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Root in one Year : The Time for 

 laying them down, is in the Be- 

 ginning of Aprils and the Year fol- 

 lowing, the Layers fhould be taken 

 oflF.and planted into Pots filled with 

 frefli rich Earth, obferving to place 

 *em in the Shade until they have 

 taken Root, after which rhcy may 

 he expos'd with Myrtles^ Gera- 

 niums, Sec, in fome Place where 

 they may be llielter'd from fbrong 

 Winds. During the Summer Sea- 

 Ibn they mufl: be plentifully water'd, 

 otherwife they will make but poor 

 Progrefs, and produce very few 

 Flowers, but if they are conlfantly 

 fupplied with Water, they will 

 make a fine Appearance daring the 

 Months of July and Augujly when 

 they will be covered with Flowers. 

 In Winter they mufl be frequently 

 refrefli'd with Water, but it fhould 

 not be given them in large Quan- 

 tities at that Seafon. 



The third, fourth, and fifth Sorts 

 ate tenderer than the others, there- 

 fore require a warmer Situation in 

 Winter, nor mufl: they be expos'd 

 to the open Air in Summer, for if 

 they are placed abroad, their Flowers 

 vvill not Open. So that in Winter 

 they fliould be placed in a w.irrn 

 Green-houfe, and in Summer they 

 fhould be remov'd into an airy Glafs- 

 Cafe, where they may be defended 

 fro'm the Cold of the Nights, but 

 in Day-time they fhould have fiore 

 of free Air, obierving to give "eiil 

 plenty of Water, which will caufe 

 them to produce their Flowers 

 large and in great Quantities. Thefe 

 Plants are Natives of the SpaniJJj 

 IVeJl-Indies, from whence they were 

 brought into the EngUjlt Colonies 

 in America^ where they were planted 

 for the Beauty of their Flowers, but 

 ^nce the Inhabitants have found it 

 ^ftroy their Cattle which have 

 browz.'d on the Plants, they ufudliy 



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deftroy them near their Settle^ 

 ments. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 from Sucke:s or Layers as the two 

 former, but they do not produce 

 Suckers in lb great Plenty as thofe 

 in this Country. They all grow 

 naturally on the Sides of Rivers 

 aqd moifl: Places, fo that they mufl 

 have plenty of Water. 



NlCOTIANAi Tobacco. 

 The Characicrs are i 



The TloTPcr confifts of one Leaf is 

 funnel-Jlyafil^ and ilhUcd at the 

 2'op into Jive deep Segment s, vphich 

 expajid Like a Star j the Ovary becoines 

 an ohlong or roundiJJj memhranaceous 

 Fruit, which is divided into two Cells 

 by an intermediate Partition, and is 

 jill\l -toith j'mall roundlJJj Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. NicoTiANA ; fnajor, latifolia. 

 C. B. P. The greater broad-lea v'd 

 Tobacco. 



2. NicoTiAKA ; majof; angu/li- 

 folia. C. B. P. The greater narrow- 

 leav'd Tobacco. 



7,. NicoTiAKA ; major, angufii- 

 foliai perennis. JefJ^eu. The greater 

 narrow-leav'd perennial Tobacco. 



, 4. NicoTiANA ; minor. C. B, P. 

 The leller or common Englifi To- 

 bacco, 



f. Nicotian A.; minor foliijrugd-' 

 fioribus, ampUoribm. Vaill. 



The firll: Sort is known by the 

 Planters in America under the Title 

 of Oyoonoko; of which there feems 

 to be two difiierent Kinds, varying 

 in the Largencis and Texture of 

 their Leaves, fbme having very 

 broad, rough, roundifh Leaves 3 and 

 others are narrower, fmoother, and 

 do terminate in a Point : But neither 

 of thefe Sorts are efteemM by the 

 American Planters, becaufe the Pro- 

 duce of this (tho' it is much greater 

 than the narrow-leav'd Sort)' yet is 

 HOC near fo much eHeem'd by the 



