the Peach, is by Linnaeus referred to the same class and genus with amygdalus; however, as they are so commonly reckoned to be different genera, we have thought proper to distinguish them. There are a great variety of peach-trees planted in the gardens, some of which are preserved only for the beauty of their flowers, but most of them for the sake of the fruit. Of those remarkable for the beauty of their flowers the principal are, 1. The vulgaris, or common peach-tree, with double flowers, which is a very great ornament in gardens, producing very large double flowers of a beautiful red or purple colour, and growing to a considerable size. 2. The humilis, or dwarf-almond. 3. The africana, or double-flowering dwarf-almond. These two reach not above the height of three or four feet, though their flowers are of equal beauty with the former.

Of the peach-trees cultivated for the sake of their fruit there are a great number, to describe which particularly would exceed the proper bounds of this article. They are raised from the stones of the fruit, which should be planted in autumn on a bed of light dry earth, about three inches deep and four inches asunder. In the winter the beds should be covered with mulch to protect them from the frost. In this bed they should remain for a year; when they are to be taken up and planted in a nursery, where they are to remain one or two years; after which they must be removed to the places where they are to continue.