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tldvfcfSy are very haity and woolly, a$ are alfo the 

 foot-ftalks, and the under fide of the leaves, but 

 their upper fides are fmooth and green. The flowers 

 come out in bunches at the end oi' the Ihoots, which 

 have five long narrow petals, and about ten fl:amina 

 in each. The flowers are fucceeded hy fmall fruit, 

 which, when ripe, are black ; the gardeners call this 

 New England Quince •, there is one of this kind 

 v/hich grows naturally in North America, but the 

 leaves of that are wedge-fliaped and not fawed on 

 the edges, fo I take it to be a different fpecies. ^ 

 The fixth fort grows naturally in Canada -, this is alfo 

 a low flirub, feldom rifing more than five feet high, 

 dividing into feveral fmooth branches, covered with 



The leaves 



apurplifh bark, 

 foot-ilalks 



row upon long flendcr 

 inch and a half 



they are one inch and a halt long, 

 and an inch broad, fmooth on both fides, and a little 

 fawed on their edges. The flowers come out in 

 fmall bunches at the end of the branches; they are 

 about the fize of thofe of the common Hawthorn, and 

 are fucceeded by fmall fruit of a purplifh colour when 



ripe. 



The feventh fort grows naturally on the Pyrenean 

 mountains, and in other cold parts of Europe ; this 

 rifes with a fmooth fhrubby fl:alk about four feet 

 high, dividing Into a few fmall branches, which are 

 covered with a purple bark, and garnifhed with 

 oval entire leaves, little more than one inch long, 

 and about three quarters of an inch broad, having 

 very fhort foot-ftalks. The flowers come out from 



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are by fome of the inhabitants of America eaten In 

 a fcarcity of other forts of fruit, but are not very 

 palatable. 



All thefe forts are hardy enough to thrive in the open 

 air in England, and fome of them are very ornamen- 

 tal plants for gardens, where, during the feafon of 

 their flowering, they will make a fine appearance- 

 and again, in autumn, when their fruit are ripe, they 

 will afford an agreeable variety, and their fruit will 

 be food for the deer and birds -, fo that if clunjps of 

 each fort are planted in different parts of the "arden 



nothing can be more ornamental. 

 The American kinds are ufually propagated in the 

 nurferies, by grafting or budding them upon the conv 

 mon "White Thorn, but the plants fo propac^ated will 

 never grow to half the fize of thofe which are propa- 

 gated by feeds ; fo that thofe plants fliould always be 

 chofen which have not been grafted or budded but 

 are upon their own roots. . ■ 



But there are many who objeft to this method of 

 raifing the plants from feeds, on account of their 

 feeds not growing the firfl: year, as alfo from the tc- 

 dioufnefs of the plant's growth after ; but where a per- 

 fon can furnifli himfclf with the fruit in autumn, and 

 take out their feeds foon after they are ripe, putting 

 them into the ground immediately, the plants will 

 come up the following fpring, if they are kept clean 

 from weeds, and in very dry weather fupplied with 

 water, they will make good progrefs 5 but if they are 

 planted in the places where they are to remain, after 



the fide of the fl:alks, two or three together j they I two years growth from feeds, they will fucceed much 



are fmall, of a purplifh colour, and fit clofe to the 

 ftalks ; thefe appear in May, and are fucceeded by 

 fmall roundifli fruit, which are of a bright red colour 

 when ripe. -..- ■ 



better than when the plants are of greater age ; the 

 ground fliould be well trenched, and cleanfed from 

 the roots of all bad weeds. The befl: time to tranf- 

 plant them is in autumn, when their leaves fall off; 

 The eighth fort grows naturally in the northern parts f ' thefe fliould be confliantly kept clean from weeds, ■ 

 of Europe ; this hath a fmooth ft:alk, rifing about four I ' and if the ground between the plants is dug every 



or five feet high, fending out flender branches, which 

 are covered with a purplifli bark, and garnifhed with 

 oval fmobtK leaves about two inches long, and one 

 inch and a half broad, fewed on their edges, but the 

 teeth point upward ; they have pretty long flender 

 foot-ftalks, and are of a yellqwifh green on both fides. 

 The powers come out from tKe wings of the ftalk, 



winter, it will greatly encourage the growth of the 

 plants, fo that if they arc cleaned three or four times 



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in thefurrimer, it will be fuflicieht. 

