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fon be warm, they may be re- 

 iTf^ov'd into the open Air, placing 

 ^^em in a warm Situation, where 

 they will produce their Flowers 

 Plentifully i and if the Autumn be 

 warm, their Seeds will ripen very 

 well ; but it will be a fure Method 

 to prefer ve one Plant of each Kind 

 under Glaffes, left thoie in the o- 

 pen Air fhould not perfe6V their 

 Seeds. 



STRAWBERRY i vide Fragaria. 



STRAWBERRY - TREE j vide 

 Arbutus. 



STYRAXi The Storax-Tree. 

 The Characiers arej 



The Flovoer cm/i/ls of one Leaf 

 Jlmfd like a> Tunnely and cut into 

 feveral Segments j out of vehoje Flore- 

 er-cup rifes the Tointal, which is 

 fix'd like a Nail in the fore-fart of 

 the Flower -y this afterwards becomes 

 a roundijloi fi^fl^y Fruity including 

 me or two Seeds in hard Shells. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant, viz, 



Styraxj folio Mali Cotonei, C. 

 B. P. Storax-Tree, with a Quince- 

 Tree Leaf. 



This Plant grows plentifully in 

 feveral Parts of Afia, from whence 

 it hath been brought into many 

 curious Gardens in Europe^ though 

 at prefent it is very rare in Eng- 

 land. 



It may be propagated by (owing 

 the Seeds in Pots fiU'd with frefh, 

 light Earth, and plung'd into a mo*- 

 derate Hot-bed : This fliould be 

 done as foon as poflible, when the 

 Seeds are procur'd ; for if they are 

 ibwn the latter End of Summer, 

 and the Pots kept in a moderate 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark all the 

 Winter, the Plants will come up 

 the lucceeding Spring i whereas 

 thofe fown in the Spring do often 

 remain in the Ground a whole 

 Xcar before the Plants come up. 



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When the Plants are up, they 

 fhould be each tranfplanted into a 

 feparate fmall Pot, fill'd with light, 

 frefh Earth, and plung'd into a ve- 

 ry moderate Hot- bed, obferving to 

 water and fliade them until they 

 have taken Root ; after which they 

 fliould be inur'd to the open Air by 

 degrees, into which they mufl be 

 remov'd in J-unet placing them in 

 a warm Situation, in which Place 

 they may remain till the Beginning 

 of October ; at which Time they 

 Ihould be remov'd into the Green- 

 houfe, placing them where they 

 may enjoy the Benefit of frefli Air 

 when the Weather is mild j for 

 thefe Plants are tolerably hardy, 

 and do only require to be (helter'd 

 from levere Froft, for in Italy they 

 grow extremely well in the open 

 Air, and produce Fruit in great 

 Plenty j from whence I receiv'd a 

 Parcel of the Seeds : But as the 

 Plants do grow very flowly with 

 us, fb it would be a good Way to 

 procure fome from Italy, which 

 might be brought over in the 

 Spring, pack'd up in Cafes with 

 Mofs, as is praitis'd in bringing o- 

 ver Orange-Trees, Jafmines, 8cc. 

 and thefe Plants being well grown 

 before tliey are brought over, will 

 be more hardy than thole rais'd 

 from Seeds here, and will be more 

 likely to produce Fruit. 



The Kefm of this Tree is brought 

 over for Medicinal Ufe. 



I fhall beg Leave to add another 

 Tree in this Place, which altho* 

 very different in its Characters 

 from the foregoing, yet as it hath 

 not been fettled to any particular 

 Genus by the Botanijis, and having 

 long pals'd under the Name of 

 Storax, I fliall continue it by that 

 Name in this Place, having the 

 Authority of Mr. Ray for fo do- 

 ing. 



% Styraxj 



