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their Houfes, for the fake of its 

 Fruit, which is about the Bignefs of 

 a Bergamo t Pear, and of a molt de- 

 licious Flavour. This, with the tenth, 

 eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and 

 fourteenth Sorts, are very tender, 

 and require a very warm Stove to 

 preferve them : thefe mould be placed 

 againft the Walls of the Stove, into 

 which they will infmuate theirRoots, 

 and extend themfelves to a great 

 Length ; and, with a little Help, in 

 fattening them to theWall here-and- 

 there, may be led up about the Ciel- 

 ing of the Houfe, where they will 

 appear very handfome. And the 

 eleventh Sort, when arrived to a fuf- 

 ficient Strength, will produce many 

 exceeding large, beautiful, fweet- 

 fcented Flowers : but they are (like 

 all the Flowers of thefe Kinds) of 

 very fhort Duration, fcarcely conti- 

 nuing full-blown twelve Hours ; nor 

 do the fame Flowers ever open 

 again, when once clofed : they open 

 in the Afternoon, and, before the 

 next Morning, fhut up again. Thefe 

 Flowers are as large as the Flowers 

 of a middle - fized Sun-flower : the 

 outer Order of Rays are of a yel- 

 low Colour ; the inner are of a pure 

 White ; and, in the Centre of the 

 Flower, there are a great Number 

 of long declined Stamina ; fo that 

 when the Flower is fully expanded, 

 it makes a mod noble Appearance ; 

 and its Scent is fo great, as to per- 

 fume the whole Air of the Stove : 

 but, before Morning, thefe Flowers 

 will be quite withered, and hang 

 •down : nor could I ever preferve one 

 of thefe longer, by cutting them 

 from the Plant while they were in 

 ?>eauty. This Sort hath not pro- 

 duced any Fruit in Eurcp?. 



The tenth Sort produces a Flower 

 little inferior to the former, as I 

 have been informed by Perfons who 

 have feen them ; hut I never had 



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the Fortune to have any of thefe 

 Plants which have been under my 

 Care flower : nor have I heard of 

 more than two Gardens where they 

 have as yet flowered in England: 

 the firft of them was many Years 

 fince, in the Royal Gardens at Hamp- 

 ton-court, where there was a curious 

 Collection of Exotic Plants kept in 

 good Order in thofe Gardens, which 

 have fince been greatly neglected ; 

 the other was produced in the Gar- 

 dens of the Mod Honourable the 

 Marquis of Rockingham, at Went- 

 txjortb-hall in Torkjhire. Thefe are 

 the only Gardens in this Country 

 where 1 have heard of this Sort hav- 

 ing produced Flowers ; although 

 there are many of thefe Plants in fe- 

 veral Gardens, which are of a con- 

 fiderable Age, and extend their 

 Branches to a very great Diftance. 



The ninth Sort has never produ- 

 ced any Flowers as yet in England ; 

 nor have we any good Figure of the 

 Flower in any of the Botanic Books : 

 but I have been informed, by fome 

 curious Perfons who have refided in 

 America, that the Flowers are not 

 near fo beautiful as thofe of the tenth 

 and eleventh ; but the Fruic is great- 

 ly efteemed by all the Inhabitants. 



The thirteenth Sort produces a 

 greater Number of Flowers than 

 either of the other : thefe are of a 

 fine Pink -colour both within and 

 without ; and, contrary to all the 

 other Sorts, keep open three or four 

 Days, provided the Weather is not 

 too hot, or the Steve kept too warm. 

 During the Continuance of thefe 

 Flowers, they make a fine Appear- 

 ance in the Houfe". This Sort has 

 very fiender trailing Branches, which 

 require to be fupported ; but thefe 

 do nor extend fo far as thofe of the 

 other Sort,, nor -are their Branches 

 jointed as thofe are ; fo fhey cannot 

 be trained fo fat againft the Walls 



