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forts of Mulberries ; the leaves of this are fomewhat | offonthefirft approach of froft in autumn 



like thofe of the common Mulberry-tree, but are 



rougher. . • 



T'his tree has not been propagated yet in this country, 

 for though it has been budded and grafted upon both 

 the black and white Mulberries, yet I cannot hear 

 that it hath fucceeded upon either, fo that I fufpeft 

 n is not of this genus \ and the tree being pretty tall, 

 cannot be laid down, which is the moft likely me- 

 thod to propagate it. This is very hardy, and will 

 endure the cold of our climate in the open air very 

 well, and is coveted as a curiofity by fuch as delight 

 in a variety of trees and fhrubs. 

 The fifth fort is the tree whofe wood is ufed by the 

 dyers, and is better known by the title of Fuftick, 

 which is given to the wood, than by its fruit, which 

 is of no eftimation. This grows naturally in moft of 

 the iflands in the Weft-Indies, but in much greater 

 plenty at Campeachy, where it abounds greatly. This 

 wood is one of the commodities exported from Ja- 

 maica, where it grows in greater plenty than in any 

 other of the Britifti iflands. 



This tree in the countries whe?e it grows naturally, 

 rifes to the height of fixty feet or upward 5 it has a 

 light brown bark, which hath Ibme ftiallow furrows ; 

 the wood is firm, folid, and of a bright yellow colour. 

 It fends out many branches on every fide, covered 

 with a white bark, and are garniihed with leaves 

 about four inches long, which are broad at their bafe, 

 indented at the foot-ftalk, where they are rounded, 

 but one fide is broader than the other, fo that they 

 ■ are oblique to the foot-ftalk ; thefe diminilh gradu- 

 ally, and end in acute points ; they are rough like 

 thofe of the common Mulberry, of a dark green, and 

 ftand upon Ihort foot-ftalks. Toward the end of the 

 young branches come out fliort katkins of a pale her- 

 baceous colour, and in other parts of the fame 

 • branches the fruit is produced, growing upon fhort 

 foot-ftalks ; "they "are as large as nutmegs, of a 

 rouridifti form, full of protuberances like the corn- 

 mon Mulberry, green within, and alfo on the outfide, 

 of a lufcious fweet tafte when ripe. .. 



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thofe of the common Mulberry. The defcription wK k 

 K^mpfer gives of the fruit is, that they are a It 1 

 larger than Peas, furrounded with lung purple ha 

 are compofed of acini, or protubcr antes, and w^^' 

 ripe, change to a black purple colour, and are ful/^r 

 fweet juice. * 



This tree may be propagated by laying down th^ 

 branches, m the fame way as is praftifed for the co 

 mon Mulberry ; or it may be multiplied by planti"^' 

 the cuttings, in the fame manner as before dircc^^f 

 for the common fort. % ''^^ 



The feventh fort grows naturally in India, where 't 

 becomes a large tree. ^ It hath foft, thick,' yellowii 

 bark, with a milky juice like the Fig, which 

 aftringent. The branches comeoutoneveryfide wh' h 

 are garniftied with oblong oval leaves, ftanding un 

 on Ihort foot-ftalks ; both fides of thefe leaves a 

 equal, but their edges are unequally fawed ; thev 

 are rough, of a dark green on their upper fide but 

 pale on their under, ftanding alternately on the 

 branches. The flowers come out in round heads at 

 the foot-ftalks of the leaves, on each fide the branches- 

 they are of an herbaceous white colour j the mijc 

 flowers have four ftamina; the female flowers are fuc- 

 ceeded by roundifti fruit, which are firft green, after- 

 wards white, and when ripe turn to a dark red colour" 

 I received the feeds of this plant from Bombay, which 

 fucceeded in the Chelfea garden. The plants arc too 

 tender to live out of a ftove in this country ; for as I 

 raifed a good number of the plants, fo when' they had 

 obtained ftrength, I placed fome of them in different 

 fituations, where they were defended from the froft 

 but not any of them furyived the winter, but thofe 

 which were in th^ bark-ftove, where they arf con- 



iftaritly kept, and treated in the fame manner as other ' 

 tender plants, giving them but little water in winter 



jmth which management the plants thrive, and retain 



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; It is too tender to thrive in this country, unlefs pre- 

