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In the '^eft-Indies, but they are fuppoled to have 

 been tranfplanted there from Europe ^ but they are 

 fq^onuch improved there, as ro be much preferable 

 to any in Europe, the fruit being larger and finer 



fiavoured. 



This tree rlfes with a woody ilem eighteen or twenty 



whole length, 

 which iikewife put' out many (lender twigs, {i:> as to 

 render them very thick and bufty. Some of thefe 

 are armed with fharp thorns ^ they are garnilhed with 

 fpear-fhaped leaves about three inches long, and half 

 an inch broad in the middle, drawing to a point at 

 each end -, they are of a light lucid green, and ftand 

 oppoflte. The flowers come out at the end of the 

 branches, fometimes fingly, and at others three or four 

 together ; one of the largeft terminates the branch, 

 and immediately under that are two or three fmaller 

 byds, which, after the flower is pafl:, fwell larger 

 and expand, whereby there is a continued fucceflion 

 of flowers for fome months. The empalement of 

 the flower is very thick, flefliy, and of one piece, cut 

 at the top into five fegments ; it is of a fine red co- 

 lour, and within are included five in the fingle flow 

 ers, but in the double a great number of fcarlet pe- 

 tals, which are inferted in the empalement. In the 

 center is fituated the ftyle, arifing from the germen, 

 encompaflTed by many flender ftamina, which are ter- 

 minated by oblong yellowifti fummlts. After the 

 flower decays, the germen fwells to a roundifli fruit 

 crowned by the empalement, having a hard fiiell, in- 

 cluding a pulp filled with angular feeds. This tree 

 flowers in July, Auguft, and September, and the fruit 



ripens late in autumn. 



The Balauftia of the fhops Is the empalemeht of the 



flower of the double flowering Pomegranate. ' ^ % 



The firfl: of thefe trees is now pretty common in the | -• Avhich was planted in the open ain extremely full of 



they will I'equire no other dreiTuig, but to cut o^ 

 vigorous ftioots which grow from the wall, and nt- 

 ver produce flowers (for it is the middling fhoots on- 

 ly which are truitful ;) and when the fruit is formed 

 the branches on which they grow ftiould be flftenc-d 

 to the wall to fupport them, otherwifc the wl^ighc of 

 the fruit, when grown large, will be apt to break 

 them down. 



Though, as I faid before, the fruit of this tree fel- 

 dom arrives to any perfeftion in this country, fo as 

 to render it valuable ■, yet, for the beauty of its fcar- 

 let-coloured flowers, together with the variety of its 

 fruit, there fhould be one tree planted in every good 

 •garden, fince the culture is not great which they re- 

 quire ; the chief care is to plant them upon a rich 

 flirong foil, and in a warm fituation. Upon fome 

 trees which had thefe advantages, I Have obtained a 

 great quantity of fruit which have arrived to their full 

 magnitude, but I cannot fay they were well flavour- 

 ed ; however^ they made a very handfome appear- 

 ance upon the trees. 



The double flowering kind is much moi*e efteemed 

 than the other in this country for the fake of its 

 large, fine, double flowers, which are of a mofl bi^aur 

 tiful fcarlet colour; and, if the trees 



are 



fupplied 

 with nourifhmerit, will continue to produce flowers 



for two months fucceflively, which renders 't one of 



the moft valuable flowering trees yet known. This 



mufl: be pruned and managed in the fame manner as 



hath been already dire£ted for the fruit-bearing kind, 



but this fort may be rendered more produdiive of its 



beautiful flowers by grafting it upon flrocks of the 



fingle kind, which will check the luxuriancy of the 



trees, and caufe them to produce flowers upon ahtioft 



every fhoot ; by which method I have had a low tree^ 



- Englifli gardens, where formerly it was iibrfed up in I-:;; flowers jj^yhich made a very fine appearance 



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cafes,"and pfeferved ingreen-fioufes with great cafe 

 '(as'was'alfo the double flpwering kind ;) but thev are 

 both hardy enough to refill the fevereft cold of our 

 climate in the open air i and, if planted againft warm 

 rwalis in a good fituation, the firft fort will often pro- 

 duce fruit, "which in warm feafons wHl ripen tolera- 

 blywell', but as thefe fruits do not ilpen till late in 

 % 'the autumn, they are feldom well jafted in England, 

 rV" for which reafon the fort with doubly flowers is com- 

 -''^- monly preferred td^'it. The fort with fweet fruit, as 

 ^' '' alfo the wild fort, are lefs comm.on in the Englilh gar- 

 dens than the former two. 

