FRUIT-TREES. 247 



CHAP. LXXXVIII. 



Of Barberries, and their Culture. 



TH E P. E are only two forts of bar- 

 berries, the one with feeds, and the 

 other without ; the former grows wild in 

 hedges and woods, but the latter, which is 

 moft valuable, I have not feen any where 

 but in gardens, generally growing wild in 

 wildernefs quarters, amongft flowering 

 fhrubs, where they are very ornamental, 

 not only in the time of their flowering, 

 but likewife, in autumn, their fcarlet-fruit 

 makes a beautiful appearance for a long 

 time. 



They are increafed by fuckers or layers, 

 and though they are by nature of a larger 

 growth than goofeberries, yet if they are 

 cut the fame way, it will make both the 

 berries and the bunches larger, and reduce 

 the tree to a handfome fliape, v/ithout too 

 much formality in it. 



I don't think a tree of this fort would 



be difagreeable upon a grafs-plot, amongfl: 



the fruit before-mentioned for that pur- 



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