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aliove Ground too long, which de- 

 ftroy'd them. 



XYLON i The Cotton Plants. 

 The Characters are j 



The FloTPer confifls of one Leaf 

 cut into feveral Segments almojl to 

 the Bottom^ and is of the expanded 

 Bell-fJjapei from the Center rifes a 

 hollow -pyramidal Tube, adorned and 

 loaded for the mofl part -tvith Chives j 

 from the Empalemmt fjjoots up the 

 Fointal fxed like a Nail in the Bot- 

 tim of the FloTver j a?jd of the Tube, 

 which is afterwards changed into a> 

 roundiflj Fruit, divided into four or 

 more feminal Cells, gaping at the 

 Top, and enclofmg Seeds covered over 

 Ttifith, and wrapped within that [oft 

 duBile Wool, commonly known by the 

 Name of Cotton. 



The Species are ; 



1 . Xylon } five Goffypium herba- 

 ceum. J. B. Herb or Shrubby Cot- 

 ton. 



2, Xylon; Americanum,prAflan- 

 tiffimum, femine virefcente, l.igon. 

 The moft Excellent American Cot- 

 ton, with a greenifii Seed. 



5. Xylon j five Gojfypium, fru- 

 tefcens annuum, folio vitis ampiiori, 

 ^uinquifdo, InfuU VrovidentiA, Fluk* 

 Fhyt. Annual Shrubby Cotton of 

 the Ifland of Providence, with a 

 large quinquifid Vine Leaf. 



4. Xylon ; arborepim, J. B. The 

 Tree Cotton. 



5*. Xylon; arborcum, fiore flavo. 

 Toiirn, Tree Cotton, with a yel- 

 low Flower. 



There are ^veral other Varieties 

 of this Piant in tlie warm Parts of 

 the Eafl and Wefi Indies, where 

 they grow in great Plenty, Ibme 

 of which have been obferved by 

 the Curious in Botany ; but others 

 have efcaped their Notice; howe- 

 ver, thefe being what I have ob- 

 ierved growing in the European 

 Gardens, 1 fl.aU not trouble the 



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Reader with an Enumeration 06 

 the other Varieties. 



The firfl: Sort here mention'd, is 

 cultivated plentifully in Candy, Lem- 

 nos, Cjprus, Malta, Sicily and at 

 Naples; as alfo between ferufalem 

 and Damafcus, from v/hcnce the 

 Cotton is broup;ht annu^iily into 

 thefe Northern Parts of Ettrope. It 

 is fown upon tilled Grounds in the 

 Spring of the Year, and cut down 

 and reaped in Harveft, as Corn 

 with us; the Ground muft be tilled 

 and fown again the fucceeding 

 Year, and managed in fuch Sort, 

 as we do the Tillage for Corn and 

 other Grain : It is an annual Plant, 

 perifhing when it hath perfeded its 

 Fruits as many others do. 



This Cotton is the Wooll which 

 enclofes or wraps up the S>zqAs, 

 and is contained in a kind of brown 

 Husk or Seed-VcfTcl, growing up- 

 on this Shrub; for it is from this 

 Sort, that the vaft Quantities of 

 Cotton are taken which furnifh our 

 Parts of the World : It is broughc 

 from the I (lands, where the Na- 

 tives take great Care of its Cul- 

 ture: There are feveral Sorts of 

 Cotton fold, which chiefly differ 

 according to the Countries from 

 whence they come, and the vari- 

 ous Preparations made of them j 

 the firft is the Cotton in the Wool], 

 that is to fay, that which comes 

 from the Shell, from which only 

 we take the Seed ; thofe Cottons 

 come from Cyprus, Smyrna, Sec. 

 The fecond, is the Cotton in the 

 Yarn, which comes from Dafnaf- 

 cus ; the ferufalem Cottons which 

 are called Bazac's, are the beft 

 which are fold. The fecond and 

 third Sorrs are alio Annual, thelc 

 are cultivated in the Wcjl-hjdies in 

 groat Plenty ; but the fourth and 

 lifrh Sorts grow in Egypt -^ thefe a- 

 bide many Years, and often arrive 



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