 -**Terved in a warm ftovc\^' There are feveral of the 

 " plants now growing in the Chelfea garden, which 

 were raifed from feeds fent from Jamaica, by Wil- 

 liam William's,' Efq^ with many other curious forts, 

 which are natives of that ifland; 'The feeds of this 

 plant come up freely on a hot-bed, and when the 

 plants are fit to remove, they fliould be each planted 

 in a feparate fmall pot filled with frefti light earth, 

 and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, and 

 fhaded from the fun till they have taken new root ; 

 - then they fliould be treated in the fame way as other 

 ' ' pldnts from thofe hot countries, always keeping them 

 in the jtan-bed^ in the ftove, where they will make 

 good progrefs,: Thefe plants retain their leaves great 



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m the Bahama Iflands, from both which places I have 

 received the feeds. The wood of this tree is cut, and 

 fold for the fame ufes as the fifth, from which this 

 tree has not been well diftinguiflied by the botanifts: 

 this does not grow to fo great a fize as the fifth ; the 

 branches are flenderer^ the leaves are narrower, and 



. are rounded at their bafe^ fawed on their edges, and 

 end in acute points, ri, At the foot-ftalk of each 

 leaf comes out two ftiarp thorns, which, in the older 

 branches grow to the length of two inches. ^Thc fruit 

 is fliaped like that of the fifth fort, but is fmaller. 



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 MOULD, 



See Cardiaca. 



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or earth, the goodnefs of which may be 



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:. known by the fight, fmell, and touch.' 



Firft, by the fight : thofe Moulds that are of a bright 



Cheftnut;, or hazelly colour, are counted the beft \ of 



■ this colour are the beft loams, an(3 alfo the beft natu- 



-i ral earth, and this will be the better yet,' if it cuts 



whence 1 have received the feeds ; the inhabitants I . like butter, and does not ftick obftinately, but is 



part of the year m the ftove. ' ' 



The fixth fort grows naturally *in China and Japan ; 



it alfo grows naturally in South Carolina, from 



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the trees for that purpofe on the hills and moun- 

 taiiis, much after the fame manner as Ofiers are cul- 

 tivated here, cutting dowfi* the young ftiobts m au- 

 tumn for th^f bark. ?:There were feveral of thefe 

 trees raifed from feeds a few years paft, in the gardens 

 of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, who was 

 '-"■■ fogood as to favour me with one of the plants, which 

 ';• thrives very w^ell in the open air without any ftielter, 

 ^- -"^as many of the trees and plants of thofe countries will 

 ' :do, if they grow' on the mountains. This plant makes 

 '■ very ftrong vigorous fiioots, but feems not to be of 

 tall growth^ for it fends cut many lateral branches 

 from the root iipward. The leaves are large, fome 

 of them are entire, others are deeply cut into three, 

 and fome \^q five lobes, efpccially while the trees 

 are young; dividing in form of a hand •, they are of 

 a dark green, and rough to the touch, but of a pale I 

 green, and fomewhat hairy on their under fide, Jailing ' 



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ftiort, tolerably light, breaking into fmall clods, is 

 e fweet, will be tempered without crufting or chapping, 

 / in dry weather, or turning to mortar in wet. ^ , 

 'J The next to that, the dark gray and'ruflet Moulds 

 ;' are Accounted the beft, the light and dark Afli-colour 

 ' are reckoned the worft, fuch a§ arc ufually found on 

 common, or heathy ground ; the clear tawny is by no 

 means to be approved, but that of a yellowifh red co- 

 ' lour is accounted the worft of all; this is commonly 

 found in wild and wafte parts of the country, and for 

 the moft part produce nothing but Furz and Fern, 

 according as their bottoms are more or lefs of a light 

 and fandy, or of a fpewy gravel, or clayey nature. 

 Secondly, by the fmell : all lands that are good 

 and wholefome, will, after rain, or breaking up by 

 the fpade, emit a good fmell. .-..>;- ^ ": :/- 

 Thirdly,'by the touch:" by this means we may dil- 

 cover whether it confifts of fubftanccs endrely arena- 

 ceous, or clammy j or, according as it is exprefTcd by 



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