 •" Thefe plants may be eafily propagated by laying down 

 ■- - their branches in the fpring, which in one year's time 

 will take good root, and may then be tranfplanted 

 -' "where they are defigned to remain. The befl: feafon 

 -^Tor tranfplantingof thefe trees is in fpring, jufl; before 

 •^^""'they begin to ftioot -, they fhould have a ftroner rich 

 "-*- foil, in which they flower much better^ and produce 

 ^ more fruit than if planted on dry poor ground; but in 

 order to obtain thefe in plenty, there Ihould be 'care 

 taken in the pfunirigbf thefe treesV for warit of which 

 .vwe bften^fte thefe trees' Very full of fipall (hoots, but 

 ^: ^o riot find many flowers produced upon them; 





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^;'The flowers of this tree, always proceed from the ex- 

 *^-'"tremity of the branches which are produced the Tame 



yean ^ Thi6 therefore direfts, that all weak'brlnches 

 T of the^'fefmer year fhould be cut out, and that the 



flronger fhould be fhortened in proportion tQ their 



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flrenetm^n order to obtain new fhoots in every part 

 of the tree. -., The branches may be laid in agamft 

 the wall about four or five inches afunder •, for, as 



WeftJndies, 



where the inhabitants plant it in their gardens to forni 

 'hedges. ^ It feldom rifes .xnore than five or fix feet 

 '■^ high in thofe countries^ fo may be kept within com- 

 pafs^ and there" the plants continue flowering great 

 - part'bf the yean- ^The flowers of this kind are much 

 '. fmaller than thofe of the common fort- the leaves 

 Aarefhprter and narrower, and the fruit is not larger 

 ''■ :tKan a Nutmegs and has little flavour, fo it is chiefly 

 ■ propagated for the beauty of its flowers. • This is un- 

 doubtedly a diflrinft fpecies from the common fort,* 

 and is much tenderer- - - ... . i 



This' plant may be propagated by layers in the fame 

 manner as the former forts, but mufl: be planted in 

 pots filled with rich earth, and prcferved in a green- 

 houfe, otherwife it is too tender to endure the cold of 

 our winters •, and in the fummer, when the flowers 

 begin to appear, if the plants are expofed to the open 

 "S air, the buds will fall off, and never open'; fo that 

 ^/tliey fhould not be expofed to the open air, but placed 

 in an airy glafs-cafe, giving them a large fhife of air 

 .'.every day in mild weather.'=f. As they will be covered 

 'at the top by the glaflfes, ^the flowers will expand, 

 . ,and the, fruif^wiU grpw the full fize in England 

 with this management, though they are not very 

 ..J^efirable J but hereby the plants may be Continued 

 ^^i in flower upward of two months, and wiU'makeafine 



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their leaves are fniall, there is not a neceffity of al- 

 lowing them a greater diftance. The befl: time for 



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left until fpring before they are pruned, they feldom 

 put out their fhoots fo early, and thcearlier they come 

 cut, the lodrier the flowers will appear, \vhich is of 



- c reat confequence where fruit is defire'd. In fummer 



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The Ci^ARACTERS are, 

 ^he fiower hath a Jmall permanent empalement cut into 

 Jive fegments ; it hath five ^rmndijh^ concave^ fpreading 

 petals^ and ten dwl-Jhaped ftamina terminated by large 

 nodding Jummits with two riftng borns^ and a roundtjh 

 gernien fupporfing a fi^n^er ftyle ^ which is permanent and 

 longer than th^ ftamina^ crowned by a thick ft igma. The 

 germen afterward becomes a roundtjh^ depreffed^ five-cor- 

 nered capfule^ with five cells opening at the angles^ filkd 

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