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Mye emtained many hard Seeds d'lf- 

 ^os*d in a circular Order. 

 The Species are j 



1. GuAjACANAj J-. B» The In- 

 dian Date Plurnb-tree. 



2. GuAjACANA j angufliore folio. 

 Tourn. Narrow-leav'd Indian Date 

 Plumb-tree. 



3. GuAjACANA j Vijhamin Virgi- 

 nianum. Park. Theat. Boerh. hid. 

 Virgin an Date-Plumb, or Pifliamin. 



The firft and fecond Sorts are at 

 prcient very rare in England, and 

 only to be found in fome curious 

 Gardens i but the third Sort is more 

 common j they are all fuppofed to 

 be Natives oF the Weft-Indies : The 

 lafl Sort hath been rais'd in great 

 Plenty, of late Years, in the Gar- 

 dens near London, from Seeds which 

 have been brought from Virginia 

 and Carolina, in both which Coun- 

 tries this Tree greatly abounds. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 "by fowing the Seeds (which arc 

 often brought into England) upon 

 a moderate Hot-bed, in the Spring 

 of the Year, and when the Plants 

 come up, they fliould be trani- 

 planted each into a fepirate Half- 

 penny Pot, which fiiould be"^ filled 

 with freih, light, faady Earth, and 

 plunged into another moderate Hot- 

 bed, to facilitate their taking Root ,• 

 and as the Summer advances, lb 

 you fhould inure them to the open 

 Air by degrees, and in fune they 

 may be removed into fbme Place 

 that is pretty well (helter'd from 

 Winds, where they may remain 

 until October, at which Time they 

 fhould be removed under the Shelter 

 of a Hot-bed Frame, or into the 

 Green-houfj, during the firil Win- 

 ter j but in Apil following, they 

 may be fnaken out of the Pots and 

 tranfplantcd into the open Air, 

 where they will ihrive very fail, 

 acd refill the Cold of our Winters 



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very well, provided they are planted 

 in a moderate dry Soil, and not too 

 much expos'd to fevere Winds. 



They may alfo be propagated by 

 laying down the young Shoots in 

 the Spring, which if kept fupplied 

 with Water in very dry Weather, 

 will take Root by the fuccecding 

 Spring, when they may be trans- 

 planted where they are to remain : 

 The beft Seafon for tranfplanting 

 theie Trees, is at the latter End of 

 March, juft before they begin to 

 flioot, at which Time, if Care be 

 taken not to hurt their Roots, there 

 will be little Danger of their not 

 iuccecding, if the Plants are young; 

 but they are very difficult to re- 

 move when they are grown large j 

 therefore if your Ground be not 

 ready to tranfplant thefe Trees into, 

 while young, you fliould keep them 

 in Pots or Tubs, until it be ib, that 

 they may be turned out with a 

 Ball of Earth to their Roots, which 

 will be much the fureft Method. 



The ViJImmin is very fubjedl to 

 fend forth great Numbers of Suckers 

 from the Root, fo that there will 

 never want a Supply of Shoots for 

 Laying ; which is by far the beft 

 Method of managing them j tho' 

 fometimes they may be taken from 

 the old Plants with Roots to them ; 

 yet thefe Roots are feldom very 

 good, and will always be fubjed to 

 pu(h out a greater Quantity of Suck- 

 ers, than luch as are produc'd by 

 Layers j which is what no one 

 would covet in any Sort of Trees, 

 unlefs for the Sake of iacreafingthe 

 Number j for they feldom make 

 fuch fair Trees as the other. This 

 makes a very large beautiful Tree . 

 in Virginia, and Icenis difpos'd to 

 grow to the fame Sniture with us. 

 There was formerly a large Tree 

 of this Kind in the Gardens of the 

 Bilhop of London at lid ham, which 

 flower 'd i 



