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fcave twenty or thirty large Canes 



produced. 



Tkis Sort is brought from Portu- 

 gal and Spain, and is ufed by the 

 \Veavers,as alfo to makeFifhing-rods. 



The third Sort is a Variety of the 

 fecond, differing therefrom, in have- 

 ing variegated Leaves. This, being 

 weakened by the Variegation, is of 

 much lower Growth, and is more in 

 Danger of being deilroyed byFroftj 

 fo mould be fheltered in Winter. 



The two Sorts of Bambu are of 

 great Service to the Inhabitants of 

 India, who make moft of their com- 

 mon Utenfils of the Stems of thefe 

 Canes, which grow to a prodigious 

 Magnitude in thofe Countries. In 

 England they are prefervcd as Curio- 

 fities.and requires Stove to preferve 

 them in Winter. They require a 

 rich light Earth, and fhould be fre- 

 quently watered ; their Roots fpread- 

 ing very far, they mould have a large 

 Share of room. I have known one 

 of thefe Plants, when put into a large 

 Tub, and placed in a Bark-bed in 

 the Stove, by being often watered, 

 produce one Stem from the Root up- 

 wards of fixteen Feet high in the 

 Space of four Months. 



The fixth Sort is what the Turks 

 make their Writing-pens withal ; 

 this grows in a Valley near Mount 

 At bos, as alfo on the Banks of the 

 River Jordan ; but there are none 

 of the Plants in England. This Sort 

 may be managed as the Bambu ; as 

 may alfo the feventh Sort, which 

 grows in Arabia. 



The Sugar-cane is very tender, 

 and cannot be prefer ved without a 

 Stove : it is kept as a great Curiofity 

 in the Gardms of fuch as love a Va- 

 riety of Plants, as being the Plant 

 from whence the Sugar is produced. 



It will grow with us to theHcight 

 of eight or nine Feet, if carefully 

 looked aher ; and may be propa- 



gated, by taking off the Side-fhoo* 

 in the Spring, planting them in Pots, 

 of good rich Earth, plunging the 

 Pots into an Hot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark, to promote their taking frefh 

 Root?, and mull be often watered. 

 The main Stem is very fubject to 

 decay with us in Winter ; but the 

 Root commonly pufhes out many 

 new Shoots : if this happens, you 

 mull mind to clear the young Shoots 

 from the dead Leaves of the old Stem, 

 which will much ftrengthen them. 



The Sugar-cane is often infefted 

 by the fame Infects in the Stove in 

 England, which are fo deftruclive to 

 the Canes in America ; and thefe frer 

 quently attack other Plants, which 

 grow near them. Thefe Infects were 

 originally brought over upon the 

 Plants which have been fent from the 

 Wejl-bidies ; and in fome Stoves 

 have propagated fo fair, as almoft to 

 cover and deftroy all the Plants. 

 Many Directions have been given to 

 deltroy thefe Vermin, both in Eng- 

 land and America \ but thefe have 

 been tried with little Succefs. As I 

 have had frequent Opportunities of 

 making Experiments upon thefe In- 

 lects in the Stoves, I mail beg Leave 

 to mention what has been the Refult 

 of thofe Experiments ; and, if it may 

 be of Ufe to the Planters in Ame- 

 rica, I fhall think my felf happy in 

 having furnifhed any Hints which 

 may be of public Benefit. 



Upon finding the Plants in the 

 Stoves greatly infefted with thefe In- 

 fects, I prepared fome Water, in 

 which a large Quantity of Tobacco 

 had been foaked twenty-four Hours : 

 with this Water I warned all the 

 Plants with Sponges, to make them 

 as clean as poffible, fo that very few. 

 Infects appeared, or, at leaft, feemed 

 to have Life ; but, in two pr three- 

 pays after, -they were covered again 

 as much as before. I then tried an, 

 Infufior- 



