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The fourth fort commonly grows from thirty to forty 

 feet in the Weft-Indies. This hath oblong pointed 

 leaves, which have' fome (lender furrows, and when 

 rubbed have a llrong fcent j the fruit of this fort is 

 feldom eaten but by the negroes ; the tree grows in 

 inoift places in all the illanus of the Weft-Indies. 

 The fifth fort is rftuch cultivated in Peru i'ot the 

 fruit, and from thence the feeds have been brought 

 to England, and many plants have beenraifed. This 

 grows to be a very large tree in the natural country 

 of its growth, and is well furniflied with branches, 

 which are garnifhed with leaves of a bright green co- 

 lour, which are much larger than thofe of any of the 

 other forts. The fruit is oblong and fcaly on the out- 

 fide, and of a dark pufple colour when ripe ; tlie 

 flefli is foft and fweet, h^s many brown feeds inter- 

 mixed, which are very fmooth and ftiining ; the fruit 

 is efteemed by the Peruvians as one of their moft de- 

 licate forts. This has produced flowers in England, 

 but no fruit. 



The fixth and feventh forts grow in fome of the 

 French iflands, as alfo in Cuba, in great plenty ; thefe 

 grow to the height of thirty feet or more •, their fruit 

 are efteemed by the inhabitants of thofe iflands, who 

 frequently give them to fick perfons^ as they reckon 

 them very cooling and wholefdn^; . > .. - 



The eighth fort grows plentifully in the Bahama 

 iflands, where it feldom rifcs to more than ten feet 

 high, having feveral ftems ; the fruit of this fort are 

 .fhaped like a Pear inverted. This is feldom e^en 

 but by the negroes, and is the food of guanas, and 



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This fort will thrive in the open air in England, if 

 it is planted in a warm fheltered fituation ; but the 

 plants (hould be trained up in pots, and Iheltcred in 

 winter for two 61* three years, until they havfe ac- 



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leaves, and caufe them to decay-, but when carefully 

 managed, dieir leaves will continue green all the win- 

 ter, and make a very good appearance in the ftove 

 at that feafon. 



As rhefe plants advance in their growth, thcy^ Ihoiild 

 be fliifted into larger pots ; but this muft be done 

 witli caution, for nothing is more prejudicial to them 

 than over-potting them. They muft alfo conftantly 

 remain in the tan-bed, otherwile they will make but lit- 

 tle progrefs ; for although they will U/e in a dry ftove, 

 yet they will make little progrefs, nor will their leaves 

 appear fo fine, as when they are preferved in a vigo- 

 rous growing ftatc -, and it is more for die beauty of 

 their leaves, than any hopes of their producing fruit 

 in this country, that they are preferved in ftoves : for 

 though there has been fome of the forts which have 

 produced flowers in England, yet none have ever 

 fhewn their fruit here. 

 Sorile of thefe plants are twelve or fourteen feet high 



. ift our gardens, and a few years ago there were plants 

 ; (rf" the fifth fort in the garden at Chelfea, which were 



. .,^ more than 'twenty fit'ct high, and piroduced flowers 

 two or three years. The ftove in which thefe plants 



- ire pkced, fliould, during the winter feafoh, be kept 

 to the Anarlas heat, marked on the botanical tliermo- 

 meters. The earth Ihould be light and rich in which 

 they are planted, and the tan-bed Ihould be frequently 

 turned over and refreflied. Their waterings muft be 

 frtqufent in fummer, but not in too great quantity. 

 In the winter they muft have it but feldom, a little 

 onee a wfeek in open weather, and, in froft, once iri 

 k fortnight or three weeks, will be fufficient. , 



A N T H E^M I S. Lin. Gen. Plant. 870. Chamomile. 

 The Characters are. 



