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the Plants, if their Seeds were not 

 deftroyed in their Paflage. 



When the Plants begin to appear 

 above-ground, the Glafles of the 

 Hot-bed fhould be raifed every Day 

 in warm Weather, to admit freih Air 

 to the Plants ; otherwife they will 

 draw up weak, and be foon (poiled : 

 they mull alfo be frequently refresh- 

 ed with Water in warm Weather ; 

 for they are all very thirfty Plants, 

 moll of them naturally growing in 

 low fwampy Grounds. When the 

 Plants are grown about two Inches 

 high, they mould be carefully taken 

 up, and each planted in a feparate 

 ! Pot filled with frefh light Earth, and 

 I plunged into a moderate Hot bed of 

 Tanners Bark ; obferving to made 

 the Glafles of the Hot- bed every Day 

 i with Mats, to fcreen the Plants from 

 the Heat of the Sun, until they have 

 1 taken new Root; after which time 

 they muft have a large Share of freih 

 Air, as alfo a great Quantity of 

 Moiflure in warm Weather. InWin- 

 \ ter thefe Plants muft be placed in the 

 Stove, where they may enjoy a mo- 

 ll derate Warmth ; for if they are kept 

 J too hot, they will make weak Shoots 

 :i in Winter, which will render them 

 j very unfightly. In Summer thefe 

 i Plants muft have a large Share of 

 'i frefli Air ; but they muft not be 

 placed in the open Air ; for they are 

 too tender to thrive abroad in this 

 i Climate. 



Thefe Plants will produce their 

 Flowers in two or three Years afcer 

 they are raifed, and will continue 

 : many Years, provided they are care- 

 : fully managed, and will flower an- 

 nually toward the Latter-part of the 

 Summer. 



The herbaceous Kinds muft be 

 propagated in the fame manner as 

 hath been directed for the woody 

 | JCinds ; but thefe will decay annually 

 to the Surface, and rife again every 



Spring from the Root. When the 

 green Shoots begin to decay, the 

 Plants fhould not be over-watered, 

 left thereby the Roots mould be rot- 

 ted ; but, during the time of their 

 Growth,they muft be plentifully wa- 

 tered. The fureft Method to have 

 thefe Plants produce their Flowers, 

 is-, to plunge the Pots into a mode- 

 rate Hot -bed of Tanners Bark in 

 the Spring ; obferving to let them 

 have a large Share of Air in warm 

 Weather, to prevent their mooting 

 too weak, and water them frequent- 

 ly ; with this Management they will 

 produce their Flowers every Year : 

 but as they rarely produce ripe Seeds 

 in England, the Pot? muft be re- 

 moved into the Stove in Winter to 

 preierve their Roots, which may be 

 parted in the Spring, at the time 

 when they are plunged into the Hot- 

 bed ; by which Method they may be 

 increafed. 



CONSERVATORY. r/.^Green- 

 hoilfe. 



CONVAL-LILY. Vide Conval- 

 laria. 



COPAIBA, The Balfam of Ca* 

 pevi-trce. 



The Characlers are ; 



It hath a Flower conftfling of five 

 Leaves, which expands in form of a 

 Rofe : the Point al is fixed in the Cen- 

 tre of the Flower, which afterward 

 becomes a Pcd ; in which are contain- 

 ed one or two Sieds, which are ftir- 

 rounded with a Pulp of a yellow Co- 

 lour. 



We know bu: one Sort of this 

 Tree ; which is, 



Copaiba fi'Ifo fuhrotv.ndo^ fore 

 rubro. The Balfam of Capevi, with 

 a roundifh Leaf, and a red F'ower. 



This Tree grows near a Village 

 called Ayapsl, in the Province of An- 

 tiochi, in the Spanijh Wefl-lndi s ; 

 this is about ten Days Journey from 

 Carthagena. There are great Num- 



