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The Characters are ; 

 The Leaves are Jingle : the Flower 

 confijls of jive Leaves, which expand 

 inform of a Rofe : the Fruit is J mall, 

 and Jhaped like a Fear, in which are 

 contained many hard Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Crataegus folio laciniato. 

 Tourn. The common or Wild-fer- 

 vice. 



2 . C R A T JE c- u s folio f ub rot undo fer- 

 rato,fubtus incano. Tourn. The white 

 Beam- tree, or Aria Theophrajli. 



3. Crataegus folio oblongo fer- 

 rato utrinque vinnti. Inf. R. H. 

 "Wild-fervice with an oblong fa wed 

 Leaf, which is green on both Sides. 



4. CraTAIGI/s Virginiana, foliis 

 arbuti. Tourn. The Virginian Wild- 

 fervice, with Leaves like the Straw- 

 berry-tree. 



The firft of thefe Trees is very 

 common in divers Parts of England, 

 growing in Woods, tjfc The Leaves 

 of this Tree are very like thofe of 

 the leffer Maple, from whence fome 

 Gardeners have given it the Name 

 of Maple -leavd Service : the Fruit 

 grow in Bunches, and are about the 

 Bignefs of black Cherries, which are 

 fometimes fold in the Markets in 

 Autumn, and are by fome People 

 eaten as Medlars, &c. but have fome- 

 what of an auftere Tafte. 



This Sort is found growing wild 

 in feveral Parts of England, but 

 chiefly on ftrong ftifT Land, where 

 it often grows to the Height of thirty 

 Feet, cr upward ; but this is not very 

 common in Gardens. 



The fecond Sort is alfo a Native 

 of England, growing chiefly on 

 chalky Land ; efpecialiy in Sujfex 

 and Kent, where the Inhabitants call 

 it the White eaf- tree, on account of 

 the filver Colour on the Under-fide 

 of the Leaves : this Tree grows 

 abotu thirty Feet ; but the Head is 

 generally formed mere in a Pyramid 



than the former, refembling ha 

 Growth the Pear-tree : the Fruit of 

 thisTree is not quite fo large as thofe 

 of the firft Sort, but in other refpe&s 

 greatly refembles it. 



The third Sort is not a Native of 

 England, and at prefent is very rare 

 in the Englijb Gardens : the Leaves 

 of this Sort are broader, and not fo 

 long as thofe of the fecond Sort, and 

 are green on both Sides. 1 have not 

 as yet feen the Fruit of this Sort ; fo 

 cannot fay how it differs from thofe 

 of the former. 



All thefe Sorts may be propagated 

 by fowing their Seeds, loon after 

 they are ripe, on a Bed of common 

 Farth, where the Plants will come 

 up in the Spring ; and if they are 

 duly watered in dry Weather, and 

 kept clean from Weeds, they will 

 make good Progrefs the fame Year ; 

 and in the Autumn, when the Leaves 

 decay, the Plants may be tranfplant- 

 ed ihtor a Nurfery, allowing three 

 Feet Row from Row, and planting 

 them one Foot afunder in the Rows : 

 in this Nurfery the Plants may re- 

 main two Years ; in which time, if 

 the Ground is good, and they are 

 kept clear from Weeds, they will be 

 llrong enough to tranfplant where 

 they are to remain for good ; for 

 thefe Trees do not tranfplant well, 

 when they remain too long unre- 

 moved. 



Thefe Sorts may be propagated 

 by budding or grafting them, either 

 upon Stocks of the Hawthorn or 

 Medlar, upon both which theie will 

 take : and this is a more expeditious 

 Method of propagating thefe Trees, 

 than by Seeds or Layers ; and the 

 Trees which are fo railed, may be 

 trained up with better Stems and 

 thefe will net be liable to fhoot up 

 Suckers, as thofe Plants will do, 

 which are raifed from Suckers. 



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