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He PLUM T R E E; 



THE Plum tree (Prunus)^ furniflies 

 a large collection of different va- 

 rieties of its fruit, and is the original fpe- 

 cies of ;he family of Prunus, which com- 

 plies the Apricot, B llace, Cherry, &c. 

 as fpecies of the fame genus, agreeable 

 to the bo anic characters of the flowers 

 and fruit; and belongs to the clafs and 

 order Icofandria Monogynia^ flowers con- 

 taining twenty (lamina and one flyle. 



There is but one fpecies of common 

 Plum tree, which is called 



Prunus Dcmeftica \ i. e. Houshold or 

 Common cultivated Plum: having 

 oval, fpear-Jhapzd leaves, and the peduncles 



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