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This IS propagated by Tecds, which fliould ht fown 

 in the ipring, in ftnall pots filled with light earth, 

 and plunged into a hot-bed -, thefe feeds lie generally 

 two months in the ground before the plants make 

 their appearance, during which time the pots ihould 

 be duly watered, and air admitted when the weather 

 is warm. When the plants come up and are fit to 

 remove, they fhould be carefully feparatcd, >plantin 

 each in afmall pot filled with light earth," watering 

 the earth to fettle it about their roots j then plunge 

 them inro the tan-bed again, fliading the plants from 

 the fun till tliey have taken^^ew root; afterward 

 they may be treated in the fame manner as other ten- 

 der plants from the fame countries. V/hen the plants 

 have obtained ftrength, they may be preferved in win- 



' tcr in a dry ftove, but thefe will not make fuch pro-^ 



prcfs as rhofe in the tan-ftove. 

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The Characters are, --r 



Ji hrJh rnak and female fip<u:ersin different plants, ' Th 

 virJe floivcr hath an oval acute fpatba^ which hirjls and 

 contains a tak'ccmpofed of many katkins,' which are taper 

 ■ and I'undkd tozether ; " thefe are imhricatedy and have 

 many turbinated fcales^ which are four -cornered^ obttife^ 

 and corapreffed, deflower hat% no corolla^ hut a fcaly 

 '^iienariian^ zvith twofljort hair-like Jlamina^ crozvncd by 

 ' four- cornered oblong fummits,, f he female flowers have a 

 fpatka^ with four taper imbricated ger men ; they have no 

 corolla^ but the compreffcd imbricated germen fupport one 

 fijort ftyky crowned by a beaded torn ftigma. The empale- 

 ment afterward turns to a *b'erry with one cell^ containing 

 'one oblong compreffcd feed. " .■ ■ " ' "■^*■ 



^ This tree is ranged in the fecond order of Linnseus's 

 -•' twenty- fecond clafs, intitled Dicecia Diandria, the 

 male flowers growing upon feparate plants from the 

 'female, arid have each two ftamina. '■- ^ ' 



It grows naturally in moft of the woody parts of the 

 "ifland of Jamaica, where it rifes to the height of 

 thirty-five or forty feet : the trunk and branches are 

 hr.ilov/, and flopped at diff^erent fpaces by membra- 

 naceous ieptai, which have fo many light annular 

 it^iks in the furface ; the leaves are large, divided 



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when they are put up in light fand, it will prevent 

 t^-. that inconveniency... .The feeds Ihould be fown in 

 fmall pots filled with light earth, and plunged into 

 a moderate hot-bed of tanners bark, obfervino- to wa- 

 ti ter the pots duly, and to admit frefh air whenever the 

 V. weather is favourable. . When the plants come up 



■ and are fit to tranfplant, they fiiould be carefully taken 

 up, and each planted in a feparate fmall pot filkd 



' with the like light earth, and plunged into the hot-bed 

 ' again, being careful to water them to fettle the earth 



to their roots, and alfo to fcreen them from the fun 



: till they have taken new root : after which they ihould 



•- be conflantly kept plunged into the bark-bed in the 



i ftove, and treated in the lame manner as other plants 



from the fame country. 



C E D RU S. The Cedar-tree of Barbadoes, and the 



' Mahogany, &C;n;TC: :-.■,:■ 

 ■: The Characters are, ;, - . .: 



■ .// hath a tuhulous bell-fhaped empalement of one leaf^ in- 

 ' ' ' dented in five parts.-.:. The flower is of one leaf^ divided at 



the'top into five parts '^ it hath five fljort Jtamina^ which 



adhere at bottom to the germen^ and are terminated by 



rcundifh fimmits \ in the center is Jituated the roundij/j 



germen^ fupporting a thick fligma ; the germen afterward 



becomes an oval pod^ having five cells ^ opening from the 



bottom upward with five valves, having a double cc- 



-..ver-y the outer being thick and woody ^ the inner very 



. thin^ which immediately furrounds the feeds,. In the cen- 



. ter is fixed a fi.ve'Cornc'rcd column the Jengtl^ of the pod^ 



whofe angles are ofpofite to the fiffures of the pod^ to 



■ 'which the feeds adhere^ placed over each other like the 



■ 'fcales cffijh \ thefe are thick at their bafe, but upward 

 . are fiat and thin, like the wings adhering to the Jeeds of 



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into many lobes like thofe of Papaya, but the foot- 

 ftaik is placed more in the center, fo as to refemble a 



they are downy on their under fide. ' The 

 flowers are inclofed in a conical fpatha or fl^eath, the 

 male growing upon feparate plants from thofe which 

 have the female; they are produced upon imbri- 

 bricated katkins, compofed of feveral turbinated 

 fcales, having no corolla, each having a fcaly nec- 



with two fliort hair.-like ftamina, crowned 



The female 



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with four-cornered oblong fummits. 

