have been deceived by fuppoung them hardy, 
and that they would continue the like progrefs, whereas 
they feldom advance much farther the fame year. 
The plants mull be conftandy kept in the ftove, for 
they are too tender to live abroad in England, in the 
warmeft feafon of the year, nor will they thrive in a 
common green-houfe in fummer. As thefe plants 
abound with a milky acrid juice, they ftiould have 
but little water, even in fummer ; and in winter, if 
they are [paringly v/atered once in a fortnight, it will 
be [Efficient, for their roots are tender and foon perifti 
with moifture. 
When thefe plants are tranfplanted, it foil be the 
beft method to break the pots, for the roots do not 
put out many fibres to hold the earth about them, fo 
that in (baking them out of die pots, moft of the earth 
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