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The Cabbage-Tree is very com- 

 mon in the Caribbee IJla?jds, where 

 it grows to a prodigious Height 5 

 Ligon, in his Hijlory of Barbados, 

 fays, There are fome of thefe Trees 

 above two hundred Feet high, and 

 that it is commonly a hundred 

 Years before they arrive at Matu- 

 rity enough to produce Fruit : The 

 Leaves ol" this Tree envelope each 

 other, fo that thofe which are in- 

 clos'd, being deprived of the Air, 

 are blanch'd, which is the Part the 

 Inhabitants cut for Plait for Hats, 

 (^c. and the Cemm& or young 

 Shoots are pickled, and fent into 

 'England by the Name of Cabbage: 

 But whenever this Part is cut out, 

 the Trees are deftroy'd, nor do 

 they rife again from the old Roots, 

 fo that there are very few Trees 

 left remaining near Plantations, ex- 

 cept for Ornament i for their Stems 

 being exceeding ftrait, and their 

 Leaves being produc'd very regu- 

 larly at Top, do aferd a moft 

 beautiful Profped: j for which Rea- 

 fon the Planters generally fpare two 

 or three of them near their Habi- 

 tations. 



The Oily Talm grow? in great 

 Plenty on the Coaft of Guiney, as 

 alfo on Cape Verd I Hand, where 

 they grow as high as the Main- 

 Maft of a Ship : But thefe Trees 

 have been tranfplanted to Jamaica, 

 and Barbados, in both which Places 

 they thrive very well. The Inha- 

 bitants make an Oil from the Pulp 

 of the Fruit, and draw a Wine 

 from the Body of the Trees, 

 which inebriates ; and with the 

 Rind of thefe Trees they make 

 Mats to lie "upon. This Sort will 

 eaiiiv rife from Seeds, and if kept 

 warm, will grovv' much fafter than 

 the Bate-Valm. 



The Macaw-Tree is very com- 

 mon in the Caritbee Ii^aiid<. v/here 



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the Negroes pierce the tender Fruit* 

 from whence flows otit a pleafant 

 Liquor, which they are very fond 

 of i and the Body of the Tree 

 affords a folid Timber, with which 

 they make Javelins, Arrows, See. 

 and is flippos'd by fome to be a 

 fort of Ebony. This Tree grows 

 very flow, and requires to be kept 

 very warm in Winter. 



The Dragon Tree is very com- 

 mon in the Madera's and the Ca- 

 nary Ijlands, where they grow to 

 be large Trees j from the Bodies of 

 v/hich it is luppos'd the Dragon's 

 Blood doth flow. This Plant arifes 

 very eafily from the Seeds, and 

 when it has acquired fbmc Strength, 

 is pretty hardy. 



The Japan ? aim-Tree is, at pre- 

 fent, very rare in England, being 

 oniy in two or three curious Gar- 

 dens : It will come up from Seeds, 

 if they are freih, but the Plants 

 muft be kept very warm, efpe- 

 cially while young, otherwife they 

 will not live through our Winters. 



All the Sorts of Falms are wor- 

 thy of being prefcrv'd by thofe 

 who are curious in maintaining 

 Exotick Plants, tor the imgular 

 Structure of their Parts and Beauty 

 of their Leaves, which make an 

 agreeable Variety amongft other 

 curious Plants. 



PANSIES j -vide Viola Tricolor. 



PAPAVERi Poppy. 

 The Characiers are; 



The Flower, for the mojl Tart, 

 C07!jrfis of four Leaves, which are 

 flac'd orbicularly, and expand in 

 Form of a Rofe, out of whofe Flow- 

 er-cup (which confijli of two Leaves) 

 rifes the Vointal, which afterwards 

 becomes a Fruit or Tod, which is 0- 

 val or oblong, and adorn d with a 

 little Headj under which, in fome 

 Species, is open'd a Series of Holes 

 auitc round, into the Cavity of the 



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