C A 



C A 



been dunged : they may be propa- 

 gated by parting of their Roots in 

 Autumn ; and require no other Cul- 

 ture but to keep them clear from 

 V/ eeds, and in very dry Weather to 

 water them two or three times a 

 Week. 



They may alfo be propagated by 

 Seeds ; but mould be fowri as foon as 

 pofiible after they are ripe ; for they 

 will not grow, if they are kept lorig 

 out of the Ground. Thefe Seeds 

 mould be fown in Pots filled with 

 frefh loamy Earth, and placed in a 

 fhady Situation. In Autumn they 

 muft be tranfplanted into a fhady 

 Border, at about two Feet apart, 

 where they may remain to flower. 

 CACAO, The Chocolate-nut. 



The Characters are ; 

 It hath a Rofe -flower, con fi fling of 

 o great Number of Petals , from who/e 

 many-leanj d Empalement arifes the 

 Pointal, which is a 'Tube cut into many 

 Parts, which afterward becomes a 

 Fruit Jhaped Jomewhat like a Cucum- 

 ber, and deeply furrowed, in which 

 are contained fcveral Seeds, collected 

 into an oblong Head; and are fit down 

 fomtwhat like Almonds. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; which is, 



Cacao. Cluf Exot. The Cho- 

 colate-nut-tree. 



This Tree is a Native of America, 

 and is found in great Plenty in feve- 

 ial Places between the Tropics, but 

 particularly at Carracca and Car- 

 tkagena, on the River Amazons, in 

 the Ifthmus of Darien, at Honduras, 

 Guatimala, and Nicaragua. At ail 

 thefe Places it grows wild, without 

 Culture ; but it is cultivated in many 

 cf the Iflands which are poffeiTed by 

 the French and Spaniards, and was 

 formerly planted in fome of the 

 Iflands which are in the Pofleihon of 

 the Fngiijh ; but it has been neglect- 

 ed for many Years paft, fo that at 



prefent it is fo fcarce in thofe Place?, 

 that the Englijb are fupplied with it 

 by the French and Spaniards, who 

 make the Inhabitants pay them a 

 good Price for it ; and as there is a 

 great Quantity of it confumed by 

 the Englijh, confequently it muft 

 make an Alteration in the Balance 

 greatly to the Prejudice of the Eng- 

 lijh ; which might be eafily reme- 

 died, if the Planters in our Colo- 

 nies were indullrious to propagate it; 

 fmce, as it formerly grew on thofe 

 Iflands, fo as to produce not only a 

 fufficient Quantity for their own 

 Confumption, but to fupply Eng- 

 land with great Quantities, there can 

 be no Objection to the planting it 

 in thofe Iflands again. 



In order to cultivate this Plant in 

 Europe, by way of Curiofity, it will 

 be neceflary to have the Nuts plant- 

 ed into Boxes of Earth (in the Coun- 

 tries where they grow) foon after 

 they are ripe ; becaufe, if the Nuts 

 are fent over, they will lofe their 

 growing Quality, before they arrive. 

 Thefe Boxes fhould be placed in a 

 fhady Situation, and muft be fre- 

 quently watered, in order to for- 

 ward the Vegetation of the Nuts. 

 In about a Fortnight after the Nuts 

 are planted, the Plants will appear 

 above-ground ; when they fhould be 

 carefully watered in dry Weather, 

 and protected from the violent Heat 

 of the Sun, which is very injurious 

 to thefe Plants, efpecially while they 

 are young. When the Plants are 

 grown ftrong enough to tranfport, 

 they fhould be fhipped, and placed 

 where they may be fcrcen'd from 

 ftrong Winds, fait Water, and the 

 violent Heat of the Sun. During 

 their Paflage they muft be frequently 

 refreftied with Water ; but it muft 

 not be given them in great Quanti- 

 ties, left it rot the tender Fibres of 

 their Roots, which will dtllroy the 

 Plants ; 



