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'frees, being intermixed with other 

 flowering Trees of the farrie 

 Growth, makes a very fine Appear- 

 ance, during the Seafon oF its Flow- 

 ering, which is commonly moft 

 part of May ; the Flowers being 

 produced in large Clufters, as in 

 the common Sort, but are very 

 double : This Tree is pretty com- 

 mon in the Nurferies near London. 



The Azarola or Neapolitan Med- 

 IaTj has been introduc'd from Italyj 

 where the Fruit is greatly efteem'd. 

 This is alfo propagated by budding 

 or grafting it upon Stocks of the 

 common Haw f horn, and lliould be 

 tranfplanted into a moifl: Soil and 

 a warm Situation, where it will 

 produce great Quantities of Fruit 

 annually in England, which are 

 (hap'd like thole of the common 

 Hawthorn, but much larger, and 

 muft be preferv'd till they begin to 

 decay before they are eaten, as the 

 common Medlar. 



I have obferv'd thefe Trees in 

 many Places planted againft warm 

 Walls, as fuppohng them too ten- 

 der to produce Fruit in this Cli- 

 mate, without fuch Affiftance j 

 which is a very great Miilake, for 

 I have feen much more Fruit upon 

 Standard Trees than were upon 

 thofe againft Walls, and theyripen'd 

 well and were better tafted. 



The Fyracantha or Ever-green 

 Thorn, was formerly in greater 

 Efteem than at prefent j it is com- 

 monly planted againft Walls or 

 Buildings, where it affords an 

 agreeable Profpe£l in Winter, (efpe- 

 cially if it has Plenty of Fruit) the 

 Fruit being at that Seafon of a 

 beautiful red Colour, and are com- 

 monly produced in very large Clu- 

 fters, which together with its 

 ever-green Leaves, renders it wor- 

 thy of a Place in €very good Gar- 

 den. But in order to have Fruit 



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Upon every Part of the Tree, inr 



which its greateft Beauty conlift?, 

 there ftiould always be a SuccefTioa 

 of young Branches train'd in, for 

 the Fruit is always produced up- 

 on the fecond and third Years 

 Wood ; and all thofe Branches 

 which are older never produce any > 

 for want of rightly obferving this 

 Method, moft of the Trees of this 

 Kind feldom have any Fruit but 

 toward their extreme Parts, which 

 is one Rcafon thefe Trees have been 

 lb much negIe<Stcd of late Years. 



The Branches of this Tree are 

 very flexible, fo that it cannot be 

 train'd up to a Standard, but muft 

 always have the Afliftance of a Wall, 

 or fome other Building to fupport 

 it. It is very hardy, and will grow 

 in almoft any Soil or Situation, but 

 it agrees bcft with a dry Soil, in 

 which it will always produce a 

 greater Number of Fruit. 



This may be propagated by lay- 

 ing down the tender Shoots, which 

 are commonly two Years before 

 they will be rooted enough to tranf- 

 plant i (but notwithftanding this, 

 it is a more expeditious Method 

 than to raife them from Seeds, 

 which rarely come up until the 

 fecond Year, and are but of flovy 

 Growth the two fuccecdmg Years) 

 then they may be either planted 

 where they are to remain, or into 

 a Nurfery for two or three Years, 

 where you may train them accord- 

 ing_ to the Places where they are 

 delign'd to be planted. It is com- 

 monly three Years after they are 

 planted out before they begin to 

 produce Fruit. 



The Glafienbury Thorn is pre- 

 ferv'd in many Gardens as a Curio- 

 fity 5 this often produces fome 

 Bunches of Flowers in Winter, and 

 afterwards flowers again at the Sea- 

 fon with the common Sort, but 



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