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Succeed upon each other very well : 

 But theie muft be grafted by Ap- 

 proach, for they abound with a 

 great Quantity of Reiin, which is 

 apt to evaporate from the Graft, if 

 Icparated from the Tree before it 

 be join'd with the Stock, whereby 

 they are often deftroy'd. All the 

 Mait-bearing Trees will alfo Take 

 upon each other j and thofe which 

 liavc a tender foft Wood will do 

 well if grafted in the common Way^ 

 lut thoie that are of a more firm 

 Contexture, and are flow Growers, 

 fhould be grafted by Approach. 



By ftricfly obferving this Rule, 

 we fhall fcldom mifcarry, provided 

 the Operation be rightly perform'd, 

 and at a proper Seafon, unlefs the 

 Weather fliould prove very bad, as 

 it fometimes happens, whereby 

 whole Quarters of Fruit-Trees mil- 

 carry i and it It by this Method that 

 many Kinds of Exotick Trees are 

 not only propagated, but alfo ren- 

 der'd hardy enough to endure the 

 Cold of our Climate in the open 

 Air ; for being grafted upon Stocks 

 of the iame Sort which are hardy, 

 the Grafts are render'd more capa- 

 ble to endure the Cold ; as hath been 

 expericnc'd in mod of our valuable 

 Fruits now in EngUfid, which were 

 formerly tranfplanted hither from 

 more Southerly Climates, and were 

 at ftrft too impatient oi: our Cold to 

 fucceed well Abroad, but have been, 

 by budding or grafting upon more 

 hardy Trees, render'd capable of 

 refilling our icverefl Cold. 



And thefe different Graftings feem 

 to have been greatly in Ufe among 

 the Antientsj tho' they were cer- 

 tainly miftaken in the feveral Sorts 

 of Fruits which they mention to 

 have fucceeded upon each other, 

 as the Fig upon the Mulberry, the 

 flum upon the Chefnut, with many 

 •xhers of the like Kind i fome of 



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which I have already try'd, and 

 find them all Miftakes, or at Icaft 

 they did not mean the fame Plants 

 which at prefcnt are call'd by thofe 

 Names : The' I can't help thinking 

 we are apt to pay too much Defe- 

 rence to the Writings of the An- 

 tients, in fuppoling them feldom to 

 be miftaken, or to affert a Falfhood : 

 Whereas, if their Works are care- 

 fully examin'd, it will be found 

 that they often copy'd from each 

 others Writing*, without making 

 Experiments to prove the Truth of 

 their Affertions : And it is well 

 known, that the Ranging of Plants 

 before Cafalpinus's Time (which 

 is but about 1 5-0 Years iince) was, 

 by their outward Appearance, or 

 from the fuppofed Virtues of them ; 

 Which Method is now juftly ex- 

 ploded j and it hath been obierv'd, 

 from many repeated Trials, that 

 however Plants may refemble each 

 other in the Shape and Make of 

 their Leaves, Manner of Shooting, 

 Cr>c. that unlefs they agree in their 

 Manner of Fruiting, and their other 

 diftinctive Charatlers, they will not 

 grow upon each other, tho' grafted 

 with ever fo much Art. 



GRANADILLAi Pamon- 

 Flower. 



The Ckira^ers are j 



It hath a double Calix, the firfi 

 confifting of three Leaves^ the other 

 of five Leavesy which expand in For?n 

 of a Star : The Flowers confifl office 

 Leaves each, and are of a rofaceous 

 Form : In the Centre of the Flower 

 arifes the Pointal, with a Crown 

 fringed at the Bottotn, bjit furniflj'd 

 with a tender Embryo at the Top, on 

 which [land three Clubs, under which 

 are the Stamina with rough, obtuft 

 Apices, which always incline down- 

 wards : The Embryo turns to an oval 

 or globular Fruit, flefloy, and confin- 

 ing of om C$11, which is full of Seeds 

 adhering- 



