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but it has been generally thought, 

 that the Seeds of tin's Tree were 

 not productive, becaufe they have 

 not been Ibwn at a proper Seafbn, 

 nor managed in a right Manner ; 

 for 1 have had thouiands of the 

 young Plants fpring up from the 

 Seeds of a large Tree, which fcat- 

 ter'd upon the Ground in a moift 

 Place: And I fince find, that if 

 thefe Seeds are fown ibon after 

 they arc ripe, in a moifl; fliady Si- 

 tuation, they will rife extremely 

 "Wellj and the Plants thus obtain'd, 

 will make a confiderable Progrefs 

 after the iecond Year, being much 

 hardier, and lefs liable to lofe their 

 Tops in Winter, than thofe which 

 are propagated by Layers. And 

 iince the Seeds of this Tree ripen 

 well in England^ they may be pro- 

 pagated in as great Plenty as any 

 other Foreil: Tree. 



The Virginian Vlnne-Tree will 

 grow extremely well trom Cut- 

 tings, if they are planted the Be- 

 ginning of March upon a moift 

 Soil j and if they are water'd in dry 

 Weather, will make a prodigious 

 Progrefs. So that in a few Years 

 from the Planting, they will afford 

 noble Trees for planting of Ave- 

 nues, and other fliady Walks; and 

 their Trunks are perfedtly flrait, 

 growing nearly of the fame Size 

 to a confiderable Height, there be- 

 ing the leift Difference in the Girt 

 of this Tree, for feveral Yards up- 

 wards, of any other Sort of Tree 

 whatfoever. The Honourable l^aul 

 Dudley, Efq; in a Letter to the 

 'Royal Socitty, mentions one of thefe 

 Trees, which he obferved in Nevo- 

 JEngland, whcfe Girt was nine 

 Yards, and held its Bignefs a great 

 Way up j which Tree, when cut 

 down, made twenty-two Cord of 

 Wood. He alfo fiys, in the I'ame 

 Letter, That he has propagated 



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many of thefe Trees by cutting crff 

 Stick? of five or iix Feet long, and 

 fettiiig them a Foot deep into the 

 Ground in the Spring ot the Year, 

 when the Seafon was wet ; and 

 that they always thrive beft in a 

 moift Soil. 



The Leaves of this Sort arc lar- 

 ger, and Icfs divided than thofe of 

 the Orientitl iHane-Tree ■■, and the 

 Tree grows much fafter, and is 

 hardier, and being thus eafily pro- 

 pagated, is now the moil common 

 in E'/jglaml. 



The Maplc-lcav'd Plane-Tree hath 

 its Leaves lefs divided than the 

 firff, but more than the fecond 

 Sort, fb that it is a middle Kind, 

 between both; tho', as I before 

 faid, it comes originally from the 

 Eajlern Sort. 



This is propagated very ealily by 

 Layers, every Twig of which will 

 take Root, if they are but cover'd 

 with Earth j and when tranfplanted 

 out in a moift Soil, will grow e* 

 qually faft with the Virginian Kind. 

 But whether this will take from 

 Cuttings or not, I cannot fay, ha- 

 ving never made Trial of it ; though 

 from the Readinefs of the Branches 

 taking Root, there is little Reafon 

 to doubt of it. The beft time to 

 tranfplant thefe Trees is in March j 

 for if they are removed in Winter, 

 and the Seafon fhould prove very 

 levere, the tender Shoots are often 

 kill'd bv the Froft. 



PLUMB-TREE; -vide Prunus. 



PLUMBAGO; Lead- wort. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower conjijls of one Leafy 

 vphich is fhaf'il like a EunneU and 

 cut into feveral Segments at the 

 Top ; out of whofe Jijlu. ous FloTver- 

 CHp rifes the Tointal, vahich after- 

 "wards becomes one oblong Seed- for 

 the moji part jlmrp-pointedi which 

 tipem in the Flower- cup, 



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