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The Orange-Tree groweth to be as large as a small Pear 

 Tree, having many thorny Boughs or Branches; the Leaves 

 are partly like those of the Bay-tree, these, and their Flowers 

 (which are of a beautiful colour) yield a most fragrant 

 smell. The Christian Inhabitants have planted many of 

 these Trees of late, which thrive toUerably well, especially 

 near the Sea-Coast and light Ground, where they chiefly de- 

 light to grow. The Flowers are of great Use in Perfumes ; a 

 Water made of them is Pectoral, and helps Fevers, the out- 

 w^ard Bind is very hot, dry, and of thin parts; it expells 

 Wind, and comforts a cold Stomach. 



The Bead-TveQy so called from it's Fruit resembling Glass- 

 Beads at a distance. It bears Flowers (much like those of 

 the Olive) which smell sweet. It grows in a round Bunch 

 about four or five Feet high, and is to be met with in many 

 of their Gardens ; their Fruit are as large as Peas, and hard 

 when ripe, but easily drill'd, whereof are made Bracelets, and 

 several other Toys. It is ornamental in Gardens, and the 

 Flowers are good for Obstructions in the Head. The Decoc- 

 tion of the Bark with Fumitory and Myrohalans, help Agues. 

 The Leaves and Wood are accounted deadly to Beasts, and the 

 Fruit is very dangerous, if not poysonous. 



The Gooseherry-TrQQ, or Bush, does not thrive here, though 

 I have frequently met with it in their Gardens, but of a 

 dwarfish Kind to what we have in Ireland, and other parts 

 of Europe, but I am perswaded that if it had been planted in 

 their swamps or moist low Grounds, it would thrive and bear 

 well. 



The Red and White Currans thrive much better here than 

 the former, and bear tollerably w^ell when planted near a 

 shade, or in moist low Grounds. The Fruit is cooling and 

 grateful to the Stomach. 



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