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This is an rinnual plant, v/hich does not perfect feeds, 



.. in pngland ; for when it is placed in the Hove, or kept i 



in the hot-bed, their ftalks grow long and flender, fo ' 



, are not produdive of flowers ; and thofe which are 



. . raifed in hot- beds, and afterward expofed in the open ' 



. air, will flower pretty freely, but do not pcrfefl their 



feeds.. As this plant will thrive in South Carolina as [ 



. ) well as in its native foil, fo it might turn to the ad- ' 



,; vantage of that colony, and likewife become bencfi- . 



■' cialto the public, if the inhabitants could be prevailed 



.; on to cultivate this plant. 



. ' The fecond fort is annual ; this is a native at the 



.^1 Cape of Good Hope. It is propagated for the odd- 



. ; nets of its leaves and ftalks, which are clofely covered 



'i ,over with pellucid pimples full of moifture, which, 



■ . ^wvhen the fun fhines on the plants, they refied the 



'jt: lights' and appear like fmall bubbles of ice •, from 



i;a whence forae have called it the Ice Plant, and others 



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453* German Medlar wUh a Bay -tree leaf whuh is 

 net faweJ^ or wild Medlar. -: ' 



. Mz^viLv^' {Pyracantha) fpinofa, foliis lanceolato- 

 ovacjs crenatis, ■ calycibus frudlusobtufis. Hort. CiifT. 

 189. Prickly Medlar, with fpear-Jhaped, cval, crenated 

 leaves, 'and obtufe empalements to the fruit. Mefpikis 

 aculcata, amygdali folio. Tourn. Infc. 642. Prickly 

 Medlar with an Ahncndleaf, called Pyracantba. ' 



. Mespilus (Cordato) foliis cordata-ovatis acuminatis, 

 acute ferratis, ramis fpinofis. Fig. Plant, tab. 179. 

 Medlar with heart-floapcd^ oval, acnte-pcinted leaves, 

 which are fharply fawed, andp'ickly branches, 

 Mespilus {Amelanchier) inermis, foliis ovalibus fer- 

 ratis, cauliculis hirfutis. Lin. Sp. Plant.' 478. Med- 

 lar withctit thorns, having oval fawed leaves, and hairy 



ftalks. Mefpilus folio rotundiori, fruftu nigro flib- 

 dulci. Tourn. Inft. 642. Medlar with a rounder leaf 

 and a Mack fweetifh fruit, commonly called Amelanchie 



r. 



vhave named it the Diamond Plant, or Diamond Fi- \ 6. Mespilus {Canadenfs) foliis ovatc-oblongi^ glabris 



ferratis, caule inermi. Lin. Sp. Plant: 478. Medlar 

 vith oval, ohlong, fmocth, fawed leaves, and branches 

 without thcrns. 



tfrcoidcs.'^ '-' ' ^ '•'■ ■ ' :^ ■• -■■ ' 



', {This fort is propagated by feeds, which muft be 

 .^ fown on a hot- bed early in the fpring ; and when the 

 ..j -plants come up, they muft be planted on a frefti hot- 



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Mefpilus inermis, foliis fubtus gla- 



bris obverse-ovatis. ^Flor. Virg. 54". Medlar without 



bed to bring them forward; after they have taken] ' thorns, and obverfe oval leaves, which are fmcoth en their 



■•v- root in the hot-bed, they fliould have but little wet, 

 for moifture will rot them. When they are grown [7';^ Mespilus (Cotoneafter) foliis 



'■ under Jide. 



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! large enough to tranfplant again, they ftiould be each 

 .planted into a fmall pot, filled with light frefli earth, 

 •i but not rich, and plunged into a hot-bed of tan, ob- 

 ■ Terving toftiade them in the heat of the day until they 

 . have taken new root; then they ftiould have plenty 

 ,^ of frefti air admitted to them every day in warm wea- 



■ iH'ther, to Drevent their drawing wealc. Ifi the latter 

 .^itend of June, fome of the plants may oe ihured to bear 



-^. the open air^ and afterward they may be turned out of 

 / ;:'the pots, and planted into a warm border, where they 

 ,.T''r,will thrive, and Ijpread their branches to a great dif- 



■ D tance upon the ground ; but thefe plants will not be 

 ifc'vcry produ6i:ive of flowers, therefore fome of them 



,"' jnu'ft be continued in the fmall pots, and may at the 

 t J fame time, when the others are planted out, be re- 

 t,: nibved into the ftovc or glafs-cafe, placing them up- 

 non the flielves, that the roots may not get out from 



• rr the bottom of the pots, fo that they may be confined, 



■ .i -which will caufethem to flower plentifully, and from 

 ' -i thefe good feeds may every vear be obtained. ■*■< . 

 . MESPILUS [McWiA©-, Gr.'l Tourn. Inft. R. H. 



64T. tab. 410. Lin. Gen. Plant. 549.- "The Medlar^, 

 :The Characters are, .>'^ucxt ^nC ^;>u^ tt/ 



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ovatis mtegernmis; 

 .■ Hort. Cliff. 189, Medlar with oval entire leaves, Mel- 

 *-" pilus folro fubrotundo, fruftu rubro. Tourn. Inft. 

