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ib6ac three quarters of an inch long, ahd half an inch 

 broad, (landing by pairs upon very (horr foot-ftalks. 

 The flowers come out in fmall bunches from the fide 

 of the (talks > they are fmall, and of a worn-out pur- 

 plirti colour, and a fwcet fcenr, being cut into five 

 narrow fcgmencs alniofl: to the bottom. It flowers in 

 the fummer months, but does not produce feeds here. 

 There is a variety of this with fmooth leaves and 

 ftalks, from the fanie country. 



The third fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Houf- 

 toun, growing naturally at La Vera Cruz in America. 

 This rifes with a drong woody (lalk to the height of 

 five or fix feet, covered wiiji a gray bark, putting out 

 •'many weak branches, which twitt themfelves about 

 any neigh"bouring fupport, and rife to the height of 

 twenty feet ^ they are garniflied with heart-fliaped 

 leaves three inclies long, and two broad near their 

 bafe; they are of a yellowiPa green, covered with 

 filky hairs, which are foft to the touch i they ftand 

 oppofite upon pretty long foot-ftalks. The flow- 

 ers come out in fmall bunches from the wings of 

 the kaves; they are fmall, white,and of the open bell 

 fhape; thefe are iucceeded by fwelling taper pods, 

 filled with feeds crowned with long feathery down. 

 The fecond fort is hardy enough to thrive in this 

 country, with a little proteclion from the froft in win- 

 ter. If the plants are flieltered under a common 

 frame or placed in a green-houfe during the winter 

 feafon, and placed abroad wath other hardy exotic 

 plants in fummer, they will thrive and flower very 

 well i but as ail the plants of this genus have a milky 

 juice, fo they fhould not have much w^et, efpecially 

 m cbld weather, lefl: it rot them. They are eafily 



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propagated by laying down of their branches, which 

 in one year will have roots enough to tranfplant \ thefe 

 Ihbuld be planted in a light fandy loam not rich, and 

 the pots mufl; not be too large, for when they are over 

 potted they will not thrive. • * ,., . - :; ": ^ 

 The third fort is tender, fo will not thrive in England, 

 •.%filefs the J)lant3 are placed in a warm {to\^e.. They 

 in'ay be propagated by laying down of their branches 

 h the fame manner as the former , or from feeds, 

 ..when they can^ be procured from the places where 

 ' ^.they naturally grow. Thefe fhould be fown upon a 

 .>-;g6od hot-t>ed, and when the plants come up, they 

 - -niuft be^ treated in the fame manner as other tender 

 ' exofic plants. - . . . .: ■ : : ^ . . 



Jf thefe plants are conftantly kept plunged in the tan- 

 bed of the (love, they will thrive and flower much 

 - better than in any other fituation, but the (love fhould 

 ' not be kept too warm in winter j and in the fummer 

 the plants fhould have a large fhare of free air admit- 

 -^ '*^d to thelti -, for when they are kept too clofe, their 

 ^' leaves will, .be covered with infeds, and the plants 

 4%iU become fickly in a fhort time. •" 

 >^ All the fpecics of this genus are fuppofed to be hurt- 

 ' fiu to animals, as the Dogfbanes m general arc, and 



•thefe are vei-y near a-kin to them, both in their cha- 



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Indies, as alfo in the ifliind of Jamaica^ and hath been 

 tranlphnt-d into moft of thc^Engliih fcttlcments ''. 



the Well-Indies on account of us l^iuii:; which 

 not only efteemcd by the inhabitants as a fruit to 

 eaten byway of dckrt, but is vcrv 

 fupport of life. 



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The truit or icicii is very infiL-J 

 for which reafon they generally eat it with\hejuicj 

 of Lemons and fugar, to give ic i^ piquancy. \i ^ 

 very nourifliing, and is reckoned a great incentive to 

 venery. Some people eat this fruit with vincrrar and - 

 Pepper. • ^ 



In th- warm countries where this is planted, it arows 

 to i-he height 6f thirty feet or more, and his a Trunk 

 as Liige as our common Apple-trees ; the bark is 

 fniooLh, and of an Afh colour j the brances are befet 

 with pretty large, oblong, fmooth leaves, like thofe 

 of Laurel, which are of a deep green colour, and con^ 

 tinue on the tree throughout the year.' The flowers 

 and fruit are, for the moft part , produced toward the 

 extremity of the branches. The fruit is as, large as 

 one of the largeft Pears, inclofing a large feed with 

 two lobes, included in a thin fhell. •■ '\ 



In Europe this plant is prcferved as a curiofity, by 

 thofe perfons who delight in colleding exotic plants 

 and though Uere is little hope of its producing fruit* 

 yet for the beauty of its fhlning g.i - - ^ ' 



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 contmue through the winter, it delerves a place ia 

 every curious colleftion of plants. 

 It is propagated by feeds, which (liould be obtained 

 as freQi as poffible from the countries of itsg/owthi 

 and if they are brought over in fand, will be more 

 likely to grow, than fuch as are brought over dry. 

 Thefe nuts or feeds fhould be planted in pots, filled 

 with light rich earth, ahd'plunged into a hbt-bcd of 

 tanners bark,' which fhould be kept 'pretty warm. 

 The pots fhould be alfo, frequently watered when the 

 earth appear^ dry i which will greatly facilitate ftc 

 vegetation of the feed, provided the water is not giv- 

 eh in large quantities, ^which would rot them. In 

 about five or fix weeks the plants will come tip, when 

 they muft be treated very tenderly, for the bed muft 

 l^e kept in a due temperature for heat ; and when the 

 weather proves warm, the frelh air fhould be admit- 

 ted to the plants, by raifing the glaffes a little. When 

 they have grown about four inches high, theyftiould 

 be carefully tranfplanted ; and where there are feve- 

 ral plants in one pot, they muft be parted, 'being 

 Careful to preferve a ball of earth t6 the root of each, 

 and planted into feparate fmall pots filled with light 

 rich earth," and then plunged into a hot-bed of tanners 



bark, obfei-ving to'fiaade them until they have taken 

 new foot ; after which time they fhould have frefii 

 air admitted to them, in proportion to the Warmth of 

 the feafon. Towards Michaelmas"the''planfsm\iftbe 

 removed into the Itove, and plunged into the bark- 

 bed, where, during the winter feafon, they fhould 

 be kept in a moderate warmth, and muft be gently 

 watered twice a week. In the Ipring the plants mould 

 be fhifted into pots a fize larger than the former, and 

 the bark-bed fhould be then renewed with frefli ,tan, 



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''^'The flozver hath no'emfakment, hut is compofed of fix 

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tals y 'fefminated by roundijh fumpiits^ and a fiort flyle^ 

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rTupim.er.. Thefe plants muft be conftantly kept in 

 rtheftove, for they are too tender to bear the open 

 "•: air in this country at any feafon, but in warm weather 



ihould have a large Ihare of air admitted to them: 

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called of Perfia in Afia, from whence this kind of plant 



brought 



a large fle/hy pyramidal fruity inclofing an oval feed bav- \ . Amygdalus. Lin. Gen. 619. 



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''" genus of Laurus, which he places in the firft fe£lion into five ohtufe fegmenis which fp^cad cpcn. It tcth 



, of ; his ninth clafs, which includes thofe plants whofe flve oblongs oval, cbtufe petals, %vhich are hfertei vfi 



\\flowers M^ve nine llamina and one ftyle. 



.We have but one Species of this plant, viz. 



Pers"ea XAmh'icdna.) Cluf Hift. "The Avocado^ or Avo- 

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the em'pakfnmt^ and 'nbom thirty ere5f fender ftanmct 

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