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Sower*d i but this hath been cut 

 down feveral Years, to make room 

 for Kitchen Scuff: fo that at prefent 

 I don't know of any that are very- 

 large i tho' there are fome of thole 

 that have been rais'd from Seeds 

 which have flower'd and produced 

 Fruit : There are fome Trees in the 

 Fhyfck-GarJen, that I rais'd fiom 

 Seeds in the Year 1724, which are 

 at this Time, Anno 1733, upwards 

 of nine Feet high, and do make 

 vigorous Shoots every Year. 



GUAIACUM j Lignum Vitae. 

 The Chara^ers are ; 



It hath pinnatecl Leaz'es : The 

 Tlotcer confifts of fe-jeral Petals, 

 Tohich are placed orbicuhirlyy and 

 expand in Form of a Rofe : The 

 Pointal of the Flov:>er, which arifes 

 from the Centre of the Calyx, be- 

 comes a flifljy, roundijh, fony Fruit, 

 or the jiony Seeds are furrounded 

 TDpith a thiu Fulp. 



The Species are ; 



1 . GuAi AcuM 5 flore c£riileo, fruc- 

 tft fubrotundo. Flmn. Lignum Vi- 

 tse, or Wood of Life, with a blue 

 Flower, and roundilh Fruit. 



2. GuAJACUMjJIore CAruleo, fim- 

 hriato,fruciii tetragono. Flum. Lig- 

 num VitSE, with a blue tringed 

 Flower, and a four-corner'd Fruit. 



Thefe two Plants are Natives of 

 the hottefl: Parts of the We/I Indies, 

 and are with great Difficulty tranf- 

 planted into England ; for their 

 Seeds fcldom riie with us, unlefs 

 they are brought very frefli, and 

 are fown foon atrer they arrive : I 

 have fome young Piants in the 

 Thyfck-Carden., that were nis'd from 

 Seeds Anno 1716, which have come 

 on very well, tho' they are niiturally 

 Plants of a very flow Growth. 



Thefe Plants may be brought 

 over from America in any of the 

 Summer Months, which is the 



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fureft Method to obtain them, theri? 

 Seeds being very difficult to growj 

 but great Care fhould be taken to 

 tranfplant them into a Tub or Box 

 of Earth at leafl: a Month before 

 they are put on Board the Ship, that 

 they may be fettled in the Earth, 

 and Charge ^ven to the Sailors not 

 to over- water them in their Paffage; 

 which is what hath dellroy'd more 

 Piants fent from Abroad, than ei- 

 ther the Cold, or any other Acci- 

 dent or Management whatever. 



When the Plants arrive, they 

 fhould be immediately takt-n out of 

 the Tubs, prelerving fome Earrh 

 about their Roots, and planted into 

 Pots fiii'd with good frelh rich 

 Earth, and plung'd into a Hot-bed 

 of Tanners-Bark, to facilitate their 

 making frefh Roots, that they may- 

 be enabled to \[vq through the 

 Winter j for if they are not well 

 rooted m the Earth before the cold 

 Weather comes on, it will be diffi-«^ 

 cult to preferve them. 



In Odober they fliould be remov'd 

 into a warm Stove, where the 

 Thermometer Ihould be kept up 

 to twenty Degrees above Tempe- 

 rate, (as mark'd on Mr. Fowler' z 

 1 hermometers) i and during the 

 Winter-feafon they fliould be often 

 refrefli'd with Water : But it fhould 

 begiv'en them very cautiouflyi for 

 too much Moillure is very hurtful 

 to thefe PUnts. You fl^.ould alio 

 carefully wafh their Leaves, from 

 Time to Time, to cleanfe them 

 from Filth, which is very fubje£t 

 to lodge upon the Surfaces thereof: 

 And in Summer they fliould have a 

 good Share of frefh Air, by opening 

 the GJaifes of the Stove i but they 

 fhould never be wholly expos'd to 

 the open Air, even in the hotteilb 

 Scafon, unlefs for a fliort Time, in 

 a gentle warm Shower of Rain, 

 i^ d I whKjh 



