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Tte Seeds of this are often brought 

 over from Barbados, where it is 

 cultivated in the Gardens for the 

 Goodnefs of its Fruit, although the 

 Flowers (which arc finer than thole 

 of the common Sort) renders it 

 worthy of a Place in a good Gar- 

 den, had the Plant no other good 

 Qualities to recommend it. 



This Plant may be rais'd by fow- 

 iug the Seeds upon a Hot-bed, as 

 was directed for the two other 

 Sorts, and muft be afterwards tranf- 

 planted into Pots, and manag'd in 

 the fame manner^ but this never 

 produces its Flowers until thelecond 

 or third Year after fowing, fo it 

 muft be carefully preferv'd in Win- 

 ter in a warm Stove with other 

 tender Plants which come from 

 the fame Country \ but, in the 

 Summer, it fliould have a good 

 Share of free Air,efpecia]]y in warm 

 Weather, tho* it will not bear to be 

 wholly expos'd to the open Air. 



It may alfo be propagated by 

 laying down fome of its Branches 

 in the Spring, which, in two Months 

 time, will ftrike Root, and may 

 then be tranlplantcd into Pots, and 

 manag'd as the old Plants: During 

 the Summer-feafon thele Plants will 

 require to be plentifully watcr'd, 

 (eipecially if they are kept warm) 

 but, in Winter, they fhould not 

 have too much Wet, therefore you 

 fhould often refrefh them, but do 

 not give them much at each Time. 

 The Heat, in which they thrive 

 beft in Winter, is that mark'd Vie- 

 7nento, upon Mr. Fowler's Botanical 

 Thermometers jhut, in Summer, rhey 

 will require a much greater Share 

 of Warmth. 



I don't find any Authors who 

 have written upon this Plant, men- 

 tion its growing wild in any Parts 

 of the Wefi- Indies, Fere Flumier 

 fays, it is cultivated in Gardens to 



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cover Arbors and Seats, for t}\c 

 Goodnefs of its Fruit, which ripens 

 in April and May, and is of a won- 

 derful refrcthing Nature, and is 

 commonly us'd in Fevers ns a Cor- 

 dial Syrup, in the Stead of Rob of 

 Gooiebcrries. The French call ths 

 Fruit ot this Plant Pommes de Liane, 

 and the Engiiflj IKiter Lemon, as 

 chiefly delighting to grow in a moid; 

 So:l. The Flowers of this Pjanthave 

 a very agreeable Scent, and are ex- 

 tremely beautiful. 



The ninth Sort alfo is an abiding 

 Plant, but never becomes fo woody 

 as the former : The Stalks are com- 

 monly of a green hcrbaccoar. Colour : 

 The Leaves are broader and fliorter, 

 but not fo thick as thofe of the 

 former, and ot a livelier green Go- 

 lour : The Flowers of this Kind 

 are very large, and of a fine red 

 Colour, inclining to purple, and 

 very fweet : The Fruit is about 

 the Size of a middling Apple, and 

 ot an agreeable Flavour. 



This may alfo be propagated bv 

 Seeds or Layers, as the former Sort, 

 and muft be manag'd exactly in the 

 fame Manner j fo that I ihaii not 

 repeat it here, but only obferve, 

 that this will alfo grow from Cut- 

 tings, if planted in a Hot-bed during 

 any of the Summer Months. 



Fere Flumier oblerv'd this Plant 

 in the lile of St. Domingo, It 

 flowers there in AfriL 



The tenth Sort is very common 

 in moft Parts of theC^n^^elllands. 

 I have alfo receiv'd Seeds of it from 

 the Bahama Iflands, from which 

 I have rais'd Plants of this Kind 

 that have produc'd -Flowers and 

 Fruits in the Fhyjick Garden at Chslfea. 

 It requires much the fame Manage- 

 ment as the two fonner Sorts, tho' 

 1 could never prop^igate this either 

 by Cuttings or Layers, It requires 

 a great Share oi Water, cfpeci.illy 



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