 '^' R. H. 6\2;' Medlar with a roundijh leaf and a red fruit, 

 "commonly called Dwarf ^ihce'.^^'f'-'- ''■■''' ■' * ■- 



8. Mespilus {ChaTrtdincfpilus) iheYmis,' ^foliis ovalibus 

 '-'ferratis glabris, floribol'fcapitatis,^^bra6ieis deciduis li- 

 --nearibus. Lin. Sp. Fhnt j\.yg. Medlar without thorns^ 



'^^'taving fmooth", oval^'fawedledW^^^eadedfcwVrs, and 



' linear braotea which fall off. Cotoneafter folio 'dblongo 



ferrato. C. B. .P. 4.52'/' ffaftard ^inBiiiith Wdhlong 



9. Mespilus ('On>;z/^//5) foliis ovatis^ crafiis integerrl- 

 mis, fubtus tomentofis, floribus umbellatis axillari- 

 bus. Medlar with oval, thick, entire leaves, which are 



"Woolly on their under fide, and flowers grozving in umbels 

 • from the wings of the ft alkr Chamaecerafus Ideea. Alp; 



■ Exot. 5. Dwarf Cherry cf Mount Ida. ■ 



10. Mespilus {Arbutifolia) inermis, foliis lanceolatis 



crenatis fubtus tomentofis.^ Hort. Cliffy. 189. Virginia 



- Medlar with an Arbutus leaf v hl(:\pi\i}s Virginianaj 

 ■'•folio arbuti. H. WpSi^' -' i-ai --^i^^^'j: . ,r 



ir. Mespilus {Virginiand) inermis, foliis bblongb-ova- 

 ' -tis, fubtus tomentofis, frudlu ovato, pedunculislon- 

 gifliimis. Smooth Virginia Medlar, with oblong oval leaveSi 



■ dozvny on their unaer Jidt, fna trval fintt on long foot- 



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.: ^he empalement of the flower is permanent, of one leaf, 



. I' £Ut into five fpreading concave fegments: The flower 



i is ccmpofed of five roundifh concave petals, which are in- 



.■ M.fertedin the empalement.'' "the number of ^amina are '-^VThefirft jprt grows'naturally in Sicily, ivhere it bc; 



.'■ '■ different in the fever al fpccies, from ten' to twenty''or^more', 



'-■ thefe are alfo infer ted in the empale'mehf\* dHS ar^eTehM- 



■ '< Tiated by fingle futnmits,'- The germen isfttuated under the 

 I A flower, and f upper ts an uncertain number of fty^es from 



< three to flve, which are crowned by headed ftigmas.'^ The 



i- germen afterward becomes a roundifh or' oval beny, car- 



'~[ Tying the empalement on its top, and inclofmg four or flve 

 ' {■ bardfeeds. - ..■-^'^it^- vi: ^*' < -ii-'-W-fcui , ; 



*^i This genus of plants is ranged in the fourth feftion 



• ■ of Linnseus's twelfth clafs, which includes the plants 

 '■- whofe flowers have twenty ftamiria infefted to the em- 



•* palcmenr, and five ftyles. ;^' ' ;.»^'ai/i^/.^.;- r.t*;t:^ - 



■ ''^''' "^^^The Species are, ' "^ "^ ^^^H._^K^i^<^-^4\- 

 !. Mespilus (Sylveftris) inermis, foliis lanceolatis den- 



* '-tatis acuminatis, fubtus tomentofis, calycibus a'cumi- 

 ' natis. Smooth Medlar, with fpear-fhaped, acute-pointed, 

 ■ ' indented leaves, woolly on their under fide, and acute- 

 pointed empalements. Mefpilus folio laurino major, 

 '^^fru61:u minori, rariori fubftantia. Hort. Cath. Greater 



'■ Medlar with a Bay-tree leaf, andafmaller lefts fubftantial 

 ' fruit. '■ .' .-■■■:: : , ^ ■ 



Mespilus {Germanica) inermis foliis lanceolatis in- 



• tegerrimis fubtus tomentofis, calycibus acuminatis. 



• Hort. Cliff. 189. Unarmed Medlar with' fpear-fl:>aped 

 'i entire leaves^ which mre ddwny on their under fide, and 

 ^•^cute-pointed empalcmnrs:'^ Mefpilus Germanica; folio 

 -laurino, non ferrato,, five Mefpilus fylvcftris. X. B! 



■fe'^comes a large tree ; this Hfcs with "a ftraiter ftem, and 



i * the' BhlTiches grow 'ffibre'^ilpright than thofe of the 



*; Dutch Medial* ; the leaves are narrower and not fawed 



'^ on their edges ;" the flowers are fmaller than thofe of 



'■the Dutch Medlar, and the fruit is ftiaped like a 



■:■ Pear.-' - "' ""■■ "-^ --'Mf'.^ - mw- ^}:A^\l^f^\^,oS.'\^4f^ ■ 



■ The fecond fort is generally called the Dutch Med- 

 ■' lar ; this never rifes with an upright ftalk^ but ftinds 

 ' out crooked deformed branches at a fm*all height from 



*^ the ground'; the leaves of this are very large; entire, 

 "and downy on their under fide. The flowers afe very 



'*^ large,' as 'Sfe alfo the fruit, which are rounder, and 



••approach nearer to the ftiape of an ApplclThis be^ 



' ing the largeft: fruit, is 'no\v generally cultivated in 



the gardens -, but there is one with fmiller fruit, which 



'■ is called the Nottingham Medlar, of S much quicker 



^■-'and more poignant tafte than this ; which is, I fup- 

 pofe, only a variety, fo I have not enumerated it as a 





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" diftinft fpecies; 

 The fifth fort grdws naturally in Auftria, Italy, and 



[ ' France,particularly near Fontainbleau; this rifes with 

 " many flender ftalks about three or four feet high, 

 " ' which put out fmall fide branches, covered with a dark ' 



purple bark,' having ho thorns, clofely garniflied 



- with ova! l^vesi*'^bout three quarters of anflnch 



long, and half an inch broad, flightly fawed on„ their 



'•eds^sVtte fmall fide branches which fuftain the 



frowers, 



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