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doth in no other refpe£t differ from 

 the common Hawthorn -y the fabulous 

 Story of its budding on Chrijlmas- 

 day in the Morning, flowering at 

 Noon, and decaying at Night, is 

 now with good Reaibn disbeliev'd; 

 tor although it may ibmetimes hap- 

 pen that there may be fome Bunches 

 of Flowers open on that Day, yet, 

 for the moft part, it is later in the 

 Year before they appear j but this 

 in a great meafure depends on the 

 Mildncfs oi the Seafon. This Sort 

 may be propagated by budding or 

 grafting it upon the common /f^ip- 

 thorn, and fhould be planted in a 

 warm Situation, which will greatly 

 promote the Flowering in the Win- 

 ter i for if they are too much ex- 

 pos'd to cold Winds, the Flowtr- 

 buds will decay without opening, 

 tho' in other refpeds the Plant is 

 equally as hardy as the common 

 Sort, and may be treated in the 

 lame manner. 



The Cockfpur Harcthom is of 

 larger Growth than any of the 

 former, and is very hardy : This 

 may be propagated by fowing the 

 Seeds in the fame manner as the 

 common Harothorn, and they com- 

 monly abide in the Ground till the 

 iecond Year, as they do ; therefore 

 the moft expeditious Way to in- 

 creafe this Plant is to bud or graft 

 it upon the common Harothorn, tho' 

 I muft confefs, that the Trees thus 

 propagated will not arrive to the 

 Magnitude as thofe generally do 

 which are propagated from Seeds, 

 but will produce Fruit much fooner -, 

 but where a Perfon intends to have 

 them in Perfcdlion, they fliould 

 always be propagated from Seeds. 

 This Sort will grow to the Height 

 of eighteen or twenty Feet, and 

 may be train'd up with regular 

 Stems and Heads, and when planted 

 amongft: other Trees of the fame 



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Growth, they make an agreeable 

 Variety; for in the Spring, when 

 they are in Bloffom, they are very 

 pleafing, the Flowers being very 

 large, and are produc'd in great 

 Bunches at the Extremity of their 

 Branches; and in Autumn, when 

 the Fruit is ripe, which is very 

 large, and grows in great Clufters, 

 they have a beautiful Appearance, 

 and are efteem'd very good Feed 

 for Deer. 



The ninth, tenth, and eleventh 

 Sorts were brought from Virginia. 

 feveral Years fmcc, and are prc- 

 ierved as Curiofities by {lich Peribns 

 as are Lovers of Trees. Thefemay 

 be propagated from Seeds, as the 

 other Sorts, or by budding or graft- 

 ing 'em upon the common HavD" 

 thorn ; and may afterwards be 

 tranfplanted into Wilderneis Quar- 

 ters amongft other Trees of the 

 fame Growth, where they will af- 

 ford an agreeable Variety. 



The ninth Sorth will grow larger 

 than the other two, and if rais'd 

 from Stedsy will equal the Cock/pur 

 Hawthorn ; and the Flowers and 

 Fruit are full as large as thofe, fb 

 that it is very proper to be inter- 

 mix'd therewith. 



The tenth and eleventh Sorts com- 

 monly grow to the Size ot our com- 

 mon H/iB'^/^cm, with which they may 

 be intermix'd, for Variety, in Wil- 

 dernefs Plantations. The Fruit of 

 thefe two kinds are hardly fb large 

 as thofe of the common Hawthorny 

 but whether any of thefe Fruits are 

 eatable, I don't at prefent know, 

 tho' 1 believe they are much the 

 lame as the common Sort. 



The fourteenth Sort is a Variety 

 of the common Hawthorn, which 

 was obferv'd fome Years fince in 

 Hertfordjlnre : but whether the 

 Seeds of this Kind will produce the 

 fame again, is what I can't at pre- 

 fent 



