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seeds, are accounted good for the stone and 

 gravel ; they are an ingredient in the syrupus 

 myrtinus. (Miller s Hot. Off.) 



The medlar-tree is propagated by bud- 

 ding or grafting on the hawthorn, as has 

 been noticed by Phillips : 



Men have gathered from the hawthorn's branch 

 Large medlars, imitating regal crowns. 



It is sometimes grafted on the pear stock, 

 but is more productive by the former mode. 



The pruner must observe not to shorten 

 any of the branches, as the fruit is always 

 produced at the extremities of the boughs. 



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