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been found in Ijlria and Dabnatia ; 

 and it may probably grow in many 

 other Places. 



The other two Sorts are very 

 common in China, from whence I 

 have received Seeds and Branches of 

 both Kinds ; but the Seed c , having 

 been taken out of their Cones be- 

 fore they were brought over, had 

 dried up, and loil their Germ, fo 

 that none of them grew : therefore, 

 whoever is defirous to propagate any 

 of the coniferous Trees, mould have 

 the Cones gathered when ripe (be- 

 fore they open, and let oat the 

 Seeds), in which the Seeds will con- 

 tinue frcm a long time : for if the 

 Seeds are taken out of the Cones, 

 they will not retain their growing 

 Quality, fo as to be tranfported from 

 one Country to another, at any 

 confiderable Diftance. 



Thefe Sorts are, at prefent, very 

 rare in England : the ninth w;*s for- 

 merly growing in the Garden of 

 Mr. Edward Morgan in IVejlminfter, 

 a Branch of which Tree was given to 

 Mr. Ray by Mr. Doodj, who was a very 

 curious Botanift ; but this Tree has 

 been deitroyed many Years ago. 

 The Leaves of this Tree are much 

 longer than thofe of any other Kind 

 of Fir yet known ; but as there have 

 not been any Cones of thefe Trees 

 brought into England, I do not 

 know how they differ in their Cones. 

 The Seeds which I have received 

 were larger than thofe of any other 

 Fir yet known. 



Thefe Trees are all raifed from 

 Seeds taken out of their polyfper- 

 mous Cones. The way to get out 

 the Seeds is, either by expofing the 

 Cones to a gentle Fire, or by foak- 

 ing them all Night in Water, which 

 will caufe their fquamole Cells to 

 open, and readily emit their Seeds. 

 The former Method is the belt, pro- 

 vided they are not expofed to too 



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great Heat. But this ought lidt 

 to be done until you are ready to 

 row them ; which is befl: performed 

 in the Middle or Latter -end of 

 March. 



Thefe Plants mould be all raifed 

 in a Nurfery, where they may be 

 protected from the Birds ; otherwife 

 they will be in Danger of being 

 deltroyed when they firft come up : 

 for as they bring up theHufk of the 

 Seed on the Top of the Plant, the 

 Birds in picking off the Hulk will 

 break off the Plants, whereby a 

 whole Bed may be loft in a few 

 Hours, if they are not carefully 

 guarded from them. 



The belt time for fowing of thefe 

 Seeds is about the Latter-end of 

 March, or the Beginning of April, 

 on a Bed of light Earth, covering 

 the Seeds about half an Inch deep 

 with the fame Sort of Earth. If 

 this Bed is netted over, to keep off 

 the Birds, it will be a fecure Method 

 to prevent them from deftroying the 

 young Plants at their firft coming 

 out of the Ground; at which time 

 the Plarlts mould be fcreened from 

 the Sun in the Middle of the Day, 

 by covering the Beds with Mats ; 

 becaufe too much Sun frequently 

 deftroys thefe Plants when they are 

 young. In this Bed the Plants mould 

 remain until the following Spring ; 

 when there mould be a Number of 

 Beds prepared in the Nurfery to re- 

 ceive thefe feedling Plants ; and the 

 Beginning of April they mould be 

 tranfplanted into the Beds, at the 

 Dillance of fix Inches Row from 

 Row, and at three Inches afuncler 

 in the Rows. In removing thefe 

 Plants, they mould be very care- 

 fully raifed up with a Trowel, fo as 

 not to break off the Fibres of their f 

 Roots ; and they mould be kept as 

 little time out of the Ground as pof- 

 fible; and during the time they are 



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