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Month after they are gathered,when 

 they will be fit to be eaten ; before 

 which they are fo very harm, that 

 it is almoft impofiible to eat 

 them. 



The third Sort is fo very common 

 in England, that it would be to little 

 Purpofe to fpend much time in treat- 

 ing of it, fince the great Ufe to 

 which it is applied in England t is to 

 make Fences ; the manner of doing 

 which is already defcribed under the 

 Article of fences and Hedgts. 



Thefe Tree?, when grown large, 

 are great Ornaments to Parks ; and 

 during the Seafon of their Flower- 

 ing, where the Trees are in plenty, 

 the Air is perfumed with the Fra- 

 £rancy of their Flowers : and as 

 they are much frequented by Night- 

 ingales, fo their melodious Notes 

 render thofe Places the mod agreea- 

 ble, at that time of the Year, for 

 Retirement : but I would only men- 

 tion in this Place, that there are two 

 -or three Varieties of this Plant com- 

 monly obferved in the Hedges near 

 London, which differ in the Size of 

 their Leaves and Fruit : but that 

 Sort which produces the fmallelt 

 Leaves is the beft worth cultivating 

 for Hedge:-', becaufe their Branches 

 always grow clpfe together; fo that 

 the Hedge will clip much clofer, and 

 appear more beautiful : for it is a 

 common Obfervation, That the 

 Branches of all Sorts of Trees grow 

 in a proportionable Diftance to the 

 Size of their Leaves. 



The fourth Sort is a Variety of 

 the third, from which it differs in 

 having fair double Flowers. This 

 is propagated by being budded or 

 grafted upon the common Sort, and 

 may be trained up with regular 

 Stems to the Height of twelve or 

 fourteen Feet ; and when planted in 

 Wildcrnelfes, or other Plantations of 

 Trees, being intermixed with other 



flowering Trees of the fame Growth, 

 makes a very fine Appearance during 

 the Seafon of its Flowering, which 

 is commonly moft Part of May ; the 

 Flowers being produced in large 

 Clutters, as in the common Sort: 

 but are very double : this Tree is 

 pretty common in the Nurferies 

 near Londw. 



The UAzaroIe, or Neapolitan 

 Medlar, has been introduced from 

 Italy, where the Fruit is greatly 

 efleemcd. This is a! fo propagated 

 by budding or grafting it upon 

 Stocks of the common Hawthorn, 

 and mould be tranfplanted into a 

 moift Soil, and warm Situation, 

 where it will produce great Quanti- 

 ties of Fruit annually in England^ 

 which are fhaped like thofe of the 

 common Hawthorn, but much lar- 

 ger ; and muflbe preferved till they 

 begin to decay before they are eaten, 

 as the common Medlar. 



I have obferved thefe Trees in 

 many Places planted againfr. warm 

 Walls, as fuppofing them too tender 

 to produce Fruit in this Climate, 

 without fuch Affiftance ; which is a 

 very great Mi flake : for I have feen 

 much more Fruit upon Standard- 

 trees than were upon thofe againir. 

 Walls, and they ripened well, and 

 were better tailed. 



The Pyracantha, or Ever-green 

 Thorn, was formerly in greater 

 Efteem than at prefent : it is com- 

 monly planted againlt Walls orBuilii- 

 ings, where it affords an agreeable 

 Profpccl in Winter (efpecially if it 

 has plenty of Fruit), the Fruit being, 

 at that Seafon, of a beautiful red 

 Colour, and are commonly produ- 

 ced in very large Clutters, which, to- 

 gether with its ever green Leaves, 

 renders it worthy of a Place in every 

 good Garden. But in order to 

 have Fruit upon every P*rt of the. 

 Tree, in which its greateft Beauty 

 L 1 1 4 confifts 



