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. ramis horizontalibus. Cyprefs 

 leaves^ and branches grozving hcrizontally. 

 ramos extra Ic fpargensquse Mas. Plinii. Tourn. Inft. 

 R. H. 587. Male fpreading Cyprefs. 

 CuPRESSus [Lufitanica) foliis imbricatis, apicibus 

 acukati^, ramis dependentibus. Cyprefs with imbricated 

 leagues terminating in fpines^ and branches hanging down- 

 ward. Cupreffus Lufitanica, patula, fruftu minore. 

 Inft. R. H. 587. Portugal fpreading Cyprefs with a 



fmaller fruit, 



4. CupREssus(D//?/V>&^) foliis diftichispatentibus. Hort. 



Cliff. 409. Cyprefs with leaves on two fides the'branches, 

 . Cupreffus Virginiana foliis Acacia deciduis. Hort. 

 Amft. I. p. 113. Virginia Cyprefs which fheds its leaves^ 

 commonly called Deciduous Cyprefs* 



5. CupRLssus {Thyoides) foliis inibricatis, frondibus an- 

 . cipitibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1003. Cyprefs with imbri- 

 - cated leaves^ and branches ft anding two ways. Cupref- 

 . fus nana Mariana, frudu c^eruleo parvo. Pluk. 



Mant. 61. Dwarf Maryland Cyprefs with a fmall blue 



fruit. 



6. CuPRESSus {Africana) foliis linearibus fimplicibus 



cruciatim poficis. Cyprefs with narrow ftngle leaves placed 

 . crojjways. Cupreffus Africana of Herman and Olden- 

 . burgh. African Cyprefs-tree^ called by the Dutch Cyprefs 



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The firft of thefe trees is very common in moft of the 

 old gardens in England, but at prefent is not fo much 

 in requeft as formerly, though it is not without its 

 : advantages ', nor Ihould it be entirely rejefted, al- 

 . though many perfons are of that opinion ; for it ferves 

 to add to the beauty of wilderneffes, or clumps of 

 Evergr-ecns, and where they are properly difpofed, 

 they have their beauties. 



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The timber of this tree is faid to refift the worm 

 moth, and all putrefaction, and is faid to laft many 

 hundred years. The doors of St. Peter's church at 

 Rome were framed of this material, which lafted 

 from the great Conftantine to Pope Eugenius IVth's 

 time, which was eleven hundred years, and were then 

 found and entire, when the Pope would needs chann-e 

 them for gates of brafs. The coffins were made of 

 this material, in which Thucydides tells us the Athe- 

 nians ufed to bury their heroes ; and the mummy . 

 chefts, brought v/ith thofc conditcd bodies out of E- 



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borders of pleafure-gardens, and kept Ihorn into a 

 pyramidal or conic form •, and fome people, believ- 

 ing them fubjeft to be killed if they cut them, tied 

 them "up^with cords into a pyramidal figure, which 

 form they are naturally dilpofed to grow in ; but this 

 winding them about," prevented the air from entering 

 ': -^the inward parts of the branches, fo that the leaves 

 :-';decayed," and became unfightly, and greatly retarded 

 -their growth./ ,And thofe which are fheared, if the 

 . operation is not performed in the fpring, or early in 

 the fummer, are very fubjeft to be injured by Iharp 

 winds and cuttings frofts in winter. Wherefore, upon 

 the whole, I think it much better to fuffer them to 

 grow wild as they are naturally difpofed, planting 

 tlaem only amongft other Evergreen Trees, where, by 

 the darkncfs oi their green leaves, together with their 

 waving heads, they will greatly add to the variety. 

 The fecond fort is by far the largeft growing tree, 

 arid is the mofl: common timber in fome parts of the 

 Levant, This, if planted upon a warm, fandy, gra- 

 ■ vclly foil, will prolper wonderfully ; and though the 

 plants of this fort are not fo finely fliaped as thofe of the 

 firll, yet they greatly reccmpenfe for that defe6t, by 

 its vigorous growth and ftrength, in refifting all wea- 

 thers. This tree is very proper to intermix with 

 Evergreens of a fecond fize next to Pines and Firs, to 

 form clumps; in which clafs it will keep pace with 

 the trees of the fame line, and be veiy handfome. 

