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rains, yet kept regularly moist. When they 

 are about a foot high, plant one foot apart in 

 rows, in sandy loam, where they may remain' 

 till wanted. 



ANONA, Linnceus. Nat. Ord. Anonaceae. 

 Polyandria, Polygynia, Linn. Calyx com- 

 posed of three sepals connected at the base. 

 Petals 6, innermost smallest. Fruit, many- 

 seeded, pulpy. 



A. GLABRA, Linnaeus. Leaves ovate ellip- 

 tic, wedge-shaped, smooth. The three outer 

 petals nearly round. Fruit large, thick, and 

 fleshy. Papaw. Native of the Middle and 

 Western States. Flowers in July. 



The stem is very straight, of a peculiar 

 gray color ; and the leaves have a very dark 

 and glossy-green appearance. To be grown 

 to perfection, it should be treated as a single 

 specimen, in rich soil, in an open situation. 

 Then the tree has a very pretty conical ap- 

 pearance. In stony soil it is liable to throw 

 up suckers ; but these are easily kept down. 

 In Philadelphia, it bears fruit freely in the 

 autumn. The largest specimen at Bartram 

 is thirty feet high and two feet eight inches 

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