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where the fait water overflows . it almofl every tide, 

 and can rarely be made to grow in a garden, or at 

 kaft to lafr longer there than one year ; but it being 

 cafily o-adicred in the places before-mentioned, the 

 markets are fupplied from thence by the herb-women, 

 who make it their bufinefs to gather herbs. 

 This fort differs from the firll in the fhapp of its 

 - leaves, thcfe being longer, and fmuated on their edges. 

 It flowers a little later in the feafon ; both thefe forts 

 are ufed in medicine. 



The little Welch Scurvy Grafs is a biennial plant, 

 and may be preferved in a garden, if plantecl in a 



• ftrong foil and a Ihady fltuation. This is preferved 

 ■ in curious gardens of plants, but is not of any ufe in 



• medicine, though it is by far the warmeft. and moft 



• pungent of all the forts. This grows plentifully m 

 ;. MufQovy, as alfo in Davis's Streights. 



The fourth fort is a low trailing plant, whofe ftalks 

 : grow fix inches long, and lie proilrate on the ground J , . . , 



the leaves are angular, and in Ihape like thofc of Ivy. thofe which are atterward produced ; for they ar 



der the title of Monoica Hexandria, the fame plants 

 having hermaphrodite and female flowers, the her- 

 maphrodite having fix ftamina. 



We know but one Species of this genus, viz. . 

 Cocos {Nucifera) frondibus pinnatis^ foliolis enfifornli- 

 bus replicatis.' Jacq. Hift. i68. Cocoa Nut with 

 winged branches^ ivhofefmall leaves are fivord-JImped and 

 folded. Palmalndica coccifera angulofa. C. B, P. 502;' 

 This tree is cultivated in both Indies, but is gene- 

 rally fuppofed to grow naturally in the Maldives, and 

 , other defart iflands of the Eafl:-Indies. The trees 

 grow to a great height in their native places, but theil-*' 

 Items are compofed of ftrong fibres like net-work, 

 which lie in feveral lamina over each odier, out of 

 which cdriie the branches (or rather leaves,) which 

 grow twelve or fourteen feet long. The midrib is 

 garnifhed with fword-lhaped fmall leaves, whofc bor- 

 ders fold backward: the firft leaves which pufil out 

 from th'" nut when planted, are very different from 



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^r: This is found growing naturally in fome parts of Eng- 

 •'. land," and is annual It flowers and feeds about the 

 ^ fame nme as the firft fort. .;•;■- 



fc-The fixth fort is a biennial plant, which ufually 

 : grows about a foot and a half high, with upright 

 r ftalks, garnifhed with angular heart-ihaped leaves, 



.--''''p^oduced'in loofe fpikes at the end of the branches -, 

 ihey are very fmall, white, and are fucceeded by IhoVt 

 fwelling pods filled with round feeds. It flowers in 



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than in the fpring. 

 *^The Horfe Radilh is propagated by cuttings or buds 

 - • from die fides of the old roots..-]: The beft feafon for 

 'i-; this work is in Oftober or February ; the former for 

 'r drylands, the latter for moift ; the grounci (hould be 

 ii. trenched at leaft two fpits deep, or more if it will al- 

 r low of it. The manner of planting it is as follows : 

 *• provide yourfelf with a good quantity of offsets, 



;Tvhich Ihould have a bud upon their crowns, but it 

 *; matters not how Ihort they. are ; therefore the upper 



part of the roots which are taken up for ufe, may be 



- \ ' -cutoff about two inches long with the bud to it, which 

 ' -^h.M efteemed the beft for plandng. Then make a 



t'.vtfencli ten inches deep, in which you fhould place 

 '. r^jthe offsets at about four or five inches diftance each 



- rv way., with the bud upward, covering them up with 

 '^' .the mould that was taken out of the trench: then 

 . '•j)roceed to a fecond trench in like manner, and con- 

 ; ■ tinue the fame till the whok fpot of ground is planted. 

 ;:.: After this, level the furface of the ground even, ^ob- 

 '■ Terving to keep it clear from weeds, undl the plants 

 ^i>eare fo far advanced, as to be ftrong enough to over- 

 H(f bear and keep them down. With this management 



• L;the roots of the Horfe Radifli will be long and ftrait, 

 ■ 1.:; and free from fmall lateral roots, and the fecond year 



eii after plannng will be fit for ufe. 'Tis true, they 

 C tnay be taken up the firft year, but then the roots 

 tuvnil be but flcnder; therefore it is the better way to 

 'wrJcf^them remain until the fecond year. The ground 

 • *,:'ii .which this is planted ought to be yery rich, other- 

 »'!-"w;fe the roots will make but a fmall progrefs. .-. 

