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worth any thing. The fixth Sort 

 is at prelent the mod rare in Europe, 

 there being very few of the Plants 

 at prefcnt : this is efteemed the belt 

 Sort yet known, by fome of the 

 jnoft curious Perfons in America, 

 who have thrown out all the other 

 Sorts from their Gardens, and cul- 

 tivate only this Kind. The Plants 

 of this Sort may be procured from 

 Barbados and Montferrat, in both 

 which Places it is cultivated. 



The Sort with very fmooth grafs- 

 green Leaves, was railed from Seeds 

 taken out of a rotten Fruit, which 

 came from the Weft- Indies to the 

 late Henry Heathcpte t YJk\\ from whom 

 I received one Plant, which hath 

 produced large Fruit: this, I am 

 told, is what the People of America 

 call the King-pine. I have fince 

 raifed fome Plants of this Kind from 

 Seeds, which were brought me from 

 ^Jamaica. 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 planting the Crowns which grow 

 on the Fruit, or the Suckers which 

 are produced either from the Plants, 

 or under the Fruit; either of which 

 I have found to be equally good ; 

 altho 1 by fome Perfons the Crown 

 is thought preferable to the Suckers, 

 as fuppofing it will produce Fruit 

 fooner than the Suckers, which is 

 certainly a Miitake ; for by con- 

 ftant Experience I find the Suckers 

 (if equally ftrong] will fruit as foon, 

 and produce as large Fruit, as the 

 Crowns. 



The Suckers and Crowns mull 

 be laid to dry in a warm Place, for 

 four or five Bays, or more (accord- 

 ing to the Moilture of the Part which 

 adher'd to the o'd Plant or Fruit) ; 

 for if they are immediately planted, 

 they will rot. The certain Rule of 

 judging When they are fit to plant, 

 is by obferving if the Bottom is 

 healed over, and become hard j for 



if the Suckers are drawn off carefully 

 from the old Plants, they will have 

 an hard Skin over the lower Part ; 

 fo need not lie fo long as thofe 

 which by Accident may have been 

 broken. But whenever a Crown is 

 taken from the Fruit, or the Suckers 

 from old Plants, they mould be im- 

 mediately diverted of their Bottom- 

 leaves, fo high as to allow Depth 

 for their planting; fo that they may 

 be thoroughly dry and healed in 

 evary Part, left, when they receive 

 -Heat and ?vloillure, they mould pe- 

 ri (h, which often happens when this 

 Method is not purfued. Jf thefe 

 Suckers or Crowns are taken off 

 late in Autumn, or during the Win- 

 ter, or early in the Spring, they 

 fhould be- laid in a dry Place in the 

 Stove, for a Fortnight or three Weeks 

 before they are planted ; but in the 

 Summer-feafon they will be fit for 

 planting in three or four Days. 



As to the Earth in which thefe 

 Ihould be planted ; if you have a 

 rich good Kitchen-garden Mould, 

 not too heavy, fb as to detain the 

 Moifture too long, nor over-light 

 and fandy, it will be very proper 

 for them without any Mixture: but 

 where this is wanting, you Ihould 

 procure fome frelh Earth from a 

 good Pafture ; which mould be 

 mixed with about a third Part of 

 rotten Neats-dimg, or the Dung of 

 an old Melon or Cucumber -bed, 

 which is well confumed. Thefe 

 mould be mixed fix or eight Months 

 at leaft before they are ufed; but if 

 it be a Year, it will be the better ; 

 and Ihould be often turned, that 

 their Pans may be the better united, 

 as alio the Clods well broken. This 

 Earth mould not be fcreened very fine; 

 for if you only clear it of the great 

 Stones, it "will be better lor the 

 Plants than when it is made too 

 fine. You Ihould always avoid mix- 

 ing 



