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Perfon is once furnifhed with the 

 feveral Varieties, he need be at no 

 more Trouble than to allow each 

 of them a refpettive Place, where it 

 may remain, and fow itfelf: and, 

 with this Culture, there is a greater 

 Certainty of preferving the Sorts 

 than in any other Management ; nor 

 will they perhaps be intireiy loft in 

 this way, if it mould happen that 

 the Seafon mould prevent its ma- 

 turating the 'Seed, as it fometimes 

 proves ; for when great Quantities 

 of the Seeds have fcattered upon the 

 Ground, fome of them will be bu- 

 ried ib deep, in ftirring the Earth, 

 as not to grow the firft Year; which, 

 upon being turned up to the Air, 

 the fucceeding Year, will come up 

 as well as new Seeds. 

 • CESTRUM. Ballard Jafmine. 

 The Chnraelcrs are ; 

 The Empalement of the Flov:fr is 

 of one Ltaf having a taper Tube, 

 and is cut into five Parts at the Brim : 

 the Flower is funnel-fl:aped, having 

 a long narrow cylindrical Tube, and 

 fpread open at the Top, and cut 

 into five equal Parts : in the Cen- 

 tre of the Flower is fituated an 

 oval Germen, attended by five Sta- 

 mina : the Germen afterward be- 

 comes an oval Berry, containing one 

 Heed of the fame Form. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Cestrum fiotihus prdunculatis. 

 Lin. Hort. C!iff~. Baftard Jafmine, 

 called in the Wejl - Indies Poiion- 

 berry . 



2. Cestrum fori bus fJiUius. 

 Lin. Hort. Cltjf. Baftard jafmine, 

 with Flowers growing dole to the 

 Branches. 



3. Cestrum foliis ovatis, fore 

 vmrellato. Bartard Jafmine, with 

 large oval Leaves, and Flowers 

 growing in Umbels. 



Thefe Plants have been by fome 

 Botanift* ranged with the Jafmine, 



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and by others thev were made of a 

 difinct Genus, under the Title of 

 Jafminoides, which Name Dr. Lin- 

 nans has changed to Ceftrum. 



The f.rft Sort is very common in 

 the Ifland of Jamaica, where the 

 Inhabitants give it the Name of 

 Poifon-berries, from the Quality of 

 its Fruit, which is poifonous : this 

 never grows above eight or ten Feet 

 high : the Flowers come out at the 

 Footftalks of the Leaves, which are 

 of a gree-nifh - yellow Colour, and 

 have a very ftrong Scent : this Shrub 

 is alfo very common in the Spanijb 

 IV eft -Indies, where the Inhabitants 

 give it the Name of Dama da Dio, 

 or Lady of the Day, from its Flowers 

 appearing open, and having a ftrong 

 Scent in the Day, but fall away at 

 Night. The fecond Sort they call 

 Dama da Noche, i. e. Lady of the 

 Night, when thefe Flowers open, 

 and fmell very fweet. 



All thefe Sorts are Natives of the 

 warm Parts of America ; therefore 

 will not live thro' the Winter in this 

 Country, unlefs they are placed in 



.a warm Stove : they may be all of 

 them propagated by Cuttings in the 

 Summer months ; but they mould 

 be plunged into a Bed of Tanners 

 Bark, and -(haded in the Heat of the 



•Day from the Sun, until they have 

 taken Root ; and then they maybe 

 afterward planted each into a fepa- 

 rate Pot filled with frefh loamy Earth; 

 and mould be plunged again into the 

 Hot-bed, until they are eftabliftied 

 in the Pots ; after which they mull 

 have a large Share of frefh .Air, 

 otherwife they will draw up weak. 



Thefe Plants may be expofed 

 abroad in a warm-ftieltered Situa- 

 tion, from MUfummer until the Mid- 

 dle of September ; at which time 

 they mould be removed into the 

 Stove, and, by expofing thefe Plants 

 during that time, it will caufe them 



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