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*f hefe Trees are both of tliem 

 propagated by fovving their Seeds, 

 (which are obtaiird trom Carolina^ 

 where they grow in great Plenty 

 near the Sea-coall ;) they Ihould be 

 ibwn in Pots fill'd with light Tandy 

 Earth, and plung'd upon a gentle 

 Hot-bed, obferving to water it fre- 

 quently, until you iee the Seeds ap- 

 pear, which is fometimes in a Month 

 or five Weeks time, and at other 

 times will remain in the Ground 

 until the fecond Year j therefore if 

 the Seeds fhould not come up in 

 two Months time, you fnould re- 

 move the Pots into a fhidy Situa- 

 tion, where they may remain 'till 

 Oiiober, being careful to keep them 

 clean from Weeds, and now and 

 then in dry Weather giving them 

 a little Water: Then remove thefe 

 Pots into Shelter during the Win- 

 ter- feafon, and in the March fol- 

 lowing put them upon a fiefn Hoc- 

 bed, which will forward the 

 Seeds in their Vegetation. 



Wiicn the Plants are come up, 

 they Hiould by Degrees be exposed 

 to the open Air, in order to inure 

 them to our Climate j yet don't 

 expofe them to the open Sun at 

 firit, but rather let them have the 

 Morning Sun only, placing them 

 for lome time where they may be 

 fhel'ter'd from cold Winds: They 

 fhould enjoy a Shelter during the • 

 two or three firil Winters j after 

 which, the CaJJiocerry-^\i{h may be 

 planted abroad : But the Soiuh-See\> 

 Thea lliould be kept in Pots a Year 

 or two longer, being ilower of 

 Growth, and will not have Strength 

 enough to relilT: the Cold when 

 young. 



They may alfo be propagated 

 by laying the younger Branches 

 into the Ground in the Spring, 

 which, if kept v/ater'(i, will tal?e 

 Root by the iuccecding Spring, fit 



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for Tranfplantation ; otherwise 

 they'll be two Years before they 

 take Root. The CclJfloberry-V>M<^^ 

 is by much the edieft Plant of the 

 two to fir ike root. 



CASTANEA j the Chefnut- 

 Tree. 



The CharaSiers arc ; 



It hath Male Flowers (or KatUns) 

 r»hich are placed at remote Dijlances 

 from the Fruit o?i the fame Tree : 

 The outer Coat of the Fruit is -very 

 roughs and has two or three Nuts 

 included in each Husk or Covering, 

 The Species arej 



I. Castanea j fativa, C. Bs 

 The common or manured Che{^ 

 nut. 



2.. Castanea j fativa, foUis ele- 

 ganter 'uariegatis. The llrip'd 

 Chefnut. 



3. Castanea; pumUis, Virginia- 

 nay racemofo fruciu parvOy in fingU" 

 lis capfulis cchinato unico, Banifi, 

 Fluk. Aim. The Chinquapin or 

 Dwarf Virginian Chefnut. 



The firll of thefe Trees wa;? 

 formerly in greater Plenty amongft 

 us than at prefcnt, as may be 

 prcv'J by the old Buildings m Lon-^ 

 ddUy which were for the mod part 

 of this Timber i and in a Defcrip- 

 tion of London, written by Fitx.-- 

 Stephens, in nenrj the lid's Time, 

 he fpeaks of a very noble Forefi 

 which grew on the North Part of 

 it: Proxime (fays he) patet_forefia> 

 ingens, faltus nemorofi ferarum, la- 

 tebrA cerxiorum, damarum, aprofum 

 ^ taurorpim fyhejirinm, ^^c. And 

 there are lome Remains :: . <j[<^ de- 

 cay 'd Chefnut s in the old Woods 

 and Chales not far dillant from 

 London, which plainly proves, thac 

 this Tree is not fb great a Stranger 

 to our Climate as many People be- 

 lieve it to be, and may be culti- 

 vated in England, to aftbrd an 

 foual Profit with any of the larger 

 N Tun- 



