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have Spines may not wound any oF 

 the others. The Box alfo fhould 

 be plac'd where they may receive 

 no Moiflure, and where Rats can- 

 not come to them, otherwiie they 

 are in Danger of being eaten by 

 thofe Vermin. 



If thefe Fhnts are thus carefully 

 pack'd up, they will do well, tho' 

 they fhould be two, three, or fome 

 Sorts, if they are four or five 

 Months on their PafTage, and will 

 be lefs liable to fuffer than if plant- 

 ed in Earth, becaufe the Sailors ge- 

 nerally kill thefe Flants by over- 

 watering them. 



There are alfo feveral Sorts of 

 Trees which may be pack'd up in 

 Chefts with Mofs about them, 

 which will bear to be kept out of 

 the Ground two or three Months, 

 provided it be at a Seafon when 

 they do not grow ; as may be feen 

 by the Orange-Trees, Jajmims, Ca- 

 fersy Olive and Pomegranate-Trees, 

 which are annually brought from 

 It alp and if skilfully managed, ve- 

 ry few of them miicarry, notwith- 

 ftanding they are many times kept 

 three or four Months out of the 

 Ground. 



In fending Seeds from one Coun- 

 try to another, the great Care to 

 be taken ts, to fecure them from 

 Vermin, and prefer ve them dry, 

 otherwiie they mould and decay. 

 The Method Mr. Catesby always 

 obferv'd was, to put up his ^tcAs 

 dry into Papers, and then put them 

 into a dry Gourd-fliell, and fcal 

 them up 5 in which Way he fent 

 feveral large Parcels of Seeds from 

 Carolina to England, v/hich ne- 

 ver mifcarry'd. There are fome 

 Per Ions who liave direcTied to put 

 them intoGlaffes, and to feal them 

 clofely down, to keep out the ex- 

 ternal Air J but from feveral Expe- 

 riments of this kind which I have 



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made, I find Seeds thus clofely put 

 up will not grow, if they remain 

 f^opp'd up any confiderable time, 

 all Seeds requiring fome Share of 

 Air to pre^rve their vegetating 

 Quality : So that where a Perfon 

 has no other Conveniency, they 

 may be put up in a Bag, and hung 

 up in a dry Part of the Ship, or 

 put into a Trunk, where they may 

 be fafe from Vermin i in which 

 Places they will keep very well. 



N. B. It is the fafefl Way to 

 bring all Sorts of Seeds in their 

 Pods or Husks in which they grew, 

 provided they are put up dry, be- 

 caufe their own Covering will af- 

 ford them fome Nourifhment if 

 the Seeds are not feparated from 

 the Placenta. 



TRIFOLIUM; Trefoil. 

 The Charaiiers are ; 



It hath a papilionaceous Flower, 

 or refembles a papilionaceous Mower, 

 for it confifls of the Standard ■■, the 

 IVings and the Keel coming out of 

 the Empalement, together with the 

 Fointal, cover'd with its fringed 

 Sheath; it becomes a Capfule, hid- 

 den in the Empalement, and full of 

 Seeds, which are for the mofi part 

 fljap'd like a Kidney, adhering clofe 

 to the Capfule when ripe. Some of 

 this Genus have Flowers confjling of 

 one Leaf, refembling a papilionaceous 

 Flower, out of whofe Empalement a- 

 rifes the Pointal, which afterward be- 

 comes a membranaceous Capfule hid- 

 den in the Empalement, and fdl'd 

 with Kid-ney-fl}ap'd Seeds. To thefe 

 Notes mufl be added. Leaves grow- 

 ing by Threes, feldom by Fours, er 

 Fives, on a common Footjialk, 

 The Species are ; 



I. Trifolium; purpureum, ma- 

 jus fativum, pratenfi fimile. Rait 

 Syn. Greater purple manured Tre- 

 foil, commonly calVd, Clover. 



z. Trifolium J pratenfe, purpu- 

 z reum 



