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^ €|^ires to be fown early in the 

 Spring, and brought forward un- 

 4eF Bell or Hand-GlalTes, otherwife 

 .they feldom arrive to halt their 

 Maturity. 



Thefe Plants requiring fb much 

 room to fpread, and their Fruit 

 bein'T very little valu'd in Ji.ngUndy 

 fiath occalion'd their not being 

 £:ultivated amongfl: us j we having 

 fo many Plants, Roots, or Fruits, 

 which are greatly preferable to 

 thofe for Kitchen Uies: but in 

 fbme Parts of A',77erica, where 

 Proviiions are not in fo great Plenty, 

 or ib great Variety, thefe Fruits 

 may be -ery acceptable. 



CUCURBITIFERA ARBOR j 

 the Calabafh-Tree. 



The ChfirnBers are j 



Jt hath an anomalous FloTDer, 

 emjifilng of one Leaf^ which is (])afd 

 lihz a BottUy and cut into feveral 

 Segments : Tro/n the Cup of the 

 Tloicer arifes the Piftillura, Tvhich 

 becomes a large flefiy Fruit, with a 

 hard Shell, in which are contained 

 piany Heart-f.7ap\l Seeds. 



There is bnt one Species of this 

 Tree at prefent in England, which 

 is, 



CucuRBiTiFERA Arborj Atneri- 

 cana. H. L. The Calabaih-Tree. 



This Tree grows to a conlider- 

 able Height in the warmer Parts 

 of Anjerica, where it produces a 

 very large Fruit i the outer Coat of 

 which becomes very hard, and, as 

 it were, of a woody Subfbance, 

 and is of great Ufe to the Tnhabi- 

 tanrs for "bowls, Cups, and many 

 other Parpofo in Lite : but whe- 

 ther the lalide or Pulp of the Fruit 

 is of any Uie to them, I can't 

 fay. 



This Tree being a Native of the 

 warmer Countries, muft, with us, 

 be kept in a Stove, with Cuava's, 

 See. which Srove fliould be kept 



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to the temperate Heat, as mark'd 

 on Mr. Fowler's Thermometers, with 

 which Heat I find they fucceed 

 better tha'n in a greater. This 

 Tree requires frequent Waterings, 

 and a light fandy Soil, and in Sum- 

 mer muft have a great Quantity of 

 fi-ce Air; for if it be kept too clofe 

 in that Seafon, the Leaves are apt 

 to be infefted by a great Number 

 ot Infed:s ; which greatly deface 

 the Tree, and retard its Growth. 

 To remedy this, whenever you fee 

 them firft begin to attack the 

 Leaves, you muft carefully wa(h 

 them off with a Woollen Rag; 

 and then expofe the Plant (if in 

 Summer-time) to the open Air, 

 or fet it in fbme cooler Place in 

 Winter. This Plant may be pro- 

 pagated by planting Cuttings in 

 any of the Summer Months, v/hich 

 fliould be put into Pots fill'd with 

 good frefh Earth, and plung'd into 

 a moderate Bed of Tanners Bark, 

 obferving to water and fhadfe theih 

 in the Heat of the Day until they 

 have taken Root. The Seeds of 

 this Tree, if brought over frefh in 

 the Fruit, will grov/, if fown on 

 a Hot bed, and manag'd as was 

 directed for the Anana'sj to which 

 I fliall refer the Reader, to avoid 

 Repetition. 



CUMINOIDES,- wild Cummin. 

 The Characiers are j 



It hath Leaves conflfting of many 

 Lobes like thofe of Burnet : The 

 fmall Flowers, which confiji of many 

 Petals, are collected into a round 

 Head: The Petals (or Flower-Le'aves) 

 are fringed ; each of thefe Flowers 

 are jucceeded by a f ingle Seed. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Plant, which is, 



CuMiNOiDEs ; vulgar e. Tourn. 

 Common wild Cummin. 



This Plant is preferved in curi- 

 ous Botanick Gardens, for the fake 



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