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are of a mod beautiful fcarlet Co- 

 lour; and, if the Trees are fupplied 

 with Nourimment, will continue to 

 produce Flowers for near three 

 Months fucceflively, which renders 

 it one of the moft valuable flowering 

 Trees yet known. This mult be 

 prun'd and managed in the lame 

 manner as hath been already direct- 

 ed for the fruit bearing Kind : but 

 this Sort may be rendered more 

 productive of its beautiful Flowers, 

 by grafting it upon Stocks of the 

 fingle Kind, which will check the 

 Luxuriancy of the Trees, and caufe 

 them to produce Flowers upon al- 

 moft every Shoot : by which Me- 

 thod I have had a low Tree, which 

 was planted in the open Air, ex- 

 tremely full of Flowers, which made 

 a very fine Appearance. 



The dwarf Sort was brought into 

 Europe from the warmer! Parts of 

 Jmerica, where the Inhabitants cul- 

 tivate it in their Gardens for the 

 Beauty of its Flowers, together with 

 its continuing to produce Flowers 

 and Fruit moft Part of the Year : 

 this Sort feldom grows above three 

 Feet high. The Fruit of this Kind 

 is rarely much larger than a Walnut, 

 and not very pleafant to the Tafle ; 

 fo that 'tis rather cultivated for 

 Shew, than for the fake of its 

 ' Fruit. 



This Plant may be propagated by 

 Layers in the fame manner as the 

 former Sorts; but muft be planted 

 in Pots filled with rich Earth, and 

 preferved in a Green-houfe ; other- 

 wife it is too tender to endure the 

 Cold of our Winters ; and in the 

 Summer, when the Flowers begin to 

 appear, if the Plants are expofed to 

 the open Air, the Buds will fall off, 

 and never open : fo that it mould 

 not be expofed to the open Air, but 

 placed in an airy Glafs-cafe, giving 

 them a large Share of Air every 

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Day : but as they will be covered 

 at Top, fo the Flowers will expand, 

 and the Fruit will grow to the full 

 Size. 



I have heard of a Sort of Pomgra- 

 nate with double-ltriped Flowers, 

 and have found it mentioned in fome 

 foreign Catalogues ; but have not 

 feen thePlant growing; tho' I believe 

 it may be eafily procured from Ita- 



PURSLAI N. Vide Portulaca. 

 PYRACANTHA. Vide Mefpi- 

 lus. 



PYROLA, Winter-green. 



The CharaRers are ; 

 It hath a rofe-fraped Flower, con- 

 Jifling of fevzral Leaves, which are 

 placed circularly ; out of whofe Cup 

 rifes the Pcintal, ending in a Probo- 

 fcis ; which afterward turns to a 

 roundi/h Fruit, which is chaneW ge- 

 nerally umhellated, and conjtjiing of 

 five Cells, which are commonly full of 

 fmall Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. ? y ro la rotundi folia major. 

 C. B* P. Great round- leav'd Win- 

 ter-green. 



2. Pyrola rotundifolia minor. C . 



B. P. Small round-leav'd Winter- 

 green. 



3. Pyrola folio mucronato ferra- 

 to. C. B. P. Winter-green, with 

 a pointed Leaf, fawed on the Edg- 

 es. 



4. Pyrola frute.fcens,arhuti folio. 



C. B. P. ShrubbyWinter-green,with 

 an Arbutus-leaf. 



The firft Sort grows wild in many 

 Places in the North of England, on 

 mofly Moors. Hills, and Heaths, as 

 alfo in fhady Woods ; fo that it is 

 very difficult to prelerve in Gar- 

 dens, in the Southern Parts. 



The other three Sorts are Natives 

 of the Hills in Germany, Italy, and 

 Hungary. Thefe are all of them ve- 

 ry difficult to cultivate in Gardens : 



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