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Thefe are moft of them Weeds in 

 England, and are not planted in 

 Gardens ; for if their Seeds are once 

 permicted to fcatter upon theGround, 

 they will foon (lock it with Plants ; 

 for which Reafon, they mould al- 

 ways be extirpated ; not only thofein 

 the Garden, but alfo thofe in the 

 Parts near it ; becaufe their Seeds, 

 being furnihYd with Down, are waft- 

 ed in the Air to a confiderable Di- 

 itencc, where falling on the Ground, 

 they foon come up, and prove trou- 

 blefome. 



SORBUS, The Service-tree. 

 The Characters are ; 

 r The Flower conftjls of federal 

 Leaves, which are placed orbicularly, 

 and expand in form of a Rofe ; whofe 

 Flower-cup afterward becomes a Fruit 

 Jhaped like a Fear or Medlar: to 

 which mujl be added, Rcnnated Leaves, 

 iike thoje of the AJb. 

 The Species are ; 



1. So r bus fativa. C. B. P. The 

 manured Service-tree. 



2. Sorbus fativa, fruclu pyri- 

 formi, medio rubente. H. Cath. The 

 manured Service, with pear-fhap'd 

 Fruit, red in the Middle. 



3. Sorb us fativa, fruclu ferotino 

 minor i turbinato rubente. Tourn. The 

 lefier late-ripe Service, with a iMed- 

 lar-lhaped Fr .it. 



4. Sorbus fativa, fruclu o<vato, 

 medio rubente. Hort. Cath. The ma- 

 nured Service, with an oval Fruit, 

 which is red within. 



5. Sorbus fativa, mag no fruclu 

 turbinato, pallide rubente. Inf. R. H. 

 The manured Service, with a large 

 turbinated Fruit of a pale-red Co- 

 Jour. 



6. Sorbus fati-va, magno fruclu 

 ticnnibil turbinato, rubro. Inf. R. H. 

 The manured Service, with a large 

 red Fruit not turbinated. 



7. Sorbus fati<va, fruclu turbi- 

 nato, omnium minlmo. Injh R. H. 



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The manured Service, with the leaft 

 Fruit. 



8. Sorbus Orient alis, fraxini fo- 

 lio. Tourn. Cor. Eaftern Service, 

 with an Afh-leaf. 



9. Sorbus Orien talis, fruclu ma- 

 ■ gno, comprefo, iff fla<vefcente. Tourn. 



Cor. Eaftern Service, with a large, 

 flat, yellowifn Fruit. 



10. Sorbus aucuparia. J. B. The 

 wild Service, or Quick - beam, by 

 fome cali'd The Quicken-tree. 



11. Sorbus fy/vefri-, foliis cx lu- 

 teo varicgatis. The wild Service or 

 Quick-beam, with ftriped Leaves. 



The manured Service was for- 

 merly laid to be growing wild in Eng- 

 land-, but this 1 believe was a Mil- 

 take ; for feveral curious Perfons 

 have uri&Iy fearch'd thofe Places 

 where it was mention'd to grow, and 

 could not find it ; nor could they 

 learn from the Inhabitants of thofe 

 Countries, that any fuch Tree had 

 grown there. 



■ In Italy thefe Trees are very com- 

 mon, where they have a great Va- 

 riety of Sorts, which were obtain'd 

 from Seeds ; but I have not obferv'd 

 in the Englijh Gardens more than 

 the three Sorts firft mention'd, and 

 thofe are yet very fcarce ; for I have 

 not feen more than one large Tree 

 of the true Service in England, which 

 was larely growing in the Gardens 

 formerly belonging to John Trade- 

 fcant at South -Lambeth, near Vaux- 

 hall in Surry, who was a very curi- 

 ous Colle&or of rare Plants in King 

 Charles the Second's time ; which 

 Tree was near forty Feet high, and 

 did produce a great Quantity of 

 Fruit annually. There are, indeed, 

 fome Trees of middling Growth in 

 the Gardens of Henry Marjh, Efq; at 

 Hamerfmith, which produce Fruit 

 (from whence feveral young Plants 

 have been raifed of late in the Nur- 

 feries near London ) ; but thefe are 

 4O: fmall, 



