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art com aim d many fmall angular 

 SeeJs, . 



There is but one Species or this 

 Pkat at prefent in England, which 



is, 



CoRTUSAi Matth'wlu Cluf, The 

 BearVEar Sanicie, or Cortufa oF 

 Matthhlus, 



This Plant is nearly ally'd to the 

 jSuricula Urfi-, but the Flowers are 

 not quite fo large and fair : yet, 

 for its Curiofity, may delerve a 

 Place in every good Garden, efpe- 

 cially as it requires no great Ma- 

 nagement to preferve it,- for it be- 

 ing a Native of the Alps, will grow 

 in the coldeft Part of the Garden, 

 under North Walls, &c. but muft 

 not be planted under the Dropping 

 of Trees, nor in a too wet or ftiff 

 Soil, It is propagated by parting 

 the Roots, in the manner of Au- 

 ricula's i the bell Seafon for which 

 is about Augufi or Septemi>er. Thefe 

 Plants lofe their Leaves in Winter, 

 but put out new ones early in the 

 Spring i and in April they produce 

 their Flowers, which are fome- 

 times fucceeded by Seed-Pods j 

 but it is very rare that they per- 

 fea their Seeds with us. 



CORYLUS : The Hazel or Nut- 

 tree. 



The CharaBers are ; 



It hash Male Flowers (^or Katkins) 

 groxping at remote Dijlances from 

 the Trnit on the fame Tree: The 

 Kuts grow (for the mofl part) in 

 Clufiersy and are clofely joined toge- 

 ther at the Bottom, each being co- 

 vered "mith an outward Husk or 

 Cupi which opens at the Top •■, and 

 vd'im the Fruit is ripe, it falls out : 

 X&e Leaves are roundifJj and in- 



tire. 



The Species are ,- 

 I. CoEYLUS i fylveflris. C. B. 

 The wild Hazel-Nut 



s. CoRYLUJj fativai fruBu albo. 



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minor e, five vulgaris. C. IS, The 

 fmall manured Hazel-Nut. 



3. CoRYLus i fativa, fruciu ro-^ 

 tundo maximo. C. B, The large 

 Cob-Nut. 



4. CoRYLus ; fativa, fruciu ob- 

 longo rubente, C. B, The Red 

 Filbert. 



5". CoRYLUS ', fativa, fruciu ob- 

 longo rubente, pellicula alba teBoi 

 C, B. The White Filbert. 



6. CoRYLUs ; Hifpanica, fruBu 

 majore, angulofo. Pluk Aim. The 

 Spanifh Nut. 



The firft of theie Trees is com- 

 mon in many Woods in EngUnd, 

 from whence the Fruit is gather'd 

 in Plenty, and brought to the Lon- 

 don Markets by the Country Peo- 

 ple. This Tree is feldom planted 

 in Gardens, (except by Perfons 

 curious in Collections of Trees and 

 Shrubs) : It delights t© grow on a 

 moift flrong Soil, and may be 

 plentifully increased by Suckers from 

 the old Plants, or by laying down 

 their Branches, which in one Year's 

 Time will take fufficient Root for 

 tranfplanting ; and thcfe will be 

 much handlbmer, and better rooted 

 Plants than Suckers, and will great- 

 ly out-grow them, efpecially while 

 young. 



The fecond and third Sorts are 

 planted in Hedge-rows, in moid 

 (hady Places in Gardens: But the 

 Fruit is much better, and in 

 greater Quantities, when they have 

 an open, free Air, and are not 

 fuffer'd either to grow too thick, 

 or be over -hung or crowded 

 with other Trees. 



The fourth and fifth Sorts, viz. 

 the Red and. White Filberts, are 

 moftly tfteem'd for their Fruit, 

 being much fweeter, and their 

 Shells much tenderer. 



The fixth Sort is annually brought 

 from Spain in great Plenty and ibid 



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