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t'mt thcCe Stock are proper, fince 

 there can never be expedted any 

 confiderable Quantity of Fruit from 

 iiich Trees. 



The VirginiaH Crab Tree with 

 fweet Flowers, is preferv'd by fuch 

 Perfbns as are curious in collecting 

 great Variety of Trees: It may be 

 propagated by Budding or Grafting 

 it upon the comnwn Cmb or Ap- 

 fle-Tree-y but it is ibmcwhat ten- 

 der while youHg, wherefore it 

 (hould be planted in a warm Situa- 

 tion, otherwife it will be fubjeCt 

 to fuffer by an extreme hard Win- 

 ter. The Flowers of this Tree are 

 faid to be exceeding fweet in Vir- 

 ginia, where it grows in the Woods 

 in great Plenty j but I could not 

 obferve much Scent in fbme of 

 them which flower'd in England 

 the laft Yearj fo that I am in 

 doubt whether the Sort at prefest 

 in the Gardens is the very j(ame 

 with that of Virginia, or perhaps 

 it may have degenerated by {ow- 

 ing the Seeds, which, I fuppofe, 

 is the Way it was firft obtained in 

 England. 



The Fig' Apple is fuppos'd, by 

 many Perlons, to be produc'd with- 

 out a previous Flower. But this 

 Opinion is rejected by Ibme curi- 

 ous Obfcrvers, who affirm, there 

 is a fmall Flower precedes the 

 Fruit, which is very fugacious, 

 feldom continuing above a Day or 

 two. Now, which of thefe Opi- 

 nions is the right, 1 have not, as 

 yet, had an Opportunity to de- 

 termine, not having a Tree in tny 

 own Pofleffion which is arriv'd at 

 Maturity to produce Fruit ; tho' it 

 might reafonably be fxpe<£ted, that 

 iuch, who have had Trees of this 

 Kind feveial Years, might have de- 

 termin'd this Point long ere this 

 Time. 



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I remember an Account of a 

 large Tree of this Kind, mention'd 

 in a Letter from New-Englami^ 

 written by Paul Dudley, Efqj to 

 the Royal Society, and publiih'd in 

 the Philofophical TranfaSiiom, Numb. 

 385-. which was exceeding large, 

 and produc'd great Quantities of 

 Fruit, without any previous Flow- 

 ers i but i^ grew at ibme EHftance 

 from his Habitation, and he ha* 

 ving no other Opportunity to ob* 

 ferve it ftridly himfelf, but by vi- 

 iiting the Place two or three times 

 about the Seafon of Flowering, and 

 not being appriz'd of the fudden 

 Decay of the Flowers, they might 

 ealily be fuppos'd to have appeared, 

 and dropt off between the Times 

 of his viiiting the Place. 



The two Sorts with ftrip'd 

 Leaves are prefer v'd by fuch as are 

 curious in colle^ipg fuch Varieties : 

 I'hefe may be pj-opagated by graft* 

 ing or budding them upon the 

 •comrqon Apph QT Crab-Tree; but 

 they Ihould not be planted in a ve- 

 ry rich iJpil, which would caufe 

 them to grow very free, whereby 

 thp'iY Leaves would become entire-" 

 \y green again. 



MALUS ARMENIA; vide Ar-*; 

 mcniaca, 



MALUS AlJRANTIAj vide Am-' 

 rantia. 



MALUS LIMONIAi vide Li* 

 monia. 



MALUS MEDIGA j vide Ci- 

 treum. 



MALUSPERSICAj videPerCicz: 

 MALUS PUNICA; vide Punica. 

 MAMEI ; Tlie Mammee Tree. 



The CharaBers arej 

 It hath a rofaceotis Flower, which 

 confijis of [ever al Leaves placed in ^ 

 circular Order, from whofe Cup ari^ 

 fes the Pointal, which afterward be- 

 comes an almoji fjpherical JlefJjy Fruit, 

 H } containing 



