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the Gardens near London ; fo that 

 now it is propagated pretty com- 

 monly in the N arteries near London, 

 and fold as a flowering Tree to adorn 

 Pleafure- gardens : this is now ufually 

 propagated by Cuttings,which mould 

 be planted in March ; and, if they 

 are placed on a moderate Hot-bed, 

 it will greatly forward their taking 

 Root : in May they may be placed 

 in the open Air, and in dry Wea- 

 ther duly watered : by Michael- 

 mas thefe Cuttings will be itrong 

 enough to tranfplant into the Nur- 

 fery, where they may remain a 

 Year or two, and then they mould 

 be tranfp'anted where they are to 

 itand for good , for thefe Plants do 

 not bear tranfplanting well, after 

 they have flood long unremoved, 

 or when grown large. 



When the Seeds of this Plant are 

 brought over from Carolina, if they 

 are fown upon a Bed of light Earth, 

 an a warm Situation, the Plants will 

 come up very well, and, by the fol- 

 lowing Spring, will be fit to tranf- 

 plant into the Nuriery, where they 

 ■will require the lame Culture as 

 other Nurfcry- plants. 



This Sort riles to the Height of 

 twenty-five or thirty Feet, and in 

 a few Years will produce fine Bunches 

 of Flowets; and, as the Leaves of 

 the ' ree are remarkably large, it 

 affords greai Shade ; but if they are 

 planted in Places too much expofed, 

 the Branches are often fplit down 

 or broken in Summer, by the Leaves 

 flopping the Current of the Air ; 

 and this renders them very unfightly ; 

 and in fevere Fi oils the under Shoots 

 of thefe Trees are killed, when they 

 fland much expofed to the North r 

 Eaft Winds : to guard againft thefe 

 Evils, they mould always be planted 

 in warm, well-lhtkered Situations, 

 md upon a Soil moderately dry ; 



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for although they will make larger 

 Shoots on a moift than a dry Soil, 

 yet they will be in greater Danger 

 of being injured in Winter by 

 Cold. 



The fifth Sort grows upright to- 

 a confiderableSize in \\\tWefi- Indies \ 

 but in England it only makes a large 

 Shrub, and produces Flowers an- 

 nually in great Plenty. This Plant 

 makes a beautiful Appearance in the 

 Stove, the Leaves being large, of a 

 thick Subflance, and a lhining-green 

 Colour : the Flowers are large, and 

 have a fweet Scent ; but are of a 

 lhort Duration. The Cuttings of 

 thib Plant will take Root, if they are 

 taken oft toward the Latter-end of 

 March, before the Plants begin to 

 ihoot, and laid in the Stove two or 

 three Days, to heal the wounded 

 Part, before they are planted ; for 

 there is a large Quantity of a milky 

 Juice in this Plant, which will oc- 

 cafion the rotting of tne Cuttings, 

 if they are planted too green. Thefe 

 Cuttings m It be planted in Pots 

 filled with frtfh Ea th, and plunged 

 into an Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, 

 oblerving to lhade them in the Heat 

 of the Day, and to refrefh them with 

 Water but it mult not be given in 

 too large Quantities, lefl it rot the 

 Cuttings : it may alfo be propagated 

 fiom Seeds, which may be obtained 

 from "Jamaica or Barbados, where 

 thefe Frees are known by the Name 

 of White-wood, and Tulip-flower. 

 There are great Numbers of thefe 

 Trees growing near Bridge-to<vcn in 

 Barhr.d s ; whofe Seeds fall, and, 

 being winged, are carried about the 

 neighbouring Lands, where thePlants 

 rife in great Pienty ; and lome of the 

 Inhabitants, who want Shelter for 

 their Plantations from the Sea-winds-, 

 make great Plantations of thefe 

 Trees, which grow faA, and refill 



