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People to throw them away as dead, 

 When, if they had let them remain, 

 they would have come out frelh 

 again. 



The three Sorts of horned Aca- 

 cia's are very often deititute of 

 Leaves for two or three Months, ap- 

 pearing to have no Life ; but they 

 will put out frelh Leaves toward 

 Autumn, which is commonly the 

 Seafon when they are moft vigorous. 

 Thefe mould be expofed in the Sum- 

 wier-feafon, in a Place defended from 

 ftrong Winds ; and in Winter require 

 a moderate Degree of Warmth. 



Al! the other Sorts here mention- 

 ed are propagated by Seeds, which, 

 feldom ripening in this Country, 

 muft be procured from America ; 

 particularly at Campecky , where there 

 arc great Variety of this Tree, many 

 of which have been hitherto un- 

 known to the Writers on Botany. 

 But in bringing over the Seeds of 

 thefe Trees, they mould be taken 

 out of the Pods when gathered, and 

 put up in Papers ; and mould have 

 Tobacco, or fome other noxious 

 rlerb, put between the Papers, to 

 keep off Infr&s, otherwiie the Seeds 

 will be eaten and destroyed before 

 they arrive in England: for the In- 

 fects depofit their Eggs in fmall Pun- 

 ctures which they make in the Pods ; 

 and as thefe are icon hatched, they 

 immediately attack the Seeds for 

 Food, and ea fc Holes thro' them, by 

 which they are fpoiled from grow- 

 ing. This has often happened to 

 Seed 5 , which have been fent me from 

 America, 



Acacia Germanorum. Vide Fru- 

 nus Sylveftris. 



Acacia Virginiana. Vide Ro- 

 benia. 



ACAJOU, or Cajou. The Ca- 

 ihew-nut. 



The Char ail en are ; 

 Tki Cup of the Flewer (which is 



produced at the Extremity of a Pott* 

 Jlalk^ is oblong and quinqurfd : the 

 Flower confijis of one Leaf which is 

 dividtd into f-ve long narrow Seg-> 

 ments : in the Bottom of the Calyx is 

 the 0<vary, which becomes a foft pear* 

 Jhaped Fruit ; upon th» Apex of which 

 grows a VejTely in which is contained 

 one kidney jhaped Seed. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Plant yet known ; which is, 



Acajou. Thev. Franc. An tare?* 

 The Cafhew-nut. 



This Tree is very common in 

 many Parts of America^ particularly* 

 in Jamaica and Barbados, where it 

 grows to be a very large Tree ; buC 

 with us in England (notwithftanding 

 all the Care it can poift'jly have) will 

 rarely ftand through our Winters ; 

 or if it is by Art preferved in very- 

 warm Stoves, yet iu fo very flow of 

 Growth, efpecially after the firit 

 Year, as fcarcely to be difcemed in 

 its Progrefs. 



The Seeds of this Tree, if fown 

 in a good Hot-bed, in the Spring of 

 the Year, will, in a mort time, ap- 

 pear above-ground in fo ilrong a 

 manner, that any one, who hath not 

 been converfant with this Plant, 

 would imagine it to be of a very 

 quick Growth : for I have known 

 thefe Plants, in two Months from 

 the time of fowing their Seeds, 

 above fix Inches in Height, and very 

 ilrong ; which in about two Months 

 time more have been at a Stand ; 

 from which time they have fcarcely 

 advanced two Inches in a Year, with 

 all the Art and Skill which could be 

 ufed about them : nor have I ever 

 feeti a Plant of this Kind above two 

 Feet high, though I have had fome 

 cf them that have been above three 

 or four Years old. They are alfo 

 in their own Country of very flow 

 Growth, rarely producing ekhetr 

 Flowers or Fruits until ihey are fif- 

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