 flowers are inclofed in a conical fpatha or flieath ; 

 thefe have no corolla, but have four imbricated ger- 

 men, fupporting one fliort ftyle, crowned by a headed 

 torn ftigma.- The empalement afterward turns to an 

 oblong cylindrical berry, compofed of many fmall 

 acini like the Strawberry, and much refemble it in 

 flavour when ripe. 



This tree is very rare atprefcnt in Europe ; the fruit 

 being fmall are generally devoured by birds, fo are 

 not much obferved by the European inhabitants, ' but 

 the negroes are fond of it -, they alfo make ufe of the 

 fmall brandies of the tree to obtain fire, by rubbing 

 them againft each other \ by this attrition they foon 

 emit fparks of fire, fo that it is a ufeful tree in that 



country. ' . 



I received f})ecimcns of this tree from the late Dr. 



Houftoun, who found it growing naturally at La Vera 



Cruz, in New Spain, but without flowers; nor had 



the Doftor leifureto examine the characters of it, fo 



that at prclent v/e arc not fufficiently acquainted v/ith 

 them. 



It may be propagated by feeds (when procured from 

 the places where it naturally grows.) Thefe fliould 

 be brought over in fund; for as the fruit are com- 

 pofed of feveral acini like thofe of Strawberries, fo 

 jf they arc put up moift in papers, they will be apt 

 to grow mo'.ildy, and thereby Ipoil the feeds: but 



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This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion 

 of Linnssus's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Mono- 



the flower havino* five ftamina and 



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As the Cedar of Libanus is by Tournefort very pro- 

 • perly referred to the genus of Larix, and all the berry- 

 . bearing Cedars are joined to the Junipers, I have 

 given the title of Cedrus to this genus, as they were 

 mentioned by imperfeft titles by moft of the authors 

 who have treated of them ; and as the lirft fort lias 

 been generally known by the appellation of Cedar in 

 the countries where it naturally grows, the applying:!; 

 the fame name to thofe plants which agree in the;r 

 effential charaders with it, will join them propcriy 

 together. . , , 



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The Species are, 



Cedrus ipdorata) foliis pinnatis, foliolis m-ukijugatis 

 obtufis, fruftu ovali glabro. 



leaves, compofed of many pair of fmall leaves cr Icbcs, 

 which are obtiife, and an oval fnooth fruit. Cedrus 

 Barbadenfium, alatis fraxini foliis non crenatis, fructu 

 fingulari, quinis involucris crafTis validis cochleato 

 cavis, totidem femina membranis adaudra & columnai 

 canalicLilata^ pentagons pra^grandi adnata, occluden- 

 tibus ornato. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 157. f.^i. The Barba- 

 does Cedar-tree. ' - , . . 



2, Cedrus (iV4i^/'J'^^^«z^ fohis pinnatis, foliolis oppofitis, 



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glabris, floribus racemofis fparfis. Cedar with winged 



-leaves, whofe lobes are fnooth and ft and cpprfite, andfiow- 



ers grooving in loofe bunches. Arbor foliis pinnatis, nulio 



impari alam claudente, nervo ad latus unum excur- 



rente fruclu angulofo magno, femine alato inftar Pi- 



■ nus. Catefl^. Hift. Carol. Vol. 11. p. 181. The Mabo- 



gany-tree. 



3. Cedrus {Alternifolitis) foliis alternis fimplicibus, corda- 



to-ovatis acutis, fruclu pentngono mucronato. Cedar 



with fingle leaves -placed alternately, which are cvaly heart- 



fioaped, and acute, having a five-cornered pointed frwt. 



Arbor excella CoryU folio ampliore. liouft, MSS. 



The firft fort is commonly known under the title <jf 



Cedar in the Britilli iOands of America, v/here this 



tree grows naturally, and is one of tlic largeft trees 



of that country. The trunks of tlicfe trees arc fo 



large, that the inhabitants hollow them, and form 



them into the fhape of boats, and pcrlaguas, fur 



which purpofe they are cxtrcnicly vv-ell adapted ; the 



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