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With regard to the Method puriiica^ 

 it may be allowable to obferve, that the 

 directions, concerning the rcfpe&ive ar> 

 ticles 3 are not confufedly fcattered up and 

 down, in difiant parts of the work, nor 

 are the operations belonging to ONE,con^ 

 founded with thofe of another : in this 

 Manual the reader will find every Fruit- 

 tree feparately and compleately treated of, 

 as to its Botanic Clafs and Genus, its 

 Growth,ModeofBearing,Flowers 3 Fruit, 

 and time of Ripening ; its method of 

 Propagation by Grafting, Budding, Lay- 

 ers, Cuttings, Suckers > or Seeds; and the 

 different Stocks fuitable to the particular 

 nature of the Tree, with regard to 

 Grafting and Budding. All which arc 

 pointed out u ider the'name of that Fruit- 

 tree" to which they respectively belong* 



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