the Peach, is by Linnæus referred to the same class and genus with amygdalus. There is 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,