« Mr. Catrssy, who firf introduced it into the Englifh | 
“ gardens in 1726, procured it from the country, fome hundred 
« miles on the back of Charles:Town in Carolina. It was 
very fcarce here till about the year 1757, when many plants | 
“ were brought from Carolina, having been greatly increafed 
* jn the gardens near Charles-Town.” Mill. Di. 
Mt. Mitie® gave it the name of Bafferia, in honour of 
_his very worthy friend Dr. Jos Basrer, under which name 
it is to be found in his own editions of his Di@ionary. 
“ It is ufually propagated by laying down the young branches 
“ ¢n Autumn, which will take root in one year, before which 
“ time they fhould pot be tranfplanted; when taken from the 
“ mother plant they fhould be fet where they are intended to 
/ “ remain, for they do not bear tranfplanting well after they — 
‘are grown to. any fize; when the branches are laid they 
‘* fhould be covered yearly with rotten tan to keep out. the 
“ froft; when the layers are tranfplanted the ground fhauld 
* be covered with mulch, to prevent its becoming too dry, 
“ and watered in dry weather, but not too abundantly." 
Mill. Dif. “s : * 
