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 The APRICOT TREE. 



ry^HE Apricot is one of the mod ex- 

 -*■ cellent done fruits, a fpecies of 

 the Prunus, or Plum-tree, but formerly- 

 ranked as a diftincl: genus, by the title 

 of Armeniaca : however, the charadters 

 of its flowers and fruit, agreeing ex- 

 actly with the Prunus, the Botanifts 

 have ranged it as a fpecies of that genus, 

 and are both of the clafs and order Ico- 

 fandria Monogynia, flowers having many 

 ftamina and one ftyle." 



There is but one fpecies of the Apri- 

 cot tree, comprifing eight or nine ex- 

 cellent 



