TREATISE on 



from the beauty and fragrance of their bloflbms in fpring, 

 joined to the rich glow of their fruits in autumn, they have a 

 moft chearful efFefl, propei ly difpofed in the wildernefs, or in 

 groves near the houfe. 



They are all, except the double-blofTom'd fort, to be propa- 

 gated from feeds, where thefe can be procured ; but as fome of 

 them are apt to vary from the parent plant, when increafed that 

 way, I fliould rather advife their being grafted or budded on the 

 common kind, from whence they will not only fooner become 

 fruitful, but ever after continue to be fo, wherein their greateft 

 beauty coniifts, 



TfiE Medlars and Azeroles are cultivated, both for mixing 

 with other trees in ornamental plantations, and for the fake of 

 their fruit in the kitchen garden, where they are planted in 

 flandards and efpaliers. They will fucceed by grafting, or 

 budding them on the common Hawthorn, but will be improved 

 both in the fize of the plant, and flavour of the fruit, by doing 

 them on the Pear-ftock. To inlarge the tree, a deep moift foil is 

 neceflary ; but where fruit is the motive, a generous dry mould 

 and warm fituatipn is required. 



Let the flocks for the Thorns, when grafted or budded, be in 

 a free-growing vigorous fhate, and about the bulk of on^'s finger, 

 three or four feet above ground, which will be a proper height 

 for thefe operations. The Pear- flocks, for the Medlars and Aze- 

 roles, mufl be proportioned to the ufes you intend them for : If 

 -for dwarfs, efpaliers, or wails, graft them within three or four 

 inches pf the ground ; but if for flandards, the fame height as 



