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THE WILD SERVICE- or SORB. 

 CRAT^EGUS TORMINALIS. PL 15. 



Fructification. As the former. 



Specific cbarafter. Leaves with feven an- 



gles, Ihe lowermoft lobes {landing 



wide. 

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Til is fpecies,, alfo called the 

 Service, grows in various parts of England, 

 chiefly upon ftrong foils. In Hertfordihire' 

 large trees of it are met with. Its fruit 

 ripens late in autumn, and is then brown ; 

 and if kept till foft acquires an agreeable 

 acid tafte, and is eaten ; though from the 

 Latin trivial name of tormmalls, (griping,) 

 jt^ay be concluded that it is not very fa- 

 vourable to the bowels. Few of the native 

 fruits of this climate can boaf! of a much 

 fuperior quality. 



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