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conftantly favc the Seeds in the 

 fame Place, they will in a few 

 Years beconrie little worth. 



The feveral Varieties of theft 

 Plants, when carefully intermix'd 

 in large Wildernefs Borders, or A- 

 venues, afford an agreeable Profpe<fi 

 during their Seafon of flowering 

 (which is commonly in July) but 

 as they grow to a confiderable 

 Height, and fpread pretty wide, fo 

 they take up too much Room, 

 and appear unfightly in fmall Flow- 

 er Gardens: They (hould alfo be 

 fupported with Stakes, otherwife 

 they are fubje£^ to be broken down 

 by ftrong U inds. 



When the Stalks of thcfe Plants 

 begin to decay, they fiiould be cut 

 down pretty clofc to the Ground, 

 to incourage them to fhoot out 

 frefh Heads for the fucceeding Year, 

 otherwife they fometimes rot and 

 deftroy the Roots. 



MALUSj The Apple-Tree. 

 The Charadiers arej 



The Tree grotocth very large ; the 

 Branches fpread (and are more de~ 

 preffed than thofe of the Tear Tree j j 

 the Flower confifls of five Leaves^ 

 Tfihich expand in form of a Rofe ; the 

 Truit is hollowed about the Foot- 

 fialky is for the mofi part roundifly, 

 and umbilicated at the Top, is flefhy, 

 and divided into five Cells or Parti- 

 tions, in each of which is l&dg'd one 

 pblong Seed* 



The Species are ; 



1. MALvsi Jylvejlris, acidofruBfi 

 albo. Tourn. The Crab Tree. 



2. Malus i fylvejiris, foliis ex al- 

 bo elegant er variegatis. Cat. Plant. 

 Hort, The Crab Tree, with flrip'd 

 Leaves. 



5. M ALVS i jylvejlris, Virginiana^ 

 foribus odoratis. Cat, Plant, Hort, 

 Virginian Crab Tree, with fvveet 

 Flowers. 



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4. Malits ; fruElifera, fiore fugtt' 

 ci. H. R. Par. The Fig Apple. 



f. Malus ; pumila, quA potius 

 frutex, cjuam Arbor, fru^iu rubente 

 ^ candido. C. B. P. The Paradife 

 Apple. 



6. Malus ; fativa, foliis elegan- 

 ter variegatis. Cat. Plant. Hort, 

 Apple Tree, with flrip'd Leaves. 



The feveral Sorts of Apples 

 which are at prefent efleem'd for 

 their Fruit in the curious Gardens 

 near London, may be feen under 

 the Article of Apple, where a par- 

 ticular Account of their Planting, 

 Pruning, &c. is fully laid down; 

 to which I refer the Reader j and 

 in this Place fhall only take notice 

 of the above-mention'd Sorts, which 

 are only preferv'd as Curiofities, or 

 for Stocks to graft the more gene- 

 rous Kinds of Fruit upon: The 

 Crab-Tree is generally preferr'd to 

 mofl other Sorts for this Purpofe, 

 it being the mofl durable of them, 

 and not fb liable to canker as thole 

 which are produced from Kernels 

 of better Apples : but thefe fbould 

 be obtain'd from Kernels, and not 

 Suckers taken from the Woods, 

 which are generally ill-rooted, and 

 feldom make 2 handfome Stock; 

 nor will they Co readily join with 

 the Cyon, for which P%.eafon they 

 Ihould not be planted. 



The Paradife Apple hath, of late 

 Years, greatly obtained for Stocks 

 to graft or bud upon; but thefe 

 are not of long Duration ; nor 

 will the Trees grafted upon them 

 ever grow to any Size, unlefs they 

 are planted fb low as that the Cy- 

 on may flrike Root into the 

 Ground, when it will be equal to 

 no Stock, for the Graft will draw 

 its Nourifhraent from the Ground ; 

 fb that it is only by way of Curio- 

 fity, or tor very fmall Gardens, 



that 



