white within and without, but the Belle de Vitry is of a brownish red and velveted.

36. Pefche de Peau, i. e. the Skin-peach, is of two forts, viz. the round kind, which is a good Peach, and the best of the two; and the long fort which is flat, and fubject to decay in the middle, its Stone fplitting for the most part; it requires a warm Expofure, otherwise its Fruit is green and taftlefs; the Male of this fort is very large, and is call'd the Monftrous Pavy, which brings a fine red Fruit, full of Flesh, and requires the warmest Expofure to bring its Fruit to Perfection.

There are ftill many other Tribes of Peaches, as those that bear the Title of Presse, of which there are white, red and yellow. The Mericotoues or Malacotoues, &c. which I fhall not particularly take Notice of, no more than of fome Pavies, which will not ripen in the colder Climates, i. e. where the Sun is not very hot in October, which is very neceffary to foften the Flesh of the Pavies, which are too apt to be hard.

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CHAP. V.

Of the Hazle, Walnut, Mulberry, Pomegranate, Cornelian Cherry, and l'Azzeroli; Remarks upon their Management and Improvement: With particular Proofs of the Sap's Circulation in Plants,

Of the Hazle.

Have obferv'd five Kinds of Hazles, which may properly enough be cultivated about a Country-Houfe, and it is as likely there may be as many more that may flip my Obfervation: However, if any one knows how to manage thefe, he needs no Inftructions for the Education of the reft, for they are all so nearly allied, that their Management is the fame, unless in this Particular, that the Spanish and English Hazles will bear well in a Coppice, and the Philberts and Cobnut muft have Air to bring a tolerable Crop; the forts are these.

Red Philbert, beft-White Philbert, goodSpanish Hazle, good-Cob-nut, very large Common Hazle; all these may be graffed upon one another, and the Seedlings bring Nuts of various Kinds.

As all these are Hafels or Hazles, I fhall give only the general Names which they are call'd by

in the feveral Countries in and near Europe, without entring upon the feveral Botanical Diftinctions; nor fhould I go fo far as this, but for the fake of the Gardiners, who, if they have to do with Foreigners, may know what Tribe of Plants is meant, if the Queftion fhould be ask'd in any Language, and I leave the Gardiners then to produce Varieties.

In Greek it is call'd nagua Tovтinni. e. Nux Poxtica, or Corylus, and Nux Abellina or Avellana; the Arabians name the Hazle, Agileuz, and Bunduch or Banduch; in Italy it is call'd Nocivole, Nocelle and Avellana, and in Spain Avellane; the French call the Tree Coudrier, and those which we call Philberts in England, they call Avelines; in Germany these Nuts are call'd Hafelnutz, and the Hollanders name them Hafelnoct.

The red Philbert is esteem'd more than the others; its Kernel is tender, and the Shell very thin; this and the white Philbert, both bring their Nuts in Clusters, even fometimes to the Number of twelve in a Bunch.

The Cob-nut brings the largest Nuts of any of the Hazles, but its Shell is very hard as well as its Kernel, and is chiefly efteem'd for its extraordinary Size; however, fome delight to propagate it, which with feven Years Patience may be brought to bear from a Nut fet in the Ground, as well as the Spanish Nut, which comes as well with us as the Philbert; but which kind foever we like beft, may with very little trouble be encreas'd by graffing upon the common Hazles, upon which it takes freely, fo that in Hedgerows, and other open Places, where we have common Hazle, we may prefently make an Amendment; it would be well to try fome in Coppices."!

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Obfervations

Obfervations concerning the Mulberry.

TH

HE black Mulberry fhould be planted in the Shade, to prevent its Fruit from falling, which it is very apt to do if it be full expos'd to the Sun; it has been obferv'd in fome Places, that this Fruit comes extraordinary large, if it be planted and treated in Efpalier againit a Wall fituate to the North.

The white Mulberry brings a finall Fruit not worth our Care, but the ufe of its Leaves for Silk-worms is very advantagious. A Friend of mine tells me, that they may both be inoculated upon the Elm with good Succefs; it is worth our trial, confidering the flow Growth of the black Sort; nay, he fays, the Buds will take upon the Lime or Linden Tree, and bear better than upon the Elm; he advises the Experiment to be made, and the Expence cannot be very great. I fhall here infert a Letter I receiv'd concerning the raifing of Mulberry-trees.

To Mr. BRADLEY, F. R. S.

SIR,

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Eading one of your monthly Treatifes of Husbandry, I there with Pleafure faw a Letter fent by King James the First, to the Lords Lieutenants of the Shires, for the encreafing of Mulberry-trees; and likewife feeing it your defire to encourage fo beneficial a Work at this Time, and examining into ⚫ that Design at Chelsea, I find, that for want of ، a better Method of raifing Mulberry Trees, they fail in a great Measure of that Success they might expect, were they rightly inform'd

C of the true Way of raifing the fame, for I find feedling Plants there not above a Foot high, two Years old; I have therefore fent you an Account how I have practis'd raifing them from Seed, and the Way how I arriv'd to the C Knowledge. Being once making a hot Bed for Melons, I took two or three Spits of Mould under a Mulberry-tree to cover the • Bed; about a Month after, to my great Surprize, came up a good Quantity of Mulberry Plants, the which, without Care, grew that Season above a Foot high, which I found came from the Seed that fell under the old Tree, fince which Time I have annually practis'd the making a hot Bed in February of a good Subftance, and after covering the Dung with good light Mould, have fcrap'd up the Earth from under my old Mulberry-trees, and thrown it on, and then cover'd that with a little light Earth, and cover'd the whole with Mats, keeping it gently water'd, till the Seed fprouted, and then taking the Mats away, I followed the fame with Water all Summer, and I have not fail'd to have great Quantities of • Mulberry-plants that Summer, fixteen or eighteen Inches high, which I let ftand all the • next Winter, and in very hard Weather hoop'd and matted the Bed; I planted them out in the Spring, and gave them gentle Waterings till rooted, and found the Success wonderful.

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Sir, If you think it may be any Way useful to the Publick, and please to infert it, I 'fhall fend what at any Time may fall under my , Notice,

From yours

J. C.

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