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2.. Man^anilla; jiquifolii folils. 

 Vlum. Nov. Gen. yo. The Manchi- 

 neeh with Leaves like Holly. 



3. Man^anillaj Lauri foliis ob- 

 Imgis. Plum. Nov. Gen. fo. The 

 Manchineel, with oblong Laurel 

 Leaves. 



The Manchineel is a Native of 

 the Weft-lndies, where it grows on 

 low fandy Land, or near Gullies, 

 v/here Water runs. The three 

 Sorts here mention'd, are diftin- 

 guifh'd by Botanijis, but I believe 

 their Difference is not remarked 

 by the Natives. They grow to 

 be very large Trees, equal to the 

 Size of an Oak, and are much 

 efteemed for their Wood, which 

 is fawn out into Planks, and brought 

 over to Endami : It is ufed for 

 Cabinets, Book-Cafes, ^c. and will 

 polil"h very well j is of a beautiful 

 •Grain, and will lafl: a long Time. 

 in cutting down of thefe Trees, 

 they are very careful to burn out 

 the juice of the Bark before they 

 begin, otherwif; the Perfons are 

 in Danger of loling their Eyes, by 

 fome of the Sap getting into them, 

 which is of a milky Colour, and 

 fb very cauffcick, that it will raife 

 Blifters on the Skin, and burn 

 Holes in Linnen. The Fruit of 

 this Tree, when ripe, is ot the 

 Colour and Size of a golden Pip- 

 pen, for which many of the Euro- 

 p£ans have taken it, and (bme by 

 eating thereof, loft their Lives, and 

 (Others have greatly fuffered,- the 

 Fiefli is not much thicker than a 

 Crown-piece, and not very difa- 

 greeable to theTafle, but will cor- 

 rode the Mouth and Throat. The 

 Leaves of thefe Trees do alfb a-- 

 bound with a milky Juice, which 

 is of the fame Nature j fo that it 

 is dangerous being under their 

 Drip : The Cattle, in America, ne- 

 ver {Inciter thcmfelves under them. 



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nor will any Vegetable icarcety 

 grow under their Shade; yet the 

 Goats do eat this Fruit, without 

 any manifeft Injury to themfelvesj 

 or their Milk, which is not altered 

 by this Food. 



In Englandy there are fome of 

 thefe Trees preferved by Perfons 

 who are curious in propagating 

 exotick Plants. They may be rais'd 

 from Seeds, by putting the whole 

 Nut into a Pot of freih Earth, and 

 then plunge it into a Hot-bed of 

 Tanners-Bark, obferving to refrefh 

 the Earth often with Water j from, 

 one of thefe Nuts will arife four 

 or five Plants, which when grown 

 about three Inches high, may be 

 feparated, and placed each into a 

 fmall Pot filled with light Eartk, 

 and plunged again into the Hot- 

 bed, obferving to water and fhade 

 'em until they have taken Root, 

 after which, they muft be mana- 

 ged as was before dire6led for the 

 Mammee, to which I refer the 

 Reader, to avoid Repetition. 

 MANDRAGORA; Mandrake. 



The chambers are ,• 

 The Flower confijis of one Leafi in 

 the Shape of a Bell, and is divided 

 at the Top into fever al Parts : The 

 Fointal after-wards hecom^s a globu* 

 lar foft Fruit, in -which is contained 

 nmny Kidney-fljap'd 'ieeds. 

 The Species are ; 

 T . Mandragoe A ; fru^u rotunda. 

 C.B.F. Common Mandrake^ witii 

 a round Fruit. 



2, Makdragora ; fore fub c&ru" 

 leo purpur a/cent e. C. B. P. Man-' 

 drake, with a purplifh blue Flower. 



Theie Plants are propagated by 

 Seeds, which fhould be fown up- 

 on a Bed of light Earth foon after 

 they are ripej for, if they are 

 kept until the Spring, they ieldom 

 facceed well; end, in the Spring, 

 the Plants will appear above-ground, 

 H Jf when 



