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wards very much, though they 

 generally have one upright Shoot 

 in the Middle, much after the man- 

 ner of the Plane-tree, whoie man- 

 ner of Growth is very like that of 

 this Tree. 



The Flowers which thefe Trees 

 produce, arc by no means like 

 thofe of the Tulip, though many 

 Perfbas have been fo incurious as 

 to imagine them fo, efpecially the 

 Inhabitants of America, who firfl 

 gave the Name of Tulip-tree unto 

 this Plant, by which Name it has 

 been fince call'd by the Inhabitants 

 ot Europe, who received it from 

 them with the Plants, many Years 

 iince ; but 1 have not heard that 

 any of thefe Trees have flowered 

 in any Part of Europet except in 

 Entrland. 



Mr. Cateshy, in his Natural Hi- 

 fiory of Carolina, ^c. fays. There 

 are fbme of thefe Trees in America^ 

 which are thirty Feet in Circum- 

 ference, that the Boughs are very 

 unequal and irregular, making feve- 

 ral Bends or Elbows, which makes 

 the Trees diftinguifliable at a great 

 Diflance, even when they have no 

 Leaves upon them . They arc found 

 in moft Parts of the Northern Con- 

 tinent of America, from the Cape 

 of Florida to New-England, where 

 the Timber is of great Ufe. 



This Tree may be propagated 

 from Seeds, which are often brought 

 from America in the Cones ; thefe 

 fhould be taken out in the Spring, 

 and fbwn in Pots or Boxes fill'd with 

 light frefh Earth, and placed upon 

 a moderate Hot-bed, which fhould 

 be cover'd only with Mats, and not 

 have Glaifes over 'em, becaule the 

 GlafTcs will caufe the Earth to dry 

 too fall, and thereby fpoii the 

 Seeds. 



Thefe Pots fhould be frequently 

 refrelh'd with Water, and when the 



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Plants are come up, they fhould be 

 plac'd in a fhady Situation during 

 the Summer Seafbn, but in Winter 

 they mufl be put into a Frame, 

 where they may enjoy the open Air 

 in mild Weather, but mufl be fhel- 

 ter'd from Frofl. 



In the following Spring the 

 Plants fhouJd be takea up, and each 

 planted in a feparate fmall Pot, 

 fill'd with light, frefh Earth, and if 

 thefe Pots are plunged into a mo- 

 derate Hot-bed, under Mats, it will 

 promote their Rooting j in Sum- 

 mer thefe Plants muft be removed 

 into the Shade, and in Winter into 

 a Frame as before : After this man- 

 ner they may be treated three or 

 four Years, until they have acquir'd 

 Strength, when they may be turn'd 

 out of the Pots in the Spring, and 

 planted where they are to remain, 

 which fhould always be near the 

 Shelter of other Trees, where they 

 will grow much better than in an 

 open Situation, provided they are 

 not too much crowded or over- 

 hung by large Trees. 



There are fbme People who pro- 

 pagate this Tree by Layers, but 

 they are commonly two or three 

 Years before they take Root, and 

 thefe do feldorn make fo ftrait 

 Trees as thofe rais'd from Seeds, 

 though indeed they will produce 

 Flowers fooner, as is always the 

 Cafe with flunted Plants. 



This Tree fnould be planted on a 

 light loamy Soil, not too dry, on 

 which it will thrive much better 

 than upon a flrong Clay, or a Axy 

 gravelly Ground ; for m Americj^ 

 they are chiefly Found upon a moid 

 deep Soil, where they will grow 

 to a prodigious Size. Though it 

 Vv:!i not be proper to plant thefe 

 Trees in a Soil which is too moift 

 in England, becaufe it might en- 

 danger the rotting of the Fibres of 



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