flat and somewhat depressed. Skin covered with a thickish down, of a delicate yellow, tinged with pale red on the sunny side, and beautifully marbled with a deeper colour. Flesh pale citron, but of a bright red next the stone, from which it separates; it is perfectly melting, and very juicy.

Ripe the beginning and middle of September.

This beautiful little peach was raised by T. A. Knight, Esq., of Downton Castle, from a seed of the Sweet Almond, the blossom of which had been impregnated by the blossom of a peach.

It was first exhibited at the Horticultural Society in September, 1817.

2. BELLE CHEVREUSE. Duhamel, No. 18. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 549.

Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers middle sized. Fruit middle sized, more long than round, rather narrowed at the apex. Skin greenish white next the wall, but of a beautiful flesh colour, marbled and streaked with a darker colour on the sunny side. Flesh white and melting, but red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, sugary, and richly flavoured. Stone oblong, almost smooth.

Ripe the beginning of September.

3. BELLE DE VITRY. Duhamel, No. 34. t. 25. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 542.

Admirable Tardive. Ib.

Bellis. Miller, No. 22. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 26. Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. Flowers small, dull red. Fruit middle sized, a little more broad than long, with a somewhat deep and broad suture, which extends to the apex, which leaves one of its sides prominent, and the other flat, terminated by a depressed and somewhat flat nipple. Skin pale greenish yellow next the wall, but tinged with red on the sunny side, and marbled with a dull and deeper colour. Flesh

rather firm, greenish yellow, but red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, and of a very good flavour.

Ripe the end of September, but it ought to hang some days upon the tree before it is gathered, in order to have it in perfection.

The flesh of this is more firm than that of many of the melting peaches, which has occasioned some, like Mr. Forsyth, to consider it as a Pavie; but in determining this, there can be no difficulty, as all melting peaches adhere more or less to the stone, but can be readily detached with the finger and thumb: in the Pavie this operation is impracticable.

4.* BOURDINE. Duhamel, 16. t. 12.

Bourdine. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 545. Bon. Jard. 1827. Jard. Fruit. t. 20.

Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small, blush, edged with carmine. Fruit pretty large, and nearly round, divided by a wide and somewhat deep suture, the flesh swelling unequally on its sides, but a little flattened on the back. Stalk inserted in a deep and wide cavity. Skin greenish white next the wall, but on the sunny side it is of a lively red, marbled, and shaded with a deeper colour. Flesh white, melting, but very red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice sugary, and highly flavoured. Stone small, and nearly

round.

Ripe the middle of September.

It is said this peach derived its name from one Bourdin, a French gardener, in the time of Louis XIV. That there is some resemblance between this, the Téton de Vénus, and the Royale, will not be denied; but that they are identically the same is what I cannot admit. Duhamel, who has always been regarded as of the

highest authority in what regards the fruits of his own country, would have discovered this, had it been the case, long before he published his book. In addition to this, where is the Nurseryman, I would ask, who has ever successfully budded the Bourdine upon the Muscle stock? In order that I may not, in this instance, add to the confusion which at present exists in the names of modern cultivators, I shall follow the example of Duhamel, and our own countryman Miller, in considering the Bourdine, the Téton de Vénus, and the Royale, as three distinct varieties.

5.* DOUBLE MONTAGNE. Aiton's Epitome. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 539.

Sion. Forsyth, Ed. 7. p. 52.

Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. Flowers large. Fruit middle sized, of a roundish figure, a little narrowed and flatted at the apex. Skin greenish white on the shaded side; but of a blush or soft red, and marbled with a deeper colour on the side next the sun. Flesh very delicate, melting, and white to the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, and highly flavoured. Stone ovate, mucronate, and rugged.

Ripe the middle and latter end of August.

This is a beautiful and excellent peach, and must not be confounded with the Noblesse; it ripens a week or ten days sooner, and cannot be propagated upon the Muscle.

6. EARLY ANNE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 539.

Anne. Langley Pom. t. 22. f. 2. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 5.

Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. Flowers large, very pale, nearly white. Fruit below the middle size, globular. Skin white, with scarcely any colouring on the side next the sun. Flesh soft, melting, and white

to the stone, from which it separates. Juice a little musky, but saccharine, and well flavoured.

Ripe the middle of August.

This peach ripened at Twickenham in 1727, on an east wall, July 10. O. S. or July 21. N. S.- Langley

It is said to have derived its name from the celebrated Anne Dunch, of Pudsey, in Berkshire. It is sold in some nurseries under the name of White Avant.

7. EARLY DOWNTON. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 217. Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, pale rose. Fruit rather small, narrowed at the apex, which is generally terminated by a small acute nipple; very hollow at the base. Skin pale yellowish white, sprinkled with red dots; but of a bright red on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish white to the stone, from which it separates. Juice rich, with a good flavour.

Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. This beautiful little peach was raised by Mr. Knight, of Downton Castle, who sent an account of it, with two others, to the Horticultural Society, Aug. 21. 1815.

8. FLAT PEACH OF CHINA. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 512. t. 19. G. Lind. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 549.

Java Peach. 'Ib.

Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large. The Fruit of this most singular peach is flatted, and completely concave at both the apex and the stalk. It is about two inches and a half in diameter, and scarcely three quarters of an inch thick, through the eye to the stalk, which thickness consists only of the stone and skin. The crown of the fruit looks like a broad and rather hollow eye, of an irregular five-angled shape, surrounded by the appearance of the remains of the segments of a calyx: the whole surface of this eye is roughly marked with small irregular warted lines, like

the crown of a Medlar. The colour of the Skin is pale yellow, mottled or speckled with red on the part exposed to the sun. Flesh pale yellow, having a beautiful radiated circle of red surrounding the stone, and extending far into the fruit. The consistence and flavour of the flesh is that of a good melting peach, being sweet and juicy, with a little noyeau flavour.

It first ripened its fruit in this country at Thames Ditton, and was sent to the Horticultural Society by John Braddick, Esq., in 1819. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 512.

9. FORD'S SEEDLING. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 539.

Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large, of a beautiful pale rose colour. Fruit middle sized, a little narrowed at the apex, and having a slight suture. Skin yellowish green, marbled with bright red on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish green, quite to the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, of a rich poignant flavour.

Ripe the middle of September.

10. MALTA. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 539. Pom. Mag. t. 15.

Pêche Malte. Duhamel, No. 15.

Pêche de Malte. Lelieur.

Malte de Normandie. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 91.

Belle de Paris.

Italian Peach.

Pom. Mag.

Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 276.

Miller, No. 12. According to the

Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large, pale. Fruit middle sized, generally depressed at the apex, with a broad shallow suture on one side, and slight traces of one on the other. Skin, on the shaded side, pale dull greenish yellow; next the sun, broadly marked with broken blotches of dull purplish red. Flesh greenish yellow, with a slight stain of purple next the