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confiderable Diftance every Way, 

 and hang downward ; whereby they 

 form very large Heads, and afford a 

 goodly Shade : the lower Branches 

 often hang fo low, as almoft to reach 

 the Ground : their ufual Height is 

 from thirty to forty Feet. 

 f Thefe Trees, being Natives of the 

 warmeft Parts of the World, cannot 

 be preferved in this Country, with- 

 out being kept in the warmctt Stoves ; 

 and mould always remain in the Hot- 

 bed of Tanners Bark, other wife they 

 will make but little Progrefs. They 

 are all of them propagated by Seeds, 

 which muft be procured from the 

 Places of their Growth; for they 

 do not produce Fruit in Europe. 

 Thefe Seeds muft be frefh, otherwife 

 they will not grow : and if they are 

 fent over in Sand, it will prefer ve 

 them from drying too much : when 

 the Seeds arrive, they mull be fown 

 as foon as poffible in fmall Pots filled 

 with frefli light Earth, and plunged 

 into a good Hot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark. If the Seeds are good, and 

 the Bed in a proper Temperature of 

 Warmth, the Plants will appear in 

 iive or fix Weeks ; and in about two 

 Months after, will be ftrong enough 

 to tranfplant ; in doing of which, 

 the Plants, with all the Earth, mould 

 be fhaken out of the Pots very care- 

 fully, and feparated with their Roots 

 intire, and each planted into a fepa- 

 rate fmall Pot filled with frefh rich 

 Earth, and plunged again into an 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark ; water- 

 ing and fhading them until they 

 have taken frefh Root. If the Hot- 

 bed in which thefe Plants are plung'd, 

 is from time to time ftirred, and a lit- 

 tle frefh Tan*added to it, to renew 

 the Heat when it declines, the Plants 

 will make good Frogrefs ; and in 

 three or four Months will be near a 

 Foot high, and may then be fhifted 

 into Pots a fmaU Size larger than 



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thofe they before were in. Jf thefe 

 Plants are conftantly kept in a warm 

 Bed in the Stove, and fhifted twice 

 a Year, to renew the Earth in the 

 Pots, they will thrive very faft, and 

 put out their Side-branches, fo as to 

 make an handfome Appearance in 

 the Stove, with other curious Plants 

 of the fame Country : for though 

 they do not produce either Flowers 

 or Fruit, yet, as they keep their 

 Leaves through the Year, which are 

 fo very beautiful, they deferve a Place 

 in the Stove, better than moll other 

 Plants. The chief Care they require, 

 is to keep them conftantly in a pro- 

 per Degree of Heat, and never to 

 put them into too large Pots : and 

 in Winter they fhould not have too 

 much Water : about twice a Week 

 will be often enough to water them; 

 and in the Depth of Winter they 

 fhould notliave much at each time. 



Thefe Trees are frequently propa- 

 gated in the Weft-Indies, by planting 

 of their Branches (as I have been in- 

 formed by Perfons of Credit) ; but 

 they cannot be propagated in Eng- 

 land by that Method. 



CHRYSOSPLENIUM, Golden 

 Saxifrage. 



The Char a tiers are ; 



// bath a perennial fihrofe Root : 

 the Calyx ( or Flower- cup J is divided 

 into four Parts : the Flower hath no 

 vifible Petals, but hath eight Stami- 

 na, or Threads, which furround the 

 Ovary : the Point a I becomes a mem- 

 branaceous V ejjcl, which is forked 

 and bivalve, inclcfing many fmall 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Chiiysosp.lenium foil is ampli- 

 oribus auriculatis. Tcum. Golden 

 Saxifrage, with large ear'd Leaves, 



2. Chrysosplenium fo/iis pedi- 

 culis oblong is injidentibus . Raii Syn. 

 Golden Saxifrage, with Leaves {land- 

 ing on long Footflalks. 



Thefe 



