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containing tvpo or three Seeds enclos'd 

 fn hetrd rough Shells. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Tree known ('viz,.) 



Mamei j mcigno fruBu Verfics, fa.- 

 fore. Flum. Nov, Gen, 44. The 

 Mammeey with a large Fruit tafle- 

 ing like a Peach. 



This Tree, in the Weft- Indies, 

 grows to the Height of fixty or 

 ieventy Feet ; the Leaves are large 

 and ftiff, and do continue green all 

 the Year j the Fruit is as large as a 

 Man's Fift 5 when ripe, is of a yel- 

 lowifh green Colour, and is very 

 grateful to the Tafte. It grows in 

 great Plenty in the Spmijl) iVeJl- 

 Jndies, where the Fruit is general- 

 ly fold in their Markets, and is 

 efteemed one of the beft Fruits of 

 the Country. It alfo grows on the 

 Hills in Jamaica, and has been 

 tranfplanted into moil of the Ca- 

 fibbee Iflands, where it thrives ex- 

 ceeding welh 



In England, there are fbme few 

 of thefe Plants, which are prefcr- 

 ved with great Care, by fuch as 

 are curious in cultivating exotick 

 Plants i but there are none of any 

 confiderable Size: So that we can- 

 not expedl to fee either Fruit or 

 Flowers for ibme Years. Thefe 

 Plants may be propagated by plant- 

 ing the Stones (which are often 

 brought from the Wejl-Jndies) into 

 Pots filled with light frefh Kirth, 

 and plunged into a Hot-bed of 

 Tanners-Bark, obferving to water 

 the Earth whenever it appears dry. 

 In about a Month the Plants will 

 begin to appear above-ground, af- 

 ter which they mull be frequently 

 refrefh'd with Water, and in hot 

 Weather, the Glaffes of the Hot- 

 bed fhould be rais'd to let in frefh 

 4ir. In two Months the Roots of 

 the Piants will have filled the Pors, 

 when you (hould provide fome Pets 



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of a little larger Size, into which 

 you fhould tranfplant the Plants, 

 being careful to prefer ve as much 

 Earth to their Roots as pofTiblej 

 then ycu (hould fill up the Pots 

 with frefh light Earth, and plunge 

 them into the Bark-bed again, ob- 

 ferving to water and fhade 'em un- 

 til they have taken Root, after 

 which they fhould be conflantly 

 refrefli'd with Water (as you fhall 

 find they want it) and mud have; 

 Air in hot Weather. In this Bed 

 they may remain till Michaelmasy 

 when they mud be removed into 

 the Bark-Stove, where they mufl 

 conflantly be kept, obferving to 

 refrefh them with Water frequent- 

 ly, as alfo to clean their Leaves 

 from the Filth they are apt to con- 

 tradl in the Stove j and the Spring 

 following, they fhould be fhifted in- 

 to frefh Earth, and, if they require 

 it, into larger Pots, and the Bark- 

 bed mufl be frefli ftir'd, and fome 

 new Tan mix'd therewith, to re- 

 new the Heat. This fhould be re- 

 peated as often as there may be a 

 Neceffity for it, which is at leafl 

 three times a Year : In all other 

 refpe<£ls this Tree may be treated 

 after the Manner directed for the 

 Coffee-Tree. 



MANCANILLAi The Manchi- 



neel Tree. ■ .'■ ...... . 



The Characters are 5 



It hath male Flowers (or Kat- 

 kins) -which are produced at remote 

 Dijlances from the Embryo's on the- 

 Ja.me Tree ; the Embryo becomes a> 

 round jlejhy Fruit, in which is con- 

 tained a rough woody Nut, enclofing 

 four or five fiat Seeds, . 

 The Species are > 



I. Man^anilla j Vyri facie Tlum- 

 Nov, Gen. fo. The Manchineeh 

 with the Face of a Pear-Tree. 



a. Man- 



