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grtfw In Umbels upon the Top of the 

 Stalks. 



Thefe Plc.nts are fcldom preferv'd 

 in Gardens of Pleafure j therefore I 

 fhall pafs them over here, with only 

 obferving, that any of theie Species 

 may be cultivated by planting their 

 Cuttings in any Part of the Summer, 

 ( except the Khodin Radix, which is 

 only propagated by parting the 

 Roots, either in Spring, or Au- 

 tumn): Thefe all love a dry Soil, 

 and are very hardy. 



There is one Sort of this Plant, 

 which grows wild in many Parts of 

 England -y which is the Sort fome- 

 times us'd in Medicine, and which 

 was fome Years fmce in great Efteem 

 to form green Chimney-pieces for 

 the Summer Seafon, which fome 

 People were very dextrous in ma- 

 king, by framing a Parcel of Laths 

 together of the juft Dimenfion of 

 the Place, where it was to iland j 

 and then faftening this Plant to the 

 feveral Parts of it, fo as to cover the 

 whole with Green ; and altho' this 

 was only pertorm'd with Cuttings 

 of, the Plant, yet by giving the 

 Whole a gentle Watering once a 

 Week, the Plant would not only 

 live, but flioot in Length, and con- 

 tinue frefli for two Months, and ap- 

 pear very hand fome. 



ANANAS; The Pine- Apple. 

 This Fruit ( which is juftly e- 

 fteem'd for the Richnefs of its Fla- 

 vour, as it furpafles all the known 

 Fruits in the World ) is produc'd 

 from an herbaceous Plant, which 

 hath Leaves fbmevvhat refembling 

 thofe of an Aloe, and are for the 

 moft part faw'd on their Edges, but 

 are much thinner, and not fo juicy 

 as the Aloe : The Fruit rcfemblcs 

 the Cones of the Vine-Tree, from 

 whence it is fuppos'd to have its 

 Name. 



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Where this Plant is a Native, I be- 

 lieve it is hard to determine ; but it 

 was brought from the Fadlories in 

 the Eajl Indies, and planted in the 

 hotteft Iflands of the Weft Indies, 

 where they are in great Plenty and 

 extraordinary Goodnefs : But it 

 hath been very lately, that it was 

 introduc'd into the European Gar- 

 dens, fb as to produce Fruit : The 

 firfl: Perfon, who fucceeded in this 

 Affair, was Monileur Le Cour of 

 Leyden in Holland, who, after a 

 great many Trials with little or no 

 Succefs, did at length hit upon a 

 proper Degree of Heat and Manage- 

 ment, fb as to produce Fruit equally 

 as good (tho'not fb large) as thole 

 which are produc'd in the Weft In- 

 dies, as hath been often affirm'd by 

 Perfbns, who have liv'd many Years 

 there ; and 'tis to this worthy Cul- 

 tivator of Gardening, who did not 

 fpare any Pain:^ or Expence to ac- 

 compli fli it, that all the Lovers 

 thereof are oblig'd for introducing- 

 this King of Fruits amongft them j 

 and it was from him, that our Gar- 

 dens in England were firfl fupply'd, 

 tho' we have lince had Jar ge Quan- 

 tities brought from America. I 

 can't here avoid taking Notice of a 

 common Error, which prevails a-- 

 mongfl many People, which is, 

 ■ that the Plants brought from A}ne- 

 rica are not fb good as thofe, which 

 came from M. Le-Cour -, but it is a 

 great Miflake j for were the People 

 who fent over thefe Plants from A- 

 merica, careful to fend the befl 

 Kinds, there would be found n» 

 Difference -, for M. Le Cour had his 

 from thence at firff , as his Gardener 

 affur'd me ; and I have feen as good 

 Fruit produc'd from Americart 

 Plants, as any I have yet feen, and 

 fome much larger, than any I faw in 

 M.,LeCour's Garden. 



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