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fible, from the Countries of its 

 Growth ; and if they are brought 

 over in Sand, they will be more 

 likely to grow, than fuch as are 

 brought over dry. Thefe Nuts or 

 Seeds fhould be planted in Pots fill- 

 ed with light rich Earth, and plung- 

 ed into an Ho:- bed of Tanners 

 Eark, which mould be kept pretty 

 warm. The Pots mould be alio 

 frequently watered, when the Earth 

 appears dry, which will greatly fa- 

 cilitate the Vegetation of the Seed, 

 provided the Water is not given in 

 large Quantities, which would rot 

 them. In about a Month or five 

 Weeks the Plants will come up t 

 when they mult be treated very ten- 

 derly ; for the Bed mult be kept in 

 a due Temperature for Heat ; and 

 when the Day proves warm, the 

 frefh Air fhould be admitted to the 

 Plants, by raifing the GiaiTes a little. 

 When they have grown about four 

 Inches high, they ihould be care- 

 fully tram planted ; and where there 

 are feveral Plants in one Pot, they 

 muft be parted, being careful to 

 preferve a Ball of Earth to the Root 

 of each, and planted into leparate 

 fmall Pots fi.H'd with light rich 

 Earth, and then plunged into an 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark ; obferv- 

 ing to (hade them until they have 

 taken new Root ; after which time 

 they mould have frefh Air admitted 

 to them in proportion to the Warmth 

 of the Seafon : toward Mickaihnas 

 the Plants muft be removed into the 

 Stove, and plunged into the Bark- 

 bed, where, dunng the Winter- fea- 

 fon, they fhould be kept very warm, 

 and mull be genii y watered twice a 

 Week. In the vSpring the Plants 

 fhouid be fhifted into Pots a Size 

 larger than the former, and the 

 Bark-bed mould be then renewed 

 with trefh Tan, which will fet the 

 plants in a growing State early, 



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whereby they will make a fine Pro- 

 grefs the following Summer. Thefe 

 Piants muft be constantly kept in the 

 Stove ; for they are too tender to 

 bear the open Air in this Country at 

 any Seafon. 



PERSIC A, The Peach tree. 

 The Char a c?ers are ; 



// hath long narrow Leaves : the 

 Flower tcrji/h of fi<veral Leaves, 

 which are piactd in a circular Or- 

 der, and expand in farm cf a Rcfe : 

 the Pointal, which ri/es from the 

 Centre of the fhwercup, becomes a 

 roundifb f-fyFruit, having a longitu- 

 dinal Fj r$w 4 inclfng a rough rugged 

 Stone, whicv is deeply fwrvwd, by 

 which it is dijlinguiflid from the 

 Almond. 



There are a great Variety of 

 thefe Trees, which are cultivated in 

 the Gardens of thofe who are curi- 

 ous in collecting the feveral Sorts cf 

 Fruit in the different Parts of Europe: 

 I (hall therefore firit beg Leave to 

 mention two or three Sorti, which 

 are cultivated for the Beauty of their 

 Flowers ; after which, I mall enu- 

 merate the feveral Sorts of good 

 Fruit which have come to my 

 Knowiege. 



1. Persica vulgaris, fore pleno. 

 Toum. Peach-tree with double 

 Flowers. 



2. Persica African a nana, fore 

 incarnato fimplici. T. Dwarf Al- 

 mond, with fmgle Flowers, vulgo. 



3. Persica dfricana nana, fore 

 incarnato pleno. T. Double-flower - 

 ing Dwarf Almond, vulgo. 



The firit of thefe Trees is a very 

 great Ornament in a Garden early 

 in the Spring, the flowers being 

 very large, double, and of a beauti- 

 ful red or purple Colour. This may 

 be planned in Standards, and, if in- 

 termix^ amongft o f her flowering 

 Trees of the fame Growth, makes 

 a very agreeable Variety ; or it may 



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