ver, enjoy the
| | |beauty of the Almond family
| | |that we include it, as in
| | |many southern gardens it is
| | |happy. The willow-like
| | |leaves are silvery white.
| | |
*P. Persica (the |China, but |Pink; |This beautiful
Peach), (Syn. |formerly |April or |spring-flowering tree needs
Persica vulgaris |considered a |May |no description. It is not
and Amygdalus |native of Persia| |grown, however, so much as
Persica) | | |the various double-flowered
| | |varieties, such as
| | |flore-roseo-pleno and
| | |flore-albo-pleno; the
| | |former has very double
| | |bright rose flowers and the
| | |latter white.
| | |Flore-rubro-pleno is a
| | |double red form. The
| | |variety foliis rubris has
| | |deep purple-coloured
| | |leaves; the flowers are
| | |tinged with the same colour
| | |and the fruits are dark and
| | |freely produced. Magnifica
| | |is a double red-flowered
| | |variety with larger and
| | |finer flowers than the
| | |others, and the finest of
| | |all. All the Almonds are
| | |best propagated by budding
| | |or grafting on suitable
| | |stocks, which are the
| | |common Almond for warm