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mould be fown as foon as pofTible 

 when they arrive : the Plants of this 

 Sort do not bear tranfplanting well, 

 efpecially if they are not removed 

 very young ; therefore it is better to 

 fow the Seeds where the Plants are 

 to remain, and thin them out fo as 

 to leave them fix or eight Inches 

 afunder; and if they are kept clean 

 from Weeds, they will require *no 

 other Care: this Sort begins to flower 

 the latter End of June, and will con- 

 tinue till the Froft comes on, which 

 prefently deltroys the Plants. 



The third Sort is a perennial 

 Plant ; but the Roots will not live 

 through the Winter, unlefs they are 

 fcreened from the Cold ; nor will 

 this Sort flower and perfect its Seeds 

 well in England, unlefs the Pots are 

 plunged into an Hot-bed, to bring 

 them forward in the Spring. Thefe 

 two Sorts are both Natives of the 

 Northern Parts of America. 



The fourth Sort was brought from 

 the South of America ; fo is more 

 tencer than either of the former 

 Sorts : this muft be constantly kept 

 under Glaflesin an Hot-bed, other- 

 wife it will not flower, and ripen 

 its Seeds : this and the former Sort 

 mould be railed on an Hot-bed early 

 in the Spring; and when the Plants 

 are fit to tranfplant, they mould be 

 planted into feparate fmall Pots, and 

 plunged into a frefli Hot-bed, and 

 treated as other Exotic Plants : with 

 this Management they will newer :n 

 Jul), and ripen their Seeds in Sep- 

 tember; and their Roots will live 

 thro 1 the Winter, if the Pots are 

 placed in a Stove. They both die 

 to the Root every Autumn, and 

 lhoot up again in the Spring. 



The third Sort grows treel ; but 

 the f ourth will trail upon the Ground, 

 if the Plants are not fupported. This 

 .has a knobbed Root reiembling that 

 of the common Orpine. 



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CONOCARPODENDRON. Vidg 

 Protea. 



CONOCARPUS, Button - tree, 



vulgo. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Empalement of the Flower is 

 fmall, and confifis of one Leaf, which 

 is cut at the Brim into five Jharp Seg- 

 ments : the Flower is apetalous, having 

 a large obtufe Point a I fituatcd in the 

 Centre of the Empalement, which is 

 attended by five Stamina : the Pointal 

 afterward becomes a round hard dry 

 Fruit, refembling a fmall Cone, hav- 

 ing many Cells, in each of which is 

 lodged one angular Seed. 



The Species are ; 



1. Conocarpus caudice ereSJo, 

 foliis lanceolatis acutis. Upright 

 Button tree, with pointed fpear- 

 fhaped Leaves. 



2. Conocarpus pro cum bens, foliis 

 orbiculatis. Trailing Button- tree, 

 with round Leaves. 



The firft Sort is*very common in 

 the I Hand of Jamaica, where it 

 grows in fwampy Places near the 

 Sea ; it is alfo found in feveral other 

 Parts of America, in moift Places, 

 always near the Sea-coaft, where it 

 giows to the Height of twenty-five 

 or thirty Feet, and produces plenty 

 of Seeds. 



The fecond Sort was found by 

 my late learned Friend Dr. William 

 Houftoun, near the Havannah, in the 

 fame fwampy Ground like the firft : ' 

 the Branches of this Sort trail upon 

 the Ground,' and never rife upward. 



Both thefe Sorts are preferved in 

 fome curious Gardens for the fake of 

 Variety ; but they are Plants of no 

 great Beauty : they are propagated 

 from Seeds, which muft be obtained 

 from the Places of their natural 

 Growth ; for they never produce 

 any good Seeds in Europe: thefe 

 Seeds, if they are freih, will come 

 up very foon, if they are fo wn upon 



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