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You fliould alio obierve to allow 

 them Pots proportionable to the 

 Sizes of the Plants, but you muft 

 never let them be too large, which 

 is of worfe Confequence than if 

 they are too fmall. During the 

 Summer-ieafon, they fliould be fre- 

 quently refrcfh'd with Water, but 

 you muft be careful not to give it 

 in too great Quantities 5 and in 

 Winter they mult be now and then 

 refrefli'd, eipecially if they are plac'd 

 in a warm Stove, otherwife they 

 will require very little Water at that 

 Seafon. 



Thefe Plants are moll of them 

 very flow Growers, even in their 

 Native Countries, notwithftanding 

 they do arrive to a great Magni- 

 tude i for it has been often obferv'd 

 by feveral of the old Inhabitants of 

 thole Countries, that the Plants of 

 Ibme of thele Kinds, have not ad- 

 vanc'd two Feet in Height in twen- 

 ty Years j £0 that when they are 

 brought into thefe Countries, it 

 can't be expedted they ihould ad- 

 vance very faft, efpecially where 

 there is not due Care taken to pre- 

 serve them warm in Winter : But 

 however flow of Growth thele 

 Plants are in rhcir Native Countries, 

 yet they may be with us greatly 

 forwarded by placing the Pots into 

 a Hot-bed of Tanaer.s Bark; which 

 fliould be renew'd as often as is ne- 

 ceflary, and the Plants always pre- 

 ferv'd therein both Winter and Sum- 

 mer, obferving to fl:iift them into 

 larger Pots as they advance in 

 Growth, as alfo to fupply them 

 with Water : In which Manage- 

 ment I have had feveral of them 

 come on very faft j for I obferve 

 the Roots of thele Plants are very 

 apt to root into the Bark (if their 

 Pots remain a conliderable Time 

 without fliifting) where they meet 



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with a gentle Warmth, and the 

 Moifture arifing from the Fermen- 

 tation of the Bark, doth prelerve 

 their Fibres plump and vigorous. 



The Date Palm is of very flovur 

 Growth with us, but is ealily pro- 

 duced from Seeds, taken out of the 

 Fruit, which are brought into Eng- 

 land in great Plenty ,• hut there arc 

 very few of thefe Plants of any 

 conliderable Size at prefent in the 

 Engiijlj Gardens. 



The Dwarf Palm, with pricklv 

 Footftalks, as alfo that with few 

 Prickles, are of humble Growth in 

 their Native Countries, fcldom ri- 

 ling above four or five Feet high, 

 but do extend their Roots very far, 

 and increafe thereby in the fame 

 Manner as the common Fern doth, 

 fo that the wafte Ground which is 

 not cultivated, is over-run with 

 the Plants; the Leaves of which 

 the Inhabitants cut, and fend into 

 thefe Countries to make Flag- 

 Brooms. Thefe grow in Spam, 

 Portugal, and Italy, and are much 

 hardier than any gf the other 

 Sorts. 



The Palmetto-Tree Is brought 

 from the Weft-Indies, where it grows 

 to be a very large Tree ; the Leaves 

 of which the Inhabitants thatch 

 their Hou fes withal, for which 

 Purpofe they are very ufcful in 

 thole Countries : Thefe Leaves, 

 before they are expanded, are cut, 

 and brought into England to make 

 Womens plaited Hats, which were, 

 a few Years lince, greatly in Fa- 

 lliion ; and the Berries of thefe 

 Trees were formerly much in Ufe 

 in England for Buttons. Thefe 

 were Ibme of the chief Commo- 

 dities which the Bermuda, Ijlands 

 did afford for Manufaftory, but, ac 

 prefent, they are both difus'd in 

 Englaiid. 



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