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which will wafli the Leaves, and 

 greatly refrefh them. 



The Wood of thefe Trees is Co 

 liardas to break the Tools in felling 

 tfeemi fo that it is feldom cut down 

 for Fire-wood, being very difficult 

 to burn. 



GUAJAVA 5 The Gudva. 

 The CharABers arej 



The Flowers, for the mofl fi^rt, 

 confiji of five Leaves, which are pro- 

 ceed in a circtdar Order, and ex- 

 pand in Form of a Role, having 

 many Stamina or Threads furrounding 

 the Ovary : The Ov^^ry is of a long 

 tululoHs Figure, which becomes a 

 fiejhy Fruit, crown'd on the Top, and 

 containing many fmall hard Seeds, 

 The Species are j 



1. GuAjAVA} alba, dulcis. H. L. 

 The white Guava> 



2. GvAjAVAi rubra, acida,fruBu 

 ntundiori. H, L. The red Guava. 



Thefe Trees grow to the Height 

 cf twenty Feet, or more-, in the 

 Weft-Indies, and have Trunks as 

 thick as a Man's Thigh : But with 

 us in England they are preferv'd in 

 warm Stoves, and are rarely feen 

 above fix or feven Feet high, tho' 

 there are feveral Trees which have 

 prodiic'd Fruit in England, 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds in a Hot-bed in 

 the Spring i and when they are 

 come up, they (hould each of them 

 be tranfplanted into a fingle Half- 

 penny Pot, fiU'd with light rich 

 Earth, and plung'd into a freih Hot- 

 bed, in order to bring 'em forward,- 

 obferving to give 'em Air, in Pro- 

 portion to the Warmth of the Wea- 

 ther, hy railing the GlalTes with 

 Stones, e^^. and in the great Heat 

 of the Day you (hould fliade the 

 GJafies with Mats, to prevent their 

 being fcorch'dj and in the Summer- 

 time they will rec^uire to be fre- 



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quently water'd. As they increafe 

 in Bulk, fo you muft fliift them 

 into larger Pots : But you muft be 

 careful not to put them into Pots 

 that are too large 5 for that will 

 very much retard their Growth, 

 as indeed it doth moft other Plants; 

 and towards the Beginning of ^uly 

 you muft let them have a plentiful 

 Share of Air, in order to harden 

 *em before Winter i for if you con- 

 tinue forcing *em quite thro' the 

 Summer, you will get 'em to be 

 very large in one Sealbn ; but then 

 they'll be fo tender, that 'twill be 

 difficult to preferve 'em in Winter. 



At the Latter-end of Auguft or 

 Beginning of September, you fhould 

 remove the Pots into the Stove, 

 where they fliould be plac'd in a 

 moderate Situation, i. e. not too 

 near the Fire, nor at too great a 

 Diftance therefrom j the Temperate 

 Heat, as mark'd upon Mr. Fowler's 

 Thermometers, agreeing better 

 with them than a great Degree. 

 During the Winter - feafon they 

 muft be often refrefli'd with Water, 

 efpecially it they are plac'd upon 

 Shelves in the Stove ; but if they 

 are plung'd into Tanners Bark, they 

 will not require it fo often j nor 

 muft they have too much given at 

 a Time ; and the Water wherewith 

 they are water'd, (hould be plac'd 

 in the Stove at leaft twenty-four 

 Hours before it be us'd, that it 

 may be nearly of an equal Propor- 

 tion of Warmth with the Air of 

 the Houfe. You fhould alfo fre- 

 quently wafli their Leaves with a 

 Cloth in Winter, in order to cleanfe 

 them from Duft and other Filth, 

 which may have been colledted upon 

 the Surfaces of the Leaves during 

 their being in the Houfe j as alfb 

 from Vermin, which are very fub- 

 je6t to infeft thefe Plants, In the 

 Sum.mer 



