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South Lambeth near Vaux^Hall in 

 Surrey, who was a very curious Col- 

 ledior of rare Plants, in King Charles 

 the Second's Time j which. Tree was 

 near forty Feet high, and did pro- 

 duce a great Quantity of Fruit an- 

 nually. There are, indeed, fbme 

 Trees of middling Growth in the 

 Gardens of Henry Mar/Jj, Efqi at 

 Hammerfmith, which produce Fruit, 

 (from whence feveral young Plants 

 have been rais'd of late in the Nur- 

 icries near London) ; but thefe are 

 fmall when compar'd to that in 

 jfchn Tradefcant's Garden. 



Thefe Fruits do nearly refemble 

 Medlars in their Nature, being of 

 a very auftere Tafte till they are 

 rotten, when they have a mor-e 

 agreeable Flavour j but in England 

 their Fruit does not ripen fo well 

 as in warmer Countries, and is 

 therefore lefs efteem'd : However, 

 the Trees are propagated by fuch 

 Perfons as are curious in colIe6ling 

 the various Kinds of hardy Trees 

 and Shrubs, for the Oddnefs of their 

 Leaves and Fruit. 



They may be propagated by Tow- 

 ing their Seeds on a moderate Hot- 

 Led in the Spring j and when the 

 Plants are come up, they fliould be 

 carefully kept clear from Weeds, 

 and in dry Weather water 'd i but 

 they fhould be expos'd to the open 

 Air : For the only Reafon for 

 making a Hot-bed, is, to forward 

 the Growth of the Seeds j but if 

 when the Plants are come up, the 

 Bed is cover'd, it will draw the 

 Plants, and fpoil them. In this Bed 

 the Plants fliould remain until the 

 Middle of March the fucceeding 

 Spring, when there fhould be a 

 Warm, light Spot of Ground pre- 

 par'd to receive them j into which 

 they fliould be planted in Rows 

 two Feet afunder, and a Foot 

 diftant in the Rows j csbiervlng to 



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take them iip carefully, and to plant 

 them- as foon as poflible that their 

 Roots may not dry. 



During the Summer,. the Ground 

 fliould be kept conftantly clear from 

 Weeds, and in Winter there fliould 

 be a little Mulch laid upon the 

 Surface of the Ground about their 

 Roots, to prote£l them from being 

 injur'd by Froft j but in the Spring the 

 Ground between 'em fhould be dug, 

 burying the Mulch therein : In 

 doing of which, you muft be care- 

 ful not to cut or injure the Roots 

 of the Plants. . 



In this Nurfery they may con-^ 

 tinue three or four Years, according: 

 to their Growth, when it will be 

 proper to tranfplant them out where 

 they are to remain. The beft Sea" 

 Ion for which is in March, juft 

 before they begin to fhoot : The 

 Soil fhould be warm in- which they 

 are planted, and the Situation de- 

 tended from cold Winds : In which 

 Place they will thrive and produce 

 Fruit in a few Years; but as the 

 Fruit will vary from thofe which 

 the Seeds were taken from, (as is 

 the Cafe of moft Sorts of Fruit) lb 

 the fureft Method to have the par- 

 ticular Sorts which you intend to 

 cultivate, is to bud or graft them 

 either upon their own or the wild 

 Service Stock ; upon which they 

 will take and produce Fruit in a fewr 

 Years. 



The wild Service or ^hiick-beam 

 grows wild in divers Parts of £«g-- 

 land, but it is often cultivated m 

 Gardens for Variety. This pro^ 

 duces brge Bunches of Flowers at 

 the Extremity of its Branches in 

 May, which are fucceeded by large 

 round! Ill Fruit, which change to a 

 beautiful Scarlet Colour in Au- 

 tumn, when they afford an agree-^ 

 able Vajriety in V/ildernefs Quar- 



ters. 



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