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Cultare that I can prefcribe, is to 

 leirtQVe it carefully in April into a 

 good ftrong Soil, and in a Situa- 

 tion that is well defended by other 

 Trees, both from the cold Winds 

 and open Sun; but it muft not 

 Sand under the Dropping of other 

 Trees. In the Winter it will be 

 proper to lay a little Mulch upon 

 the Surface of the Ground round 

 its Stem, to prevent the '^roft 

 from penetrating too deep into the 

 Ground : but then its Heads fhould 

 by no means be cover'd j which, 

 tho' practis'd by fome, yet I am 

 £ire doth more harm than good : 

 la the Summer Seafon they muft 

 be kept clear from Weeds, &c. 

 In this Management, I have leen 

 the mod: promifing Trees of this 

 Kind. 



Thefe Trees are generally brought 

 ever from Virginia or Carolina to 

 curious Perfons} in both which 

 Fiaces they abound very much, 

 and do propagate themfelves by 

 sheir creeping Roots j as alio their 

 Berries, which fall to the Ground, 

 and come up in great Plenty : But 

 with us they are not fo ealily in- 

 crca^ j it being with great Diffi- 

 culty procur'd by Layers, which 

 are commonly two Years before 

 they are furnifli'd with Roots 

 enough to tranfplant and is alfb 

 with as much Difficulty remov'd. 

 And the Berries which are brought 

 ixom America feldom fucceed with 

 Bs: They are always two Years 

 before they come up, and then 

 make but a very fmall Advance for 

 tw^o or three Years after, and it is 

 very rare that many of them are 

 |rrefcrv'd fo as to fucceed. 



The beft Method of fowing the 

 Seeds» is to put them into a Bed 

 ef freili good Earth foon after the 

 Seeds arc ripe, in a Situation where 

 tkcj may have the Morning Sun 



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until Eleven o'Clock ; and in hard 

 frofty Weather cover the Surface 

 of the Ground with Litter: in 

 fiich a Bed you may expecft (if th© 

 Seeds were firefh) the Rants to 

 come up the fecond Spring, which 

 fhould aUb be cover'd with light 

 Litter or Peafe-haulm the firft Win- 

 ter, until they have Strength to 

 relift the fevere Cold of our Cli- 

 mate 5 after which Time, they 

 muft be treated as was before di- 

 reded. 



CORONA IMPERIALIS; 

 Crown Imperial. 



The CharaBers are ; 



The Flowers confift of fix Leaves, 

 are Bell-/Jjap\l, and hang dotcn- 

 ■mards : Thefe are rang' J, as it v^re, 

 into a Crown j above which appears 

 a great Bufh of Leaves : The Foin- 

 tal of the Flower becomes an oblong 

 Fruit, which is wing'd, and divided 

 into three Cells, which are fill'd 

 with fiat Seeds : To which may be 

 added, it hath a coated Root, which 

 isfHrnifij'dwith Fibres at the Bottom, 

 The Species are ; 



1. Corona Imperialis. JDod. 

 The coipmon Crown Imperial, 



2. Corona Imperialis j major, 

 Tourn. The greater Crown Im- 

 perial. 



5. Coroka Imperialis j fiore 

 pleno. Tourn. Crown Imperial, 

 with a double Flower. 



4. Corona Imperialis ; duplici 

 corona. Town. Crown Imperial, 

 with a double Crovvn. 



f. Coroka Imperialis ; triflici 

 coron^. H* i. Crown .Imperial, 

 with a triple Crown. 



6. Corona Imperialis"; multi" 

 fidra, h.toque caule. Tourn. Crown 

 Imperial, with many Flowers, and 

 flat Stalks. 



7. Corona Imperialis j folia 

 vario. Tourn. Strip'd-leav'd Crown 

 Imperiau 



