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are chiefly brought to the Markets 

 with imail Branches ot the Tree, 

 having I'mall Bunches of Flowers 

 ^pon them, and made up into 

 Nofegays with other Flowers, and 

 fome Sprigs of the Amomum Flinii, 

 or Wmter Cherry, which at that 

 Sealbn are very acceptable, when 

 there are few Flowers to be had. 



The Time of this Fruit being 

 ripe, is in November, at which 

 Seaibn the Flowers are blov/n for 

 the next Year's Fruit ; fo that from 

 the Time of flowering to the 

 ripening of the Fruit, is one whole 

 Year. '^ 



The beft Method of propagating 

 thefe Trees, is by fowing their 

 Seeds, which fnould be preferv'd 

 in dry Sand till M^irch ; at which 

 Time you fhould fow them upon 

 a very moderate Hot-bed, (which 

 greatly promotes its Vegetation) 

 covering it about a quarter of an 

 Inch wuh light Earth, and fcreen- 

 ing it from Frofis or great Rains ; 

 T^v/ard the Middle or latter End 

 of March your young Plants will 

 begin to appear ; you muft there- 

 fore keep them clear from Weeds, 

 and give them frequent Waterings,^ 

 as the Seaibn may require j and if 

 your Plants have done well, they 

 will re, by Autumn, about five or 

 fix Inches high : But as thefe Trees 

 are fubjeff to receive Damage from 

 Frofts, efpccially while they are 

 young, therefore you mufl hoop 

 the Bed over, that when bad Wea- 

 ther comes, you may cover it with 

 Mats and Straw to keep out the 

 Frod. 



The beginning of April follow- 

 ing, you may tranfplant thefe Trees, 

 each into a fmall Pot j but in do- 

 ing of this, be very careful to take 

 them up with as much Earth to 

 their Roots as poiuble, for they are 

 bad rooting Plants, and very fub- 



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je(ft to miicarry on being refnovU* 

 and 'tis for this Reafon that I ad- 

 vife their being put into fmail 

 Potsi for when they have fiU'd 

 the Pot with Roots, they may bt 

 turn'd ©ut into large Pots, or the 

 open Ground, without any Hazard 

 of their dying. 



When you have put your young 

 Plants into the fmall Pots, you 

 fliould plunge them into another 

 very moderate Hot-bed, to encou- 

 rage their taking new Root, Ihade- 

 ing them from the Sun in the Mid- 

 dle of the Day, and gi^'ing them 

 Water as they may require : In this 

 Bed it will be proper to let the 

 Pots remain moft Part of the Sum- 

 mer; for if the Pots are taken 

 out, and fet upon the Ground, the 

 Smallncfs of their Size will occa- 

 fion the Earth in them to dry {o 

 faft, that Watering will fcarcely 

 preferve your Trees alive ^ but if 

 they are kept growing all the Sum- 

 mer, they will be near a Foot high 

 by the next Autumn i but it will 

 be advifeable to fcreen them from 

 the Froft during their Continuance 

 in Pots, by plunging them into the 

 Ground in a v/arm Place, and co- 

 vering them with Mats in bad 

 Weather. 



When your Trees are grown to 

 be three or four Foot high, you 

 may fiiake them out of the Pots 

 into the open Ground in the Places 

 where they are to remain; but 

 this fhould be done in April, that 

 they may have taken good Root 

 before the Winter, which would 

 be apt to damage them if newly 

 planted. 



Thefe Trees are tolerably hardy, 

 and are feldom hurt, except in ex- 

 treme hard Winters, which many 

 times kills the young and tender 

 Branches, but rarely deflroys the 

 whole Trees i thcretbre however 



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