 Befides, the wood of this tree is very valuable, when 

 grown to a fize fit for planks, which I am convinced 

 it will do in as'fhort a fpace as Oaks i therefore, why 

 Ihould not this be cultivated for that purpofe, fince 

 there arc many places in England where the foil is of 

 a fandy or gravelJy nature, and feldom produces any 

 thing worth cultivating ? Now, in fuch places thefe 

 trees will thrive wonderfully, and greatly add to the 

 pieafure of the cv/ner, while growing, and afterwards 

 render as much profit to his fucceffors, as perhaps the 

 beft plantation of Oaks ; efpecially fliould the timber 

 prove as good here, as in the iflands of the Archipe- 

 lago, which I {t(^ no reafon to doubt of; for we find 

 it wa-> fo gainful a commodity to the ifland of Can- 

 dia, that the plantations were called Dos Fili^, the 

 iclhng of one of them being reckoned a daughter's 



This tree is by many learned authors recommended 

 for the improvement of the air, and a fpecific for the 

 lungs, as fending forth great quantities of aromatic 

 and balfamic fcents ; wherefore many of the antient 

 phyficians of the Eaftern countries ufed to fend their 

 patients, who were troubled with weak lungs, to the 

 idand of Candia, which at that time abounded with 

 thefe trees, where, from the effedls of the air alone, 

 very few failed of a perfeft cure. 

 The fourth fort is a native of America, where it grows 

 in watery places, and rifes to a prodigious height, 

 and is of a wonderful bulk, I have been informed, 

 that there are trees of this kind in America which are 

 upwards of feventy feet high, and feveral fathoms in 

 circumference, which trees grow conftantly in the wa- 

 ter ; therefore they may probably be of Angular ad- 

 vantage to plant in fuch fwampy or wet foils, where 

 few other trees will grow, efpecially of the refinous 

 kind. That they are very hardy in refpefl: to cold, 

 is evident, from fome few trees of this kind which 

 -were formerly planted in England -, particularly one 

 . in the gardens of John Tradefcant, at South Lam- 

 It" was formerly planted in I beth^jiear Vaux-Hall, which is upwards of thirty 



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i' feet high, and of a confiderable bulk, which, though 

 ' m a common yard at prefent, where no care is taken 

 of it, but, on the contrary, many hooks are driven 

 into the trunk, to fallen cords thereto for drying of 

 cloaths, yet the tree is in great health and vigour, but 

 hath not produced any fruit as yet, which may be oc- 

 cafioned for want of moifture : for we often fee many 

 aquatic plants will grow upon a drier foil, but yet 

 are feldom fo produdive of either flowers or fruit, at 

 thofe which remain growing in the water.:j,|/ - j . 

 There is alfo a pretty large tree of this kind now grow- 

 ing in the gardens of the lateSir Abraham Janflen, Bart, 

 at Wimbleton in Surry, which has produced great 

 quantities of cones for fome years paft, which, in fa- 

 vourable feafons come to maturity, and the feeds 

 have been as good as thofe which have been brought 

 from America. This tree was tranfplanted when it 

 was very large, which has ftinted its growth -, which, 

 together with its being planted upon a dry foil, may 

 have occafioned its fruitfulnefs, for it has made very 

 little progrefs in its growth fince it was removed. 

 Thefe trees are all propagated from feeds, which 

 Ihould be fown eai^y in the fpring on a bed of warm, 

 dry, fandy earth, which mufl be levelled very fmooth ; 

 then fow the feeds thereon pretty thick, fifting th« 

 fame light earth over them half an inch thick. If the 

 weather fhould prove very warm and dry, it will be 

 proper to fliade the bed from the fun in the day- 

 time, and water the bed, which mufl; be done very 

 . carefully, obfcrving not to wafti'thc feeds out of the 

 ground. Li about two months time (if your feeds are 

 good) the young plants will appear above' ground, 

 which mufl: be conftantly kept clean from weeds, 

 and in very dry weathcrTliould be often refreflied with 

 water ; but this fliould be done with great caution, left 

 you beat thefe tender rooted plants out of the ground. 

 If the feeds are fown upon a moderate hot-bed, and 

 the bed covered with niats, they will come up much 

 fooncr, and with greater certainty, than when they 

 are fown in the cold ground. 



In this bed the young plants may remain two years, 

 by which time they will have fl:rength enough to.be 

 tranfplanted into a nurfery; but while the plants are 



they arc tender, fo fliould be covered in fe- 



vere frofl: with mats to prevent their being injured 



thereby. 



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