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The Soil on which thefe fhouid 

 be planted, ought to be rather 

 moift than dry, and of a rich, loft, 

 loofe Texture j for if the Ground 

 be too dry or binding, they will 

 produce but very fmall Roots, and 

 thofe but fparingly. This Soil fliould 

 be well dug or plough'd, and the 

 fmall Roots laid in Trenches or 

 Furrows fix Inches deep, and about 

 iix Inches afunder in the Furrows j 

 but the Furrows muft be a Foot 

 Diftance from each other, for when 

 they are too clofe, their Roots will 

 not be large, which is what People 

 ufiially covet. 



In the Spring and Summer 

 Months, the Weeds fliould be care- 

 fiilly hoed down between the 

 Plants, until their Haulm is ftrong 

 enough to bear them down, and 

 prevent their Growth : And when 

 their Haulm decays in Autumn, 

 the Roots may be taken up for 

 Vfci which may be dons as they 

 are wanted, till the Froft begins to 

 fet in ; when there mufl: be a Quan- 

 tity taken up, and laid in Sand in 

 a dry Cellar, where they may be 

 |>roteaed from Froft. The beft of 

 theie may be taken out for Ufe in 

 Winter, and the fmall ones relerv'd 

 to plant in the Spring. 



SONCHUS; Sowthiftle. 



Thefe are moft of them Weeds 

 in Englamly and are not planted in 

 Gardens, for if their Seeds are once 

 permitted to fcatter upon the 

 Ground, they will (bon ftock it 

 with Plants j for which Reafon 

 they fliould always be extirpated, 

 not only thole in the Garden, but 

 alio in the Parts near it, becaule 

 their Seeds being furnifli'd with 

 Down, are wafted in the Air to a 

 confiderable Diftance,- where falling 

 to the Ground, they loon come 

 tjp, and prove troublefome. 



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SORBUS ; The Service Tree: 

 The CharaSIers are i 



The Flower conjifis of feversl 

 Leaves, which are plac'J orbicularly, 

 and expand in Form of a Role, 

 whofe Flower-cup afterwards becomes 

 a Fruit fhap'd like a Pear or Medlar.; 

 to which mufi be added, PemateJ 

 Leaves y like thofe of the Afli. 

 The Species are^ 



1. Sorb us J fativa. C. B. P. The 

 manur'd Service Tree. 



2. Sorb us ; fativa, fruHu pyri- 

 forma, medio rubente. H.Cath The 

 manur'd Service, with Pear-fl.ap'd 

 Fruit, red in the Middle. 



^. Sorb us,- fativa^ fruclu ferotins^ 

 minori, turbinato rubente. Tourn, 

 The lelTer late-ripe Service, with a 

 Medlar-ftiap'd Fruit. 



4. Sorb us j aucuparea. J, B, 

 The wild Service, or Quack-beam, 

 byfome call'd, The Quicken Tree 



5-. Sorb us ; fylvejiris, foliis ex 

 luteo yariegatis. The wild Service, 

 er Quick-beam, with ftrip'd Leaves. 



The manur'd Service v/zs formerly 

 faid to be growing wild in England^ 

 but this I believe was a Miftake, 

 for feveral curious Perfons have 

 ftridrly fearch'd thofe Places where 

 it was mcntion'd to grow, and 

 could not find it, nor could they 

 learn from the Inhabitants of thole 

 Countries, that any fuch Tree had 

 grown there. 



In Italy thele Trees are very 

 common, where they have a great 

 Variety of Sorts, which were ob- 

 tain'd from Seeds i but I have not 

 obferv'd in the Fnglif? Gardens 

 more than the three Sorts here 

 niention'd, and thole are yet very 

 fcarce, for I have not feen more 

 than one large Tree of the true 

 Service in England, which was lately 

 growing in the Gardens formerly 

 belonging to John Tradefcant at 



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