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Flowers and Fruit moft Part of- the 

 Year, and do feldom grow above 

 three Feet high. The Fruit of this 

 Kind is feldom much larger than a 

 Walnut, and not very pleafant to 

 the Taftej fo that 'tis rather culti- 

 vated for Shew than for the Sake 

 of its Fruit. 



This Plant may be propagated by 

 Layers, in the fame manner as the 

 former Sorts, but muft be planted 

 in Pots fill'd with rich Earth, and 

 prcferv'd in a Stove, otherwife it 

 is too tender to endure the Cold of 

 our Winters ; and in the Summer, 

 when the Flowers begin to appear, 

 if the Plants are expos'd to the open 

 Air, the Buds will fail off, and 

 never open ; fo that it fliould fel- 

 dom be removed into the open Air, 

 but be conflantly preferv'd in the 

 Stove with other Plants of the fame 

 Country; obferving never to place 

 them too near the Heat, which 

 ■will caufe them to produce long 

 Shoots, but no Flowers will appear 

 upon them ; but rather let them 

 have a moderate Warmth, in which 

 they will thrive better than in a 

 greater Heat. 



I have heard of a Sort of Tome- 

 granate with double-llrip'd Flowers, 

 and have feen it mentioi^d in fome 

 foreign Catalogues, but^have not 

 feen the Plant growing, tho' I 

 believe it may be eaiily procured 

 from Italy. 



PURSLAIN; lule Portulaca. 



PYRACANTHA > -vide Mef- 

 pilus. 



PYRUSj The Pear-Tree. 

 The Characters are : 



The Flowsr ccnjifis of fever al Leaves^ 

 Tohich are plac'd in a circular Order y 

 and do expand in ¥or7n of a Rofe; 

 Tphofe FloTver-cup afterwards becomes 

 a jiefhy Fruit, which is more pro- 

 duced toward the Foct-flalk than the 

 Apple, but is hcUow'd lik? a Navel 



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at the. extreme Tart) the Cells, z^ 

 which the Seeds are lodg'd, are fepa- 

 rated by foft Membranes, and the 

 Seeds are oolong. 



The Species are ; 



I. Pyrus; fativa, fructu AflivOy 

 parvo racemofoy odoratijjimo. Tourn, 

 Petit Mufcat. i, e. Little Musk Pear, 

 commonly caWd, TheSupream. This 

 Fruit is commonly produced in 

 large Cluftersj it is rather round 

 than long; the Stalk (hort, and when 

 full ripe, the Skin is of a yellow 

 Colour ; the Juice is fbmewhat 

 musky, and if gathered before it is 

 too ripe, is an excellent Tear, This 

 ripens the Beginning of July, and 

 will continue good but for a few 

 Days. 



i. Pyrus; fativa, fruBu &flivo, 

 minimo odoratifjimo. Tourn. Poire de 

 Chio, i. e. The Chio Pear, com- 

 monly call'd, The little Baftard Musk 

 Pear. This is fmaller than the for- 

 mer, but is in Shape pretty much 

 like that; the Skin, when ripe, has 

 a few Streaks of red on the Side 

 next the Sun, and the Fruit doth 

 feidom hang in Clufters as the for- 

 mer, but in other Relpedls is nearly- 

 like it. 



3. Pyrus; fativa, frucfu Aftivo, 

 parvo e viridi alhide, Tourn, Poire 

 Hativeau, i. e. The Halting Pear, 

 commonly calVd, The Green Chiilel. 

 This is a larQ-er Fear than either of 

 the former, and is more produced 

 toward the Pedicle ; the Skin is 

 thin, and of a whitifh green Colour 

 when ripe ; the Flefh is melting, 

 and if not too ripe, of a fogary 

 Flavour. This ripens in the Middle 

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4. Pyrusj fativa^ fruclu Afiivo, 

 parti?n faturate rubeme, partim fia- 

 vrfcente, Tourn, Mufcadelles Rouges, 

 i. e. The Red Mufcadelle. It is alfo 

 caird La BellilTime, z. e. The Faireit. 

 This is a large early Fear, of great 



Beauty; 