 All the forts of Mefpilus and Crataegus will take, by 

 budding or grafting upon each other-, they will alfo 

 tafce upon the Quince, or Pear ftocks, and both 

 thefe will take upon the Medlars 5 fo that thefe have 



four or five joined together in a clofe head, of a pur- I . great affinity with each pther, arid might be with 

 plifh colour V between the flowers come out long nar- I more propriety brought together under the fame ge- 



xow bradea, which are purplilh, and fall off as the 

 flowers begin to decay. The fruit is fmall, and red 

 when ripe. 



nus, than the Pear and Apple, which will not take 

 upon each other ; but although the Pear will take 

 upon the White Thorn, yet it is not advifeable' to 



The ninth fort grows naturally upon mount Ida, in I makeufe of thefe fl:ocks, becaufe they generally caufc 

 . Crete, where the poor ihepherds feed upon the fruit I the fruit to be fmall and often to crack, and renders 



when ripe; this hath a fmooth ftalk about eight feet 

 high, dividing into many fmooth branches, garnifh- 

 ed with oval leaves two inches and a half long, and 

 near tWo^lhches broad, of a thick fubftance, and a 



their flefh ftony ; fo unlefs it is the very foft melting 

 kinds of Pears which are upon thefe ftocks, the fruit 



will not be good. 



METHONICA. 



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See Gloriosa. 



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dark green on their upper fide, but downy on their I MEUM. See Athamanta. 



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tinder, ftanding upon fhor; fgot-ftalks. The flowers I M E Z E R E ON. 

 come out from the fide of the ftalk upon fliort I MIC RO PU S. 



fmall branches, five or fix growing upon each in a 

 clofe bunch ; they are of a purple colour, the petals 

 being but little longer than the empalement, which 



des. 



Tourn. Inft. R. H. 439. 

 Cudweed. 



The Characters are. 



See Thymel^a. V: .'^^ ^[v- :-^'\- 

 Lin. Gen. Plant. 892. Gnaphalo- 



tab. 261. \^ftard 



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ooUy 



The 



II hath hermaphrodite and female flowers^ which are tn- 



fruit is large, roundi^i, and of a fine red colour I jluded in the fame double impalement \ there are ten her- 



. mapbrcdite flowers which cvmpofe the dijk ; thefe have 

 one petaly are funnei-fhaped,, ereSi^ and cut into five parts 

 at the top^ and have five fhort hrifily ftamina^ terminated 

 hy cylindrical fummitSy with an obfolete germen fuppcrting 

 a fiber t flender ftyle^ crowned by an obfolete ftignrn. In 

 under fide downy ; the flowers are produced in fmall I the fame empalement are five female fl.owcrs in the cinum- 



when ripe. 



The tenth fort grows naturally in North America, 

 where it rarely rifes more than five ittt high, fending 

 put a few upright branches,, garnifhed with fpear- 

 fliaped leaves whofe edges are crenated, and their 



bunches on the fide, and at the extremity of the 

 branches, which are fucceeded by fmall roundifh fruit 

 a fittle compreifed, of a purple colour when ripe. 

 The eleventh fort is an inhabitant of the fame country 

 with the former ; this rifes fix or eight feet high, 

 fending out fide branches, garnifhed with oblong, 

 oval, entire leaves, downy on their under fide \ the 



ference^ which have each an oval germen lohich ts com- 

 preffed, hid under the fcales of the interior empalemenjy 

 each having aftykby their ftde^ which is brifily, turning 

 toward the hermaphrodite flower s^ crowned hy fender 

 acute-pointed fligmas^ divided in two parts. "The female 

 flowers have each afingk oval feed fucceeding tkemytn" 

 eluded in the fmall leaves of the empalement, but the her- 



flowers ar^ prpduced in fmall bunches, ftanding on I mapbrodite flowers are barren. 



long foot-ftalks, having each five narrow white pe- I This genus of plants is ranged in the fourth fe&op 



tals which are contrafted at their bafe, and are fuc- 1 of Linnaeus's nineteenth clafs, which includes thole 



ctcdcd by oval fruit of a blue colour when ripe, and I plants whofe flowers are compofed of female fruitful 



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