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Seeds : the Layers are commonly 

 :wo Years before they take Root 

 rufficient for tranfplanting ; and if 

 they are not frequently watered, wiil 

 rarely take Root. The beft time 

 for tranfplanting thefe Trees is in 

 March, juft before they begin to 

 put out, obferving to mulch their 

 Roots, and water them well until 

 they have taken Root. This Tree 

 feems to thrive beft upon a moift 

 Soil, tho' it will grow tolerably 

 well upon almoft any Soil, when it 

 is well fixed therein. 



The Seeds of this Tree mould 

 be fown in the Spring of the Year, 

 foon after they are ripe, which is 

 commonly in January and the 

 Ground kept clear from Weeds, but 

 not ftirred ; for the Seeds feldom 

 appear before the fecond S ring : 

 therefore the beft Method is, to fow 

 them in Boxes, a .d manage them as 

 was directed for the Berry-bearing 

 Cedar ; to which I refer the Reader, 

 to avoid Repetition. 



Thefe Trees are very ufeful in 

 forming Clumps, or for planting of 

 Amphitheatres of various Kinds of 

 deciduous Trees; for the Heads of 

 thefe naturally grow very thick and 

 regular, and their Leaf is of a deep 

 plealant green Colour, making a 

 very good Diverfity among other 

 Kinds : and altho 1 it is none of the 

 earlieft Trees in putting out in the 

 Spring of the Year, yet it recom- 

 penfeth for this Defect, by its long 

 Continuance in Autumn, retaining 

 I its Leaves in perfect Vigour, when 

 few other dccduous Trees have any 

 i Leaves left upon them. 



The fixth Sort was difcovered by 

 Father Flumier in America : this is 

 I a tender Plant, and will not live 

 I out of a Sto\ r e in this Country. It 

 may be propagated by Seed?, which 

 I mull be procured from the Wefi- 

 hidics i for it hath never produced 



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Fruit in Eurcpe : the Seeds mould 

 be fown in Pots filled with light 

 frefh Earth, and then plunged into 

 an Hot-bed of Tanners Bark : thefe 

 Pots muft be conftantly watered, and 

 in the Middle of the Day, when 

 the Weather is mild, the Glaffes of 

 the Hot- bed mould be raifed to ad- 

 mit frefh Air, and to let the Steam 

 of the Bed pafs off. When the 

 Plants are come up about two Inches 

 high, they mould be each tranf- 

 planted into a feparate fmall Pot 

 filled with frefh light Earth, and 

 plunged again into the Hot-bed, 

 obferving to made the Glafles every 

 Day, until the Plants have taken 

 Root; as a!fo to water them duly, 

 as you perceive the Earth to dry. 

 During the Heat of Summer, the 

 Plants muft have a large Share of 

 frefh Air every Day; but at Mi- 

 chaelmas they muft be removed into 

 the Bark-ftove, and managed as the 

 Coffee-tree, and other tender Exotic 

 Plants ; where they will thrive very 

 well ; and having ftrong mining 

 Leaves, will make an agreeable Va- 

 riety. 



The Fruit of this Tree is not fo 

 tempting with us, as is ftoried it 

 was to the Companions of Vlyffes : 

 but the Wood is reckoned to be of 

 a very durable Nature, and is com- 

 monly ufed to make Pipes, and other 

 Wind-inftruments. Its Root is very 

 proper to make Hafts for Knives, 

 and other Tools ; and it is reported, 

 that they were held in great Efteem 

 by the Romans, for their incompa- 

 rable Beauty and Ufe. 



CENTAURIUM MAJUS, The 

 greater Centaury. 



The Characters are ; 



// is one of the Plants capitate, or 

 of thofe Plants ivhofe Flo-ivers are 

 colledcd into an Head, as the Tbiflle, 

 &C. and hath a perennial Root : their 

 Leaves ore ^without Spines, and are 



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