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Time to tranfplant them, becaufe 

 they jfoon after fend forth their Fi- 

 bres, which will preferve them 

 irom rotting. 



ZIZIPHUS} the Jujube. 

 The CharaBers are i 



The Flower conjifts offeveral Leaves, 

 %)hich are placed circularly, and do 

 expand in Form of a Rofe, out of 

 •xvhofe Empalement rifes the Fointal, 

 •which afterwards becomes an oblong, 

 flefloy Fruit, fljap'd like an Olive, in- 

 cluding a hard Shell divided into 

 two Cells, each containing an oblong 

 Nut or Kernel, 



The Species are j 



1. ZiziPHus i Dod. The com- 

 mon manured Jujube. 



2. ZiziPHus 3 Sylvejlris, Tourn. 

 The wild Jujube. 



3. ZiziPHusj qu A Jujube Ame- 

 ricana, Spinofa, Loti Arboris foliis 

 ^ facie, fruUu rotundo parvo dulci. 

 Hort. Beaumont. Prickly Ameri- 

 can Jujube, with Leaves like the 

 Nettle Tree, and fmall, round, 

 iweet Fruit, commonly called in 

 the Weft-Indies, Mangofteen. 



4. ZiziPHUsj argenteo Zeylanica, 

 fpinis carens, Wal&mbilla Zeylanen- 

 jibus dicia. C. B. P. Silver-leav'd 

 Jujube of Ceylon without Spines, 

 commonly called, Walaembilla. 



The firft of thefe Plants is culti- 

 vated in the Gardens of Italy, and 

 the South Parts of France, from 

 whence the Fruit was formerly 

 brought into England for medicinal 

 Ulej but of late Years it has been 

 very little ufed in the Shops, fo 

 that there is rarely any of it brought 

 ever at preient. 



In thofe warm Countries they 

 preferve the Fruit for the Table in 

 the Winter Sdafon, when few o- 

 ther Kinds are in Perfection, at 

 which Time theic, and Services, 

 and fome other Sorts, do furnifh 

 l^heh: Defer ts. 



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The Fruit is fomewhat like a 

 fmall Plum, but it has not a great 

 Share of Ficfli upon the S-one, but 

 it having an agreeable Flavour, is 

 by fome Perfons greatly efteem'd. 



The iecond Sort grows wild in 

 the Hedges in the South of France, 

 Italy, and Spain, but in thefe cold- 

 er Countries it is prefcrvei in the 

 Gardens of thofe who are curious 

 in colled:ing of the various Kinds 

 of Trees and Shrubs. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by putting their Stones into Pots 

 of frefh, light Earth, foon after 

 their Fruits are ripe, and in Winter 

 they fhould be placed under a com- 

 mon Hot-bed Frame, where they 

 may be fhelter'd from fevere Froft : 

 In the Spring thefe Pots fliould be 

 plunged into a moderate Hot-bed, 

 which will greatly facilitate the 

 Growth of the Seeds j and when 

 the Plants are come up, they fhould 

 be inured to the open Air by De- 

 grees, into which they muft be re- 

 moved in June, placing 'em near 

 the Shelter of a Hedge, and in ve- 

 ry dry Weather they muft be fre- 

 quently refrefh'd with Water. 



In this Situation they may re- 

 main until the Beginning of O£io- 

 ber, when they muft be removed 

 either into the Green-houfe, or pla- 

 ced under a Hot-bed Frame, where 

 they may be defended from Froft, 

 but fhouid have as much free Air 

 as pofTible in mild Weather. 



During the Winter Seafbn they 

 fliould be now and then refrelh'd 

 with Water 5 but after their Leaves 

 are fallen (as they always ilied thcni 

 in Winter) they muft not be over- 

 water'd, which would rot the ten- 

 der Fibres of their Roots, and 

 caufe the Plants to decay. 



In Marfh, juft before the Plants 

 begin to Ihoot,' they fhould be 

 tranfplanted, each into a leparate 



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