BOOK m. CHAP. IX. 907 



For the next greateft quantity, not lefs than eight hundred weight, 

 10 /. 



Samples, to confift of not lefs than fifty pounds weight, with the 

 proper certificates. This premium is extended to the year lyy^. 



Camphor Tree. 



To the perfon who (hall cultivate, in any part of his Majefty's do- 

 minions in the Weft Indies, the greateft number, not lefs than 25, of 

 the trees which produce camphor, in the Eaft Indies; the gold medal, 

 or 50/. 



Certificates, under the hand of the governor, lieutenant governor, 



or chief magiftrate of the ifland, fpccifying the number of plants, and 



that they are in a growing or thriving ftate, together with a branch 



of the tree, and fome of the leaves, to be produced to the focicty, on 



•or before the fecond Tuefday in November, 1776. 



Quinquina, or Peruvian Bark. 



To the perfon who fhall introduce into any of his Majefty's domi- 

 nions in the Weft Indies, the greateft number, not lefs than ten, of the 

 quinquina, or that tree which yields the Peruvian or Jefuit's bark, on 

 or before the firft day of January, 1776; 50/. The certificates fub- 

 jed to the fame conditions as in the preceding article. 



The preceding catalogue [3] is chiefly extraded from the pamphlet 

 publiftied by John Ellis, Efq; F.R.S., who has likewife given fome ufe- 

 ful dlredions for the tranfportation of plants and feeds from one country 

 to another. As thefe may be confidercd fupplemental to the catalogue, 

 1 fhall tranfcribe fuch as appear moft ufeful, and add fuch others as I 

 find recommended by thofe who, by experience, have been taught to 

 prafllfe them with the happieft fuccefs. 



In the firft place, it ought to be carefully attended to, that the feeds 

 fhould be perfcdly ripe when they are gathered, and they ftiould be 

 gathered in dry weather; afterwards they ftiould be fpread thin upon 

 paper or mats, in a dry airy room, but not in funfliine. The time ne- 

 ceflary for drying them, will vary according to die-climate, andfeafou 

 of the 3'ear; but the hotter the feafon, the lefs time will fuffice. 



[/.] Wz. N». 350, 



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