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bout fix Inches afunder each Way, 

 obferving to water and fhade them 

 until they have taken Root; but 

 as the Plants do acquire Strength, 

 fo they fhould be inur'd to bear 

 the open Air by Degrees ; and a- 

 bout the Beginning of May, they 

 fhould be taken up, with a Ball of 

 Earth to the Root of each Plant, 

 and plac'd in a Nurfery in a warm 

 Situation, about eighteen Inches a- 

 funder, obferving to water and 

 fiiade them until they have taken 

 Root, and in very dry Weather, 

 the Waterings fhould be repeated : 

 In this Nurfery they may remain 

 until their Flowers appear, fo as 

 to diftinguifh thole with double 

 Flowers : which may be taken up 

 with a Ball of Earth to each Plant, 

 and planted into the Borders of the 

 Parterre Garden, or into Pots, for 

 furnifhing the Courts, ^c, where 

 the feveral Varieties being inter- 

 mix'd with other annual Plants, do 

 afford an agreeable Variety. 



Thofe with lingle Flowers fiiould 

 be pull'd up, and thrown away as 

 good for little, becaufe the Seeds 

 produced from them will farely 

 produce double Flo^versi therefore 

 great Care fhould be taken to fave 

 only the Seeds of thofe whofe 

 Flowers are very double of every 

 kind, from which there will al- 

 ways be a good Quantity of dou- 

 ble ones pioduc'd, tho' from the 

 very beft Seeds there will always 

 be many fmgle Flowera,i but the 

 fmajl Sorts do always produce a 

 greater Number of double Flowers 

 than the large, which are more 

 apt to degenerate. 



Thcfe Plants have a ftrong, dif^ 

 agreeable Scent, efpecially when 

 liandlcd ; for which Rcafon they 

 are not fo greatly eftcem'd for 

 planting near Habitations : but the 

 Fiovvcrs of the fweet-fccnted Sort 



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being more agreeable, are moilly 

 coveted to plant in fmall Gardens, 

 All thefe Sorts do begin to flower 

 in May, and continue all the latter 

 Part of the Year, until the Froft 

 prevents their Flowering : for 

 which, together with the little 

 Trouble requir'd in their Culture, 

 they have greatly obtain'd in mofl 

 Etigll/J} Gardens. 



TAMARINDUSi The Tama-- 

 rind-Tree. 



The Characters are ,• 



The Flower conjljis of feveral 

 Leaves, which are fo -plac'd as to re- 

 femble a papilionaceous one in form 

 meafure ; but thefe expand circularly • 

 From -whofe many-leav'd Flower-cup 

 rifes the Poi/ital, -which afterwards 

 becomes a fiat Pod, containing many 

 flat angular Seeds y furrounded -with 

 an acid, black if j Pulp. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Tree; viz. 



Tamarindus; Raii Hift. The 

 Tamarind-TiGt. 



There are fome who imagine the 

 Tamarind-Tree of the Eaji- Indies, 

 and that of the Wefl-Indies to be 

 different, but I don't remember to 

 have feen them diflinguifli'd by a- 

 ny Botanick Author ; though, in- 

 deed, from the different Appear- 

 ance of the Pods, they feem very 

 different; for the Pods which £ 

 have feen of the Eaf-Indian Sort 

 were very long, and contained fix 

 or feven Seeds in each j whereas 

 thofe of the Wejl-Indies do rarely 

 contain more than thrc^e or four : 

 but from the Plants which I have 

 raised from both Sorts of Szc^s, I 

 can't diftinguifh them afunder as 

 yet. 



Thefe Trees do grow to a great 

 Magnitude in their native Coun- 

 tries; but in Europe they are pre- 

 lerv'd as Curiolities by thofe who 

 arc Lovers of rare Plants. 



They 



