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confifts, there mould always be a 

 Succeflien of young Branches train- 

 ed in ; for the Fruit is always pro- 

 duced upon the fecond and third 

 Years Wood j and all thofe Branches 

 which are older, never produce any: 

 for want of rightly obferving this 

 Method, mort of the Trees of this 

 Kind feldom have any Fruit but to- 

 ward their extreme Parts ; which is 

 one Reafon thefe Trees have been 

 much neglected of late Years. 



The Branches of this Tree are 

 very flexible, fo that it cannot be 

 trained up to a Standard ; but muft 

 always have the Atfiitance of aWall, 

 or fome other Building, to fupport 

 Jt. It is very hardy, and will grow 

 in almoft any Soil or Situation ; but 

 it agrees bell with a dry Soil, in 

 which it will always produce a great- 

 er Quantity of Fruit. 



This may be propagated by lay- 

 ing down the tender Shoots, which 

 are commonly two Years before they 

 will be rooted enough to tranfplant 

 (but, notwithftanding this, it is a 

 more expeditious Method than to 

 raife them from Seeds, which rarely 

 come up until the fecond Year, and 

 are but of flow Growth the two fuc- 

 ceedmg Years); then they may either 

 be planted where they are to remain, 



into a Nurfery for two or three 

 /ears, where you may train them, 

 according to the Places where they 

 aredefigned to be planted : but the 

 fooner they are planted where they 

 are to remain, the better they will 

 fucceed. It is commonly three Years 

 after they are planted out, before 

 they begin to produce Fruit. 



The Glajienbury Thorn is preferv- 

 cd in many Gardens as aCuriofity : 

 this often produces fome Bunches of 

 Flowers in Winter, and afterwards 

 flowers again at the Seafon with the 

 common Sort ; but doth in no other 

 relpedt differ from the common 



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Hawthorn : the fabulous Story of 

 its budding on Cbrijimas-day in the 

 Morning, flowering at Noon, and 

 decaying at Night, is now with 

 good Reafon difbelieved ; for altho' 

 it may fometimes happen, that 

 there may be fome Bunches of Flow- 

 ers open on that Day, yet, for the 

 moil part, it is later in the Year be- 

 fore they appear ; but this in a great 

 meafure depends on the Mildnefs of 

 the Seafon. This Sort may be pro- 

 pagated by budding or grafting it 

 upon the common Hawthorn, and 

 mould be planted in a warm Situa- 

 tion, which will greatly promote 

 the Flowering in the Winter ; for 

 if they are too much expofed to cold 

 Winds, the Flowcr-budi will decay 

 without opening, tho' in other re- 

 fpedls the Plant is equally as hardy 

 as the common Sort, and may be 

 treated in the fame manner. 



The Cockfpur Hawthorn is of 

 larger Growth than any of the for- 

 mer, and is very hardy : this may 

 be propagated by fowing the Seeds, 

 in the fame manner as the common 

 Hawthorn ; and they commonly 

 abide in the Ground till the fecond 

 Year, as they do : therefore the raoft 

 expeditious Way to increafe this 

 Plant is, to bud or graft it upon the 

 common Hawthorn ; tho' I muft 

 conftfs, that the Trees thus propa- 

 gated will not arrive to the Magni- 

 tude as thofe generally do which are 

 propagated from Seeds : but will 

 produce Fruit much fooner : but 

 where a Perfon intends to have them 

 in Perfection, they fhouid always b.e 

 propagated from Seeds. This Sort 

 will grow to the Height of eighteen 

 or twenty Feet, and may be trained 

 up with regular Stems, and Heads, 

 and when planted amongft other 

 Trees of the fame Growth, they 

 make an agreeable Variety ; for 

 in (he Spring, when they are in 

 Bioffom, 



