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t-aiite. ?ltik. Vhyt. Virginian Haw- 

 thorn, with a Plumb-leaf and black 

 Fmit. 



1%. Mespilus 5 folio fubrotundo, 

 fm^H rubro. Tcurn. The Dwarf 

 Medlar with red Fruit. 



15. Mespilus j folio rotundtore, 

 fruciu nigro, fubdulci. Tourn. Dwarf 

 Medlar with black Fruit. 



^4. Mes'PILUS', Apii folio, fylre- 

 firis, fpinofr, five Oxystcanthd, fruciH 

 g.lbo. Cat. Vlant. Hort. The com- 

 mon Hawthorn, with white Fruit. 



15-. Mespilus , Americandy non 

 fpimfstt friifhi luteo. The American 

 Haw, with yellow Fruit. 



The firft of thefe Medlars was 

 formerly more common in the Gar- 

 dens and Nurleries tiian at prefent, 

 for iince the Dutch MedUr has 

 becT^ introduc'd, it hath obtained the 

 Preference, the Fruit of this being 

 much larger and better flavour'd 

 than the old one, which hath oc- 

 cafion'd their being cultivated in 

 greater Plenty. 



Both tkefe Sorts may be propa- 

 gated by budding or grafting Vm 

 upon the H.^vpthorn, or the Tear- 

 fioch, upon either of which they 

 will take very welU and may be 

 afterwards tranfplanted into the 

 Fruit-Garden, cither in Standards or 

 train'd againft an Elpalier, in both 

 which Methods they will fucceed 

 \'ery well ; but \i' the larger Sort 

 be train'd on an Efpalier, the Fruit 

 v/ill be much larger : But you 

 muft be careful in pruning, not to 

 jhortea their bearing Branches, for 

 the Fruit being, for the m.oll: part, 

 produc'd at the Extremity thereof ,- 

 if they are fhorten'd, it will be cut 

 away. 



Thefe Plants will grow upon 

 aimofl any Soil, but the Fruit will 

 ce much larger upon a itrong Soil, 

 raiher nioift than dry j though upon 



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a fniddling Soil they are generally 

 beft flavour'd. 



Thefe Fruits are permitted to re- 

 main upon the Trees until Ociober, 

 when they will begin to fall ; at 

 which Time they muft be gather'd, 

 when dry, and laid by in a dry 

 Place, until they become foft, and 

 begin to decay, which is commonly 

 about a Month after they are ga- 

 ther'd, when they will be fit to be 

 eaten ; before which they are fo 

 very harfh, that it is almoft im- 

 poilible to eat them. 



The third Sort is fb very com- 

 mon in I.ngland, that it would 

 be to little Purpofe to fpend much 

 Time in treating of it, fince the 

 great Ufe to which it is apply 'd in 

 England, is to make Fences^ the 

 manner of doing which is already 

 defcribed under the Article o'i Fences 

 and Hedges i but I would only men- 

 tion in this Place, that there are 

 two or three Varieties of this Plant, 

 commonly obferved in the Hedges 

 near London, which diifer in the 

 Size of their Leaves and Fruit j but 

 that Sort which produces the 

 fmalleft Leaves is the belt worth 

 cultivating for Hedges, becaufe 

 their Branches always grow clofe 

 together, fo tliat the Hedge will 

 clip much clofer, and appear more 

 beautiful: for it is a common Ob- 

 fervation, that the Branches of all 

 Sorts of Trees grow in a propor- 

 tionable Diftance to the Size of 

 their Leaves. 



The fourth Sort is a Variety of 

 the third, from which it differs in 

 having fair double Flowers. This 

 is propagated by being budded or 

 grafted upon the common Sort, 

 and may be train'd up with regular 

 Stems to the Height of twelve or 

 fourteen Feet, and when planted in 

 WilderncfTej or other Plantations of 



Trees, 



