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Of the Piracantha; its Culture, &c. 
Fr : NHIS Ever-Green is increafed from Layers, or its Berries, 
which are to be order’d as thofe of the Yew, Holly, 
Sc. becaufe they do not grow, or at leaft come up, 
till the fecond Spring after they ripen. 
The Perfe@tions of this Plant are many ; as, firft, ’tis a free 
Grower, and with good Care will make a large Tree; fecond- 
ly, its Leaves are of a very beautiful Form, and a pleafant 
Green; thirdly, its fine Bunches of white Bloffoms, produced in 
May, and, laftly, its beautiful Clufters of red Berries which hang 
all the Winter. , 
?Tis a very proper Plant for a Hedge, in refpect to its Thorns, 
and is very beautiful in the Quarters of a Wildernefs. 
Its Wood is of a very hard Nature ; and therefore the. moft 
tender Branches of the laft Years Shoot, are thofe you mutt 
lay down for Layers; which fhould be done in Odfober, and 
remain upon the Stools two Years, before they are taken off, 
and in that time they will be well rooted, and fit to tran{- 
plant; which may be done in Auguft or April. Its propet 
Soil is a dry Gravel; but it will thrive in moft loamy Lands, 
that are not very wet or cold. 
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