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The Species are ^ 



1.. PAPAYAi friiciii Melopeponis 

 effigie. Vlum. The Female Fapaw 

 Tree bearing a Fruit like the Melo- 

 pipo. 



2. Vavaya) fruciu maximoy Pe- 

 fonis effigie. Fhtm. The Female Pa- 

 paw Tree, bearing a Fruit like the 

 Vumkin. 



;, Papaya ; mas. Boerh. Ind* The 

 Male Fapaw Tree. 



Thefe Plants are very common 

 in the CariSbee Iflands, where they 

 arife from Seeds, and will produce 

 Fruit in eight or ten Months after. 



The Fruit is cut betore it is 

 ripe, and afterwards fliced and 

 fbak'd in Water until the milky 

 Juice be out, and then boil'd and 

 eat as Turnips, or bak*d as Apples ; 

 and when ripe, it is eaten as Me- 

 lons with Pepper and Sugar, by 

 the Inhabitants of thofe Countries. 



The Flowers of the Male Sort, 

 as alfo the Fruit of the Female, 

 are preferv'd and fent over as a 

 Sweetmeat to Ei^rope, and are faid 

 to be very cooling and cordial. 



In England thcie Plants are pre- 

 ferv'd as Curiofities, by fuch as de- 

 light in Exoticks : They are eafily 

 rais'd from the Seeds (v/hich are 

 generally brought from the U^'eji- 

 JrJies in Plenty every Year) which 

 fliould be fown upon a Hot-bed 

 in Fehruary or March -^ and when 

 the Plants are come up, they fliould 

 be planted each in a leparate fmall 

 Pot fiird with rich light Earth, 

 and plung'd into a moderate Hot- 

 bed of Tanners Bark, obferving to 

 water and fliade them until they 

 have taken Rootj after which, you 

 fhould let "cm have Air in Propor- 

 tion to the Warmth of the Sealbn, 

 by raifing the Glaffes with Bricks, 

 ^c. and you muft often refreilj 

 them with Water. 



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When the Plants have grown fb 

 as to fill the Pots with their Roots, 

 they muft be fhaken out of them, 

 preferving the Earth as intire as 

 pofTible to their Roots, and placed 

 in larger Pots, which fliould be 

 fiird with the fame light Earth, 

 and plung'd again into the Hot- 

 bed, obferving to give them Air 

 and Water as was before direcfled : 

 And thus from Time to Time, as 

 the Plants increafe their Stature, 

 you fhould fliitt them into larger 

 Pots, which will caufe them to be 

 very ftrongj and if you keep 'em 

 in the Hot-bed all the Summer, 

 and give them due Attendance, they 

 will rife to fix or feven Feet high 

 before Winter. 



In Odiober they fhould be placed 

 into a new Hot-bed in the Bark 

 Stove with other tender Exotick 

 Plants, where, during the Winter- 

 fealbn, they muft be carefully look'd 

 afcer, to water and cleanle them 

 well from Vermin and Filth; and 

 the Stove fliould be kept nearly to 

 the Anana's Heat, as mark'd on 

 Mr. Forpler's Thermometersj in which 

 they will thrive and retain their 

 beautiful large Leaves all the Win- 

 ter : And the Male Sort will often 

 continue to produce frefh Flowers 

 all that Seafon, provided you do 

 not keep 'cm too dry. The Se- 

 cond Year the Female Sort will 

 flower, and, if- duly attended, will 

 perfe6t the Fruit the following 

 Spring.^ 



Thefe Plants make a very beauti- 

 ful Appearance (when grown large) 

 amongll other curious Exoticks in 

 the Stove, and defer ve a Place in e- 

 vcry good Collearion of rare Plants 



PARIETARIAi Pcllitory. 

 The Characters are j 



It hath an apetalous FlovDcr, whofe 

 Flower-cup is divided into four Farts, 



which 



