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hich ferves to keep the ground cool 



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piece 

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cane- 



nd to prevent the 



growth of weeds, from which thefe plants muft be carefully .preferred,, until they 



grow fuflic :ntly 



the mould themfel 



They are pi nted commonly 



Auguji 



d are generally ripe about November or December following 



When the roots are dug up, the people (hould be careful not to wound them, or 



but as little as pofiible ; for fuch 



their fprouts very early 



d 



feldom fit for any thing but planting, if they hold out even till that feafo 



on. After they are dug up, they are rubbed 



with afhes, from the coppe 



or other fires, and piled 



*y 



bed 



hurdles 



fed ab 



the floor, fo that the air may come eafily between them : but, where they are heaped 



in 



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quanti 



fhould be taken to /Ire w fome allies between the layers 



DIOSGOREA 3. Foliis cordatis y caule levi rot 'undo. 

 Diofcorea foliis cordatis, caule levi. L.H.C. & Sp. PI. 

 Fagopirum fcandens feu volubilis nigra major, &c. Slo. Cat. 46. 



The wild Yam. 



This plant grows wild in the inland woods of Jamaica % and bears very large cap 



fttle 



c 



It is not put to any ufe in that ifland 





CARICA 1. Fronde comofa, foliis peltato-lobatis, lobis varie Ji< 



Carica jbliorum lobis jh 



L. Sp. PL & H. C 



Papaia major fiore & Jruclu majoribus 



&c 



Slo. C 



Papaia mas & ft 

 Arbor Melonift 



6c 



Thez. Zey. & H. M 



5 



Bontii 96. & Pino-guaeu. Pif. 159 



The Papaw Tree. 



This tree grows wild in many parts of Jamaica, and is eafily propagated both by 

 the feeds and layers. It admits of many changes both in the fize and figure of its 

 fruit j but I take the different appearances to be only varieties of the fame ipecies. 

 The trees are, fome male, others female ; in this, the flowers are pretty large, and 

 grow in clufters among the leaves, on the upper part of the trunk: in that, they 



firetch a good way out, 



ween the foot-flalks of the leaves, which are feldom under one or two feet in 



are fmaller, and grow 



bet 



on long branched fupporters th 



at 



length, -hollow, and of a proportioned thicknefs. The tree is full of an acrid 



milky juice, which is commonly faid to cure the ring-worms; but how true this 

 aflertion may be, I am not able to determine. The feeds are round and rugged, 

 pretty much of the fize and make of black pepper, and always inveloped in a foft 

 gelatinous fubftance within the fruit: they have a fharp biting tafte, much like that 

 of muftard, and are faid to bring away worms from children. The fruit, when 

 ripe, has a pleafant fweetihh tafte, and is much liked by many people; but, while 

 young, it is commonly ufed for fauce, and when boiled and mixed with lime-juice 

 and fugar, is not unlike, or much inferior to that made of real apples, for which it 

 is commonly fubftituted. The tree is very foft and fucculent, and lives but a few 

 years ; but never fhoots into branches unlets it be broke while young. Water im- 

 pregnated with the milky juice of this tree, is thought to make all forts of meat 

 wafhed in it very tender ; but eight or ten minutes keeping, it is faid, will make 

 it io foft, that it will drop in pieces from the fpit before it is well roafted ; or turn 

 foon to rags in the boilin 



CARICA 2. Sy he/in's minor 3 lobis minus divifis, caule fpinis inermibus op- 



pofto. 



Carica Jbliorum lobis integris. L. Sp. PI. 



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The Dwarf Papaw, 



This 





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