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Irclnvd and Scotland, where many of 

 the Nuts have been thrown up by the 

 Sea, which have been taken up by 

 fevcral curious Perfons ; but the Place 

 of their Growth is not as yet known, 

 fo far as I can learn. 



The Cocoa-nut is propagated by 

 planting the Nuts, which, in fix 

 Weeks, or two Months after, will 

 come up, provided they are frefh, 

 and thoroughly ripe, which is what 

 few of them are which are brought 

 to England-, for they always gather 

 them before they arc ripe, that they 

 may keep during their Pafihge : fo 

 that the bell way to bring the Nuts 

 to England for planting, would be 

 to take fuch of them as are fully 

 ripe, and put them up in dry Sand 

 in a Tub, where the Vermin may 

 not come to them ; and thefe will 

 of. en fprout in their Pafiage, which 

 will be an Advantage, becaufe then 

 they may be immediately planted in 

 Pots of rarth, and plunged into the 

 Park bed : but if the Nuts have not 

 fprouted in their PalTage, the belt 

 Method to treat them is, to take 

 ofi : their outward Cover to the hard 

 Shell, then to bury them in an Hot- 

 bed of Tanners Bark, observing to 

 lay them on one Side, that the Moift- 

 ure may not enter the Hole at the 

 End of the Nut from whence the 

 Sprout is to come, left it mould be 

 thereby rotted : if the Nuts are good, 

 they will begin to moot in a Month's 

 time, when they Ihould be taken up, 

 and planted in Pots filled with good 

 Earth, and plunged into the Hot- 

 bed of Tanners Bark. 



Thefe Plants in the warmeft Iflands 

 of America make confiderable Pro- 

 grefs in their Growth ; in which 

 Places thf-re are feme Trees of very 

 great Magnitude: but in Europe this 

 Plant is of a much flower Growth, 

 Lemg P any Years before it advances 



to any confiderable Height ; but, as 

 the young Leaves of thefe Plants are 

 pretty large, they make a good Ap- 

 pearance amonglt other tender Ex- 

 otic Plants, in one or two Years 

 time-; fo are by fome Perfons kept 

 in Stoves for Variety; tho' we can 

 never hope to fee their Fruit pro- 

 duced in England-, for they do not 

 bear, until the Trees are grown to a 

 large Size ; and, as they will not 

 live thro' the Winter, unlefs they 

 are prefcrved in the warmeft Stoves, 

 thefe are not high enough to contain 

 the Plants when grown to a Size for 

 fruiting. 



The Cocoa nut is cultivated in 

 molt of the inhabited Parts of the 

 Eaji and Wtft- Indies ; but it is fup- 

 pofed a Native of the Maldives, 

 and the defert Iflands in the Eaji- 

 Indies : from whence it is fuppofed 

 it hath been tranl'ported to all the 

 warm Parts of America', for it is not 

 found in any of the inland Parts, nor 

 any -whert far diftant from Settle- 

 ments. It is one of the moft ufeful 

 Trees to the Inhabitants of America, 

 who have many of their common 

 NecefTaries of Life from it. The 

 Bark of the Nut is made into Cord- 

 age, the^ Shell of it into Drinking- 

 bowls ; the Kernel of the Nut af- 

 fords them a wholfome Food, and 

 the Milk contained in the Shell a 

 cooling Liquor. The Leaves of 

 the Trees are ufed for thatching their 

 Houfes, and are alfo wrought into 

 Bafkets, and moft otherThings which 

 are made of Ofiers in Europe. 



COCHLEARIA, Spoonwort, or 

 Scurvy-grafs. 



The Chr.ro.5lcr; are ; 



'The Flower conjijls of four Leaves ^ 

 nvhich are difpofed in form f aCrofs : 

 from the Flower- cup arifes the Pointal^ 

 which beccm-es an a In/of globular 

 Fruit, (iiiidcd into two Cells by ap 

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