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after which they commonly rot 

 when they are planted again. 



The Off-fets of thcfe Roots, which 

 are not Irjrge enough to produce 

 Flowers the iucceeding Year, fhould 

 be alfb pat by themfelves, keeping 

 each Sort diftinft ; thefe fhould be 

 planted about a Month earlier in 

 Autumn than the blowing Roots, 

 in particular Beds in the Flower- 

 Nurfery, where they may not be 

 expofed to publick View ; But the 

 Earth of the Beds (hould be prepared 

 for 'em in the fame Manner as for 

 larger Roots, tho' thefe mull not 

 be planted above five Inches deep, 

 and may be plac'd much nearer 

 together than thole which are to 

 £oW'ir, and in one Year moft of 

 them will become ftrong enough 

 to flower, when they may be re- 

 mov'd into the Flower-Gardcn, and 

 placed in the Beds amongft thofe of 

 the fame Kinds. 



TULIPIFERA} The Tulip- 

 tree. 



The Characters are; 

 The Ilower confifls of feveral 

 Zeavesy vehich expand in fuch a 

 Manner^ as (by fotne Thought) to 

 refembk a Tulip j the PoJntal rifes 

 in the Center of the Flower, fur- 

 rounded by a great Number of Chives, 

 and afterwards becomes a fcjuamous 

 Iruity or Cone growing ereB» To 

 thefe Marks may be added, the 

 Leaves, for the mofl part, being an- 

 gular, the tipper Fart is hollowed as 

 if cut off with SciJJkrs, terminating 

 in two Points, 



We have but one Species of this 

 Tree, viz,. 



TuLiPiFERA ; arbor Virginiana. 

 H. L. The Virginian Tulip-tree. 



This Tree is very common in 

 America, where it grows to a great 

 Magnitude, but in England there 

 are at prelent but very fev;/" of 

 them which have arriv'd to any 



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confiderable Stature. This was for* 

 raerly kept in Pots and Tubs, and 

 houfed in Winter with great Care, 

 in which Management the Plants 

 made but poor Progrefs, nor would J 

 ever have produced Flowers. But " 

 about fitty Years ago there was one 

 of thefe Trees planted out in r* 

 Wildernels in the Gardens of the 

 Right Honourable the Earl of Pa- 

 terboroughy at Parfons-Green ne;jr 

 Fulham, which foon convinc'd the 

 Curious of their Miftake in the 

 Culture of this Tree, by the great 

 Progrefs it made, and in a few 

 Years after, it produced Flowers. 

 This Tree is yet (landing, and an- 

 nually produces a great Quantity 

 of Flowers, tho' fome of the Bran- 

 ches begin to decay, which perhaps 

 may have been occalioned by its 

 being too clofely fur rounded with 

 other Trees, whofe Roots are £b 

 much entangled with thofe of this 

 Tree, that they draw the Nourifli- 

 ment of the Ground from it. In 

 fome Years this Tree produces 

 Cones, but they have not ever 

 been pertc<fled fo as to contain 

 good Seeds. 



There are fome other Trees of 

 this Kind which have produced 

 Flowers feveral Years, though I 

 believe none of them are very large j 

 the biggeft I have fecn (excepting 

 that at Parfons-Green) is not more 

 than thirty five Feet high; whereas 

 my Lord Peterborough's is upwards 

 ot fifty Feet high, and is propor= 

 tionably large in the Trunk i but 

 this has a naked Body near forty 

 Feet high, all the Branches growing 

 near the Top of the Tree, which 

 might be occafion'd by being fo 

 clofelv furrounded with other Trees j 

 for f have obferved, where-ever 

 they have a more open Situation, 

 they are fubje(ft to extend their 

 Branches, and do not afpire up* 



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