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the Fury of the Winds, better than 

 molt otherTrees: but the Seeds fhould 

 be brought over in the Pod:, other- 

 wife they will not keep ; and fhould 

 be fo\vn, as foon as poffible, in Pots 

 rilled with frefh light Earth, and 

 plunged into a moderate Hot-bird. 

 When the Plants come up, they muft 

 be each tranfplanted into a feparate 

 Pot filled with the fame Sort of 

 Earth, and plunged into the Hot- 

 bed again, obferving to water and 

 made them until they have taken 

 Root : after which they muft be 

 treated in the manner dire&ed for 

 the Coffee -tree, and other tender 

 Plants, wh ch are prefer ved in the 

 Bark-ftove. 



The fixth and feventh Sorts are 

 trailing Plants of lower Growth : 

 thefe were fent from Carthagena by 

 the late Dr. Houjloun. Thefe may 

 be propagated from Seed?, or by 

 laying down the Branches, which 

 will take Root in three or four 

 Months. They mould be treated 

 in the fame manner as the former 

 Sort, and muft be kept in the Bark- 

 ftove; but they do not require fo 

 much Heat in Winter, and in Sum- 

 mer fhould have more Air ; other- 

 wife they will draw up weak. Thefe 

 have not produced Flowers in Eng- 

 land as yet ; tho 1 , from the Appear- 

 ance of the Plants, we may expecl 

 them to flower very foon. 



The eighth, ninth, and tenth Sorts 

 were difcovered by Mr. Robert Mil- 

 lar, Surgeon, at Campecby, from 

 whence he fent their Seeds, which 

 have fucceeded in the Phyfic-garden 

 at Cbelfea very well, where thefe 

 Plants are now growing. 



All thefe Sorts may be propagated 

 by Seeds, which fhould be fown in 

 Pots filled with frefh light Earth, 

 and plunged into an Hot -bed of 

 Tanners Bark. The Pots fhould be 

 frequently watered, to keep the 



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Earth moift, otherwife theSeeds will 

 dry up, which will prevent their 

 growing: when the Plants are come 

 up, they fhould be each tranfplanted 

 into a feparate fmail Pot filled with 

 frefh light Earth, and plunged into 

 the Hot-bed again, obferving to 

 water and made them until they 

 have taken frelh Root. As thefe 

 Plants advance in Strength, they 

 fhould be fhifted into larger Pots; 

 and when they are grown too tall 

 to Hand under the GlafTes of the 

 Hot- bed, they fhould be removed 

 into the Bark-ftove, where they 

 fhould be kept in a moderate Heat, 

 and muft be frequently refrefhed 

 with Water. With this Manage- 

 ment the Plants will thrive extremely 

 well, and, in two Years, many of 

 them will produce their Flowers; 

 but they rarely perfect their Seeds 

 in this Country. 



The eleventh Sort is very com- 

 mon in South CarJina, where it 

 climbs on the Hedges, or whatever 

 Plants grow near it ; and, in Sum- 

 mer, produces fine Bunches of yel- 

 low Flowers, which have a moil 

 agreeable Scent. It is alfo found 

 wiid in Virginia, from whence it 

 was firft brought imo E,>gland ; but 

 it is not there in fo great Plenty as 

 at Carolina : at prcfent it is very 

 rare in this Countrv ; moll, if not 

 all the old Plants, having been killed 

 in fevere Winters ; and as the Seeds 

 of thi: Plant are very feldom brought 

 over in their Pod% they lofe their 

 growing Quality before they arrive 

 in England. 



This Plant will live in the open 

 Air in mild Winters, if it is planted 

 in a warm Situation ; and the Plants 

 will thrive much better than. thefe 

 which are kept in Pots ; fo that if 

 there is Care taken to cover them 

 in hard Frofts, it will be much the 

 better Method to plant them in 

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