It is a phmt with a compound fiower^ wbofe common 

 tfHpakment i^ heffiifphericaly compofe-d of many fcnies 



quired fome ftrength •, then they may be turned out I which are equal the border^ or rays of the flower^ is 



of the pots in the fpring, and planted in tht full J tompofedi^f many female florets^ whofe petals are ftretched 



ground, where they are to remain. This fort has pro- j mt like tonnes on orie ftde^ and are indented in three 



duced flowers in the curious garden of his grace the j faris at tbefr extremity. The middle^ or dijk of the flower^ 



duke of Argyle, at Whitton, near Hounflow, where j iscon^fed of many hermaphrodite florets^ is)hich are fun- 



it has been growing in the open air for fome years, 

 as alfo in the nurfeiy of the late Mr. Gray, near Ful- 

 ham. The feeds of this fort are frequently brbught 

 to England from North America, which are much 



nel'fl^aped^ ere5l^ and cut into five parts at the top, thefe 

 have five fhort narrow flamina^ which are crowned by 

 iylindrical hollow fummits^ the germen is fituated at the 

 bottofn^ fupporting » fiender Jiyle^ crow)ted by two reflexed 



larger than thofe of the other fpecies, and many plants | fiigma^ which afterward becomes an oblong naked feed. 

 have been lately raifed in the gardens near London. J the female florets have no fiamina, but an oblong ger- 



The Ihape of the leaves is alfo different ; this cafts 

 its leaves in autumn, whereas all the others retain 

 their leaves, never cafting them until the ipring, 

 when the leaves come out. The fruit is very different 

 from thofe of the other fpecies, two or three grow- 

 ing together at their foot-ftalks. When the feeds 

 of this fort are fown, they frequently remain a 

 whole year in the ground ; therefore the earth ih the 

 pots fhould not be difturbed, where they are fdivn, 

 if the plants do not come up the firft year ; and the 

 pots ftiould be flieltered in winter, and the following 

 fpring if they are plunged into a new hot-bed, the 

 plants wili come up much fooner than thofe which 

 are fown in the open air, fo will have more time to 

 get ftrength before the winter. 

 All the other forts which are natives of the warm 

 parts of America, are to otender to live in this country, 

 if they are not preferved in warm ftoves \ they come 

 up very eafily from the feeds which are brought from 

 America, if they are frefh ; but thefe feeds miift be 

 fown on a good hot-bed, or in pots of light earth, 

 and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark in Febru- 

 ary, which is by much the beft time -, becaufe wlien 

 the plailts come up early, they will have time to 

 get ftrength before the cold weather comes on in the 

 autumn. 



Thefe plants fliould be kept in the bark-ftove, and 

 carefully "managed, with which they will make ^reat 

 progrefs; but in warm weather they fliould have 

 plenty of frefti air admitted to them, for when the 

 air is excluded from them too much, they are apt to 

 grow fickly, and are often attacked by vermin, which 

 will multiply and fpreadover the whole furface of the 



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*^K in the center^ fupporting two infiexed fiyles , 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 

 of Linnasus's nineteenth clafs, entitled Syngenefia 

 Polygamia fuperflua, the flowers of this fedion be- 

 ing compofcd of many florets, which are female and 

 hermaphrodite, whofc ftamina are joined at the top. 

 The Species are, 

 I. Anthemis {Nobilis) foliis pinnato-compofitis lineari- 

 bus acutis fubvillofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 894. Chamomile 

 with winged leofves^ compofed of many Very narrow-point- 

 ed hoary fegments. Chamsemelum nobile five Leucan- 

 themum odoratius. C. B. P. 135. Common^ or noble 

 Chamomile, 



Anthemis {Arveirfts) receptaculis conicis paleis feta- 

 ceis feminibus coronato-marginatis. Flor. Suec. 704. 

 Chamomile with a conical receptacle of briftly chaffs and 

 bordered feeds. Cham^nielum inodorum. C. B. P. 

 136. May Weed. 



Anthemis (Cotttla) receptaculis cor^icis paleis fetacei 

 feminibus nudis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 894. Cha?no9ni!e with 



a conicle receptacky briftly chaffs and naked feeds. Cha- 

 msemelum foetidum. C B. P. 135. May Weed, 

 Anthemis {Cota) fiorum paleis rigidis pungentibus. 

 Flor. Leyd. 172. Chamomile with ftiff pungent chaff be- 

 tween the florets. Chamaemelum annuum ramo- 

 fum cotube foetid^ floribus amplioribus capitulis 

 fpinofis. Mor. Hift. 3. p. 36. 



5. Anthemis {Altiffmia) eredta fohorum apicibus fub- 

 fpinofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 893. Upright Chamomile with 

 ledroes ending with fpines. Chamifcrnclum Leucanthe- 

 mum Hifpanicum magno flore. C. B. P. 135. 



6. Anthemis {Maritima) foliis pinnatis dentatis carno- 

 fis tiudis punftatis Caule proftrato, calycibus fubto- 



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