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centre opens and divides, fo that three diftinil 
branches appear fpreading from the root; after 
this, it proceeds to blofTom and bear fruit, and 
will live to a great age, agreeing very well 
"with it's fofter tree, which it ornaments, in 
grateful return for the fupport which it re- 
ceives : it grows moftly on apple-trees, but is 
fome times found on the oak, though rarely, 
and on feveral other kinds of trees ; the feeds 
are enclofed by fo vifcous a pulp, that they 
readily adhere to other vegetables, on which 
they are frequently dropped by birds, and thus 
the fpecies is propagated* 
