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ficient Intereft for the Money at firft 

 laid out in planting, CSV. with the 

 Principal alfo ; fo that all the re- 

 maining Trees are clear Profit ; for 

 the Underwood, ft ill continuing, will 

 pay the Rent of the Ground, and 

 all other Expences ; and what a fine 

 Efta:e here will be for a fucceeding 

 Generation, in about fourfcoreYears, 

 I leave every one to judge. 



The ftriped-leav'd Cheftnut is a 

 beautiful Tree in a Garden, to in- 

 termix with various Sorts of Trees, 

 in Clumps, or in Wildernefs -quar- 

 ters ; where, by the Variety thefe 

 fine-ftriped Trees afFord,they greatly 

 add to the Diverfity and Pleafure of 

 fuch Plantations. This may be ob- 

 tained by being budded upon the 

 common Cheftnut ; but this ftriped 

 Sort will never be a large Tree. 



The Chinquapin, or dwarf Vir- 

 ginian Cheftnut, is, at prefent, very 

 rare in England ; but is very com- 

 mon in the Woods of America,xvhcre 

 it feldom grows above twelve or 

 fourteen Feet high, and produces 

 great Plenty of Nuts, which are, for 

 the moft part, fingle in each outer 

 Coat. This Tree is very hardy, and 

 will refift the fevereft of our Winters 

 in the open Ground ; but it is very 

 apt to decay iu Summer, efpecially 

 if it is planted in very dry Ground : 

 the Nuts of thefe Trees, if brought 

 from America, mould be put up in 

 Sand as foon as they are ripe, and 

 fent to England immediately ; other- 

 wile they lofe their growing Quality, 

 which is the Reafon this Tree is at 

 prefent fo fcarce with us ; for not 

 one Seed in five hundred fent over 

 ever grew, which was owing to the 

 Neglect of putting them up in this 

 manner : indeed, molt of the Nuts 

 which have been brought over have 

 been kiln-dried to preferve them 

 from fprouting, which infallibly de- 

 stroys the Germen : when the Nuts 



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arrive, they fhould be put into the 

 Ground as foon as poflible ; and, if 

 the Winter fhould prove fevere, it 

 will be proper to cover the Ground 

 with Leaves,Tan, or Peas-hauim, to 

 prevent the Froft from penetrating 

 the Ground, fo as to deftroy the 

 Nuts : this Sort of Cheftnut delights 

 in a moift Soil ; but, if the Wet con- 

 tinues long upon the Ground in 

 Winter, it is apt to kill the Trees. 

 This Tree will take by inarching 

 upon the common Sort ; but the 

 Trees fo propagated feldom fucceed 

 well. 



The large American Cheftnut is at 

 prefent very rare in England: I do 

 not remember to have feen more 

 than three or four young Plants in 

 any of the Gardens, and thofe had 

 made but little Progrefs. This may 

 be procured from Carolina, where 

 they grow in Plenty : the Nuts fhould 

 be fent over, as hath been di retted 

 for the Chinquapin, and managed 

 in the fame Way, which will be the 

 fureft Method to fucceed : this Sort 

 will bear the open Air in a fhelter'd 

 Situation. 



CASTANEA EQUINA. Vide 

 Hippocaftanum. 



CASTOREA. 



This Plant was fo named by Fa- 

 ther Plumier, after a famous Phyfi- 

 cian and Botanift, whofe Name was 

 Cajlor Durant. 



The Cbaraclers are ; 



It bath a perfonated Flower, con" 

 Jifting of one Leaf, wbofe Upper-lip, 

 or Or/?, is erecl ; but the Beard, or 

 Under -lip, is di-vided into three Parts : 

 the middle Part is bifd: the Flower- 

 cup afterward becomes a round flefy 

 Fruit, inclofng a Shell, in which are 

 contained four angular Seeds. 

 The Species are; 



I.Castorea repens fpinofa. Plum. 

 Prickly creeping Caftorea. 



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