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have been raifed in feveral Gardens 

 near London. 



The fourth Sort is the mod com- 

 mon Kind ycl Jamaica and Barbados, 

 and the other warm Parts of Ame- 

 rica ; and hath, for the Sweetnefs of 

 its Flowers, been difperfed through 

 mod Parts of Europe-, which, altho" 

 a Native of the warmer Parts of the 

 Indies, yet hath been made familiar 

 to the Italian Gardens, and is cul- 

 tivated in great Plenty in Portugal 

 and Spain. 



The fifth Sort is, at prefent, very 

 rare in England, and only to be found 

 in fome curious Gardens. This 

 Tree produces its Spines by Pairs, 

 which are extreme large and crooked, 

 and of a whitifn Colour ; but 1 

 don't remember ever to have feen 

 this Sort flower. 



The twentieth Sort is of this kind; 

 but differs from it in having Ihort 

 thick black Spines, which feldom 

 exceed an Inch in Length; whereas 

 the Thorns of the other Sort are 

 often four or five, and varioufly 

 twiited, and are very 'white. There 

 are two Sorts of this, one with round, 

 and the other with long Flowers, 

 which alfo differ in their Leaves. 

 The Pods of thefe Sorts abound with 

 a fweet Pulp, which draws the In- 

 fects to feed upon it, whereby the 

 Seeds are generally deitroyed ; fo 

 that it is very rare to find any intire 

 Pods upon the Trees in the native 

 Places of their Growth. 



The fixth Sort was brought from 

 the Bahama JJlands by Mr. Catcsby, 

 Anno 1726. The Seeds of this Plant 

 (which are flat, and one half of a 

 beautiful red Colour, the other half 

 a deep black) grow in long twilled 

 Pods ; which, when the Seeds are 

 ripe, open on one Side, and let the 

 Seeds out; which, hanging by a fmall 

 Thread for fome time out of the 

 Pods, make a very ag.reeable Pro- 



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fpeft. The Leaves of this Tree 

 branch out and divide into many Ra- 

 mifications : the Lobes are roundim, 

 and placed in a very regular Order : 

 The Flowers have not as yet appear- 

 ed in England ; but from a Painting 

 done from the Plant in the Country, 

 they feem to be very beautiful. 



The feventh Sort was brought 

 from Jamaica, and is growing in 

 the Phyfic-garden at Chdfea : this 

 hath four large Lobes to each Leaf j 

 the Spines are ihort, ftiir,and crooked, 

 and the Seeds grow in twiited Pods. 

 This Plant is well defcribed in Sir 

 Hans Sloa>:e's Natural HiJJory of Ja- 

 maica. 



The feventcen lafl-mention'd Sorts 

 were collected by the la te ingenious 

 Dr. William. Houjhun, in Jamaica, 

 at Vera Cruz, and Campechy, who 

 lent the Seeds of irioft of them into 

 Europe, many of which are now 

 growing in the Phyfic-garden atChe/- 

 fea, where fome of them have, pro- 

 duced Flowers, and the thirteenth 

 Sort has produced Pods. 



Thefe feventcen Sorts are tender, 

 and muft be placed in Stoves in the 

 Winter, and in Summer mull: be but 

 a Ihort time e.^pofed to the open 

 Air, and have -a warm Situation. 



Thefe Trees are all propagated 

 by fowing their Seeds on an Hot- 

 bed in the Spring of the Year, which 

 will in a fhort time appear above- 

 ground, when you mould prepare 

 another frefti Hot bed, which, if 

 intended for fuch Sorts as are very- 

 tender, mould be pretty warm ; 

 but if for fuch as are brought from 

 the Northern Parts of America, 

 Ihould be of a very moderate Heat ; 

 then you fhould be provided with 

 a Quant ; ry of fmall Hatfpeny Pots, 

 which ihould be filPd with frefli light 

 fandy Earth : thefe fhould be plung- 

 ed into the Hot- bed; and as foon as 

 the Earth in the Pets is warm, winch 

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