 •COCOS, Lin. Gen. Plant. 122^^. The Cocoa Nut. 



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' . ^Lre are male and female flowers on the fame tree. The 



• - ^univofal fpatha has one valve. The empalement confifts 



p/ three fnall-coloured concave leaves ; the flt 

 three oval fpreading petals, and ftxflamina the 



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.%nm is fcarce difcer.nihle, fupporting three fhort ftyl 

 crowned by chfokte Jiigma \ thefe are barren. The female 

 fl(rxers are included in the like fpatha. The empalement 

 is tkree-kavedy tvhich is coloured and permanent ; they 

 have three petals to the flowers, which are larger ^^th^n 

 the en:palement, and an oval ger men without ajlyle, with 



' <itbree-lcbed ftigma. The nut is large, triangular, and 

 is perforated by three holes at the end. 



- iiiis genus is placed by Linnaeus in his appendix un- 



very broad, aiid have many folds in each : whereas,' 

 the after leaves have a ftrong midrib, of great ^ 

 length, on which the fmaller lobes are placed alter- 

 nately ; thefe lobes are from fix to eight or nine 

 inches long, and are almoft triangular, having very 

 fliarp points, and are very ftift'. The flowers come 

 out round the top of the trunk of the tree in large 

 clufters -, they are inclofed in a large fpatha or flieath, 

 and the nuts afterward are formed in large clufters ; 

 thefe are included iii 'large net-work covers, which 

 adhere clofely aboul them ; the niit has a hard ftiell, 

 with three holes at the upj)ef end. .The kernel is 

 large, fweet, and the lower part of the ftiell, when 

 firft taken from the tree, is filled with a pale liquor, 

 which the inhabitants of the countries where the trees 

 grow, call milk, and they are very fond of it. Frorn this 

 milk I have been informed by pcrfons of credit, there 

 has been exceeding good arrack diftiliedin Jamaica. 

 The plants arc propagated by planting the nuts In 

 fuch places where they are defigried to remain; for 

 the plants will not bear tranfplanting, unlefs it is pier- 

 formed while they are very young, for their roots 

 ftioot deep and wide-, fo that if thefe are cut or 

 " broken, the plants feldom furvive it, which is gene- 

 rally the cafe with moft of the kind of Palms. 

 Where any perfons are defirous of having a plant or 

 two of this fort, they fliould procure fome frefti nuts 

 from the neareft place of their growth, which, on 

 their arrival in England, iTiould be buried in a warm 

 bed of tanners bark, laying them on one fide, that 

 the young ftioot which comes out from one of the three 

 holes may not be injured by wet, covering them about 

 fix inches deep with the tan. In this fituation, if the 

 nuts are good, they will put out flioots in fix weeks or 

 two months, fo ftiould be then carefully taken up, and 

 each planted in a feparate pot filled with kitchen-gar- 

 den earth, and plunged into the tan-bed intheftove, 

 where the plants ftiould always remain, for they are 

 too tender to thrive in any other fituation -, but as the 

 plants advance in their growth, they ftiould be ihifted 

 into larger pots or tubs, being careful not to cut or 

 tear their roots in the operation. 

 This is one of the moft ufeful trees to the inhabitants 

 of America, who make many neceflary utenfils from 

 the feveral parts of it. ' The outer cover of the nuts 

 is made into cordage -, the fiiells are converted into 

 drinking bowls ; the kernel of the nuts affords them 

 a wholefome food, and the milk a cooling liquor. 

 The leaves of the tree are ufed for thatching of their 

 hdufes, and are alfo wrought into bafkets, and many 

 other'things which are made of Oners in Europe, 

 COCCOLOBA, Sea-fide Grape. 

 The Characters are, 

 The empalement is of one leaf, cut into five parts, ^ 

 ' which fpread open a7td are permanent. The flower has ' 

 no corolla, but hath eight awl'fl:}aped fpreading ftamina, 

 terminated by roundifi twin fummits. It has an oval 

 ' three-cornered germen, fupporting three fhort fpread- 

 jng ftyles, crowned by fnnple fligmas. The empalement 

 afterward becomes a thick berry, mcloftng an oval- 



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