| | |chiefly composed of the
| | |large deeply-pitted stone,
| | |which is only covered with
| | |a thick, tough, woolly
| | |skin. There are five good
| | |varieties: Amara, the
| | |Bitter Almond, with large
| | |white flowers tinged with a
| | |soft rose colour in the
| | |centre; dulcis, the Sweet
| | |Almond, with large red
| | |flowers and amongst the
| | |first to open; macrocarpa,
| | |which has larger flowers
| | |and fruits than the type,
| | |but the flowers are of
| | |paler colour; pendula, a
| | |half-weeping variety, deep
| | |pink flowers; persicoides,
| | |a handsome tree, more
| | |upright in growth than the
| | |type, and very free. The
| | |large pink flowers open
| | |somewhat earlier than
| | |those of the common Almond.
| | |
*P. davidiana |China |White or |This is a small tree and
(Amygdalus | |pale rose;|one of the earliest to
davidiana) | |January |bloom; the flowers opening
| |or early |as early as January in mild
| |February |weather, though the middle
| | |or end of February is its
| | |usual flowering time. The
| | |buds are not injured by