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dia with a Walnut tree-leaf, and a 

 purple Flower. 



2. Cord I A foliis fubo-vatis fer- 

 rato-dentatis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Cor- 

 dia with oval, ferrated, and indented 

 Leaves. 



This Sort is by mod Botanifts be- 

 lieved to be the Myxa of Ca>fal- 

 pinus ; which is the true Sebeften of 

 the Shops : the Fruit of which was 

 formerly ufed ■ in Medicine, but of 

 late Years has been feldom brought 

 to England ; therefore is rarely or- 

 dered. In the Bahama //lands, where 

 this Tree grows in plenty, they call 

 it the Lignum Aloes; the Wood of 

 this Tree having a grateful Odour, 

 fomewhat like that of the Lignum 

 Aloes. If this is the fame with 

 the Myxa, as it is generally fuppofed, 

 it grows in 'Egypt, Malabar, and fe- 

 veral Parts of America ; and is chiefly 

 found in low marlhy Lands. 



The firft Sort was difcovered by 

 Father Plumier, in fome of the 

 French Iflands in America ; and fince 

 was found in the Bay of Campechy, 

 by Mr. Robert Millar, who fent the 

 Seeds to England. This Sort grows 

 to the Height of eighteen or twenty 

 Feet in the natural Places where it 

 is found wild : but the fecond Sort 

 is feldom above eight or ten Feet 

 high, and comrr, only rifes with many 

 Stems from the Root. 



Thefe Plants, being Natives of 

 warm Countries, are too tender to 

 live thro' theWinter in this Country, 

 unlefs they are preferved in a Stove. 

 They are both propaguted by Seeds, 

 which mult be procured from the 

 Countries of their natural Growth ; 

 for they never produce any in Eng- 

 land. Thefe Seeds mull: be fown 

 in fmall Pots, which muft be plunged 

 into a good Hot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark in the Spring; and if the Seeds 

 are frefli and good, the Plants will 

 begin to appear in five or fix Weeks 



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after. Thefe muft be brought for- 

 ward in the Hot -bed, by being 

 treated as other tender Exotic Plants ; 

 obferving frequently to water them, 

 as they are aquatic Plants; and in 

 July, if the Plants have made much 

 Advance, they mould be gradually 

 hardened ; otherwife they will grow 

 fo weak as not to be eafily preferved 

 thro' the Winter. As thefe Plants 

 obtain Strength, they will become 

 more hardy; but during the two firft 

 Winters, it will be proper to plunge 

 them into the Tan-bed in the Stove; 

 but when they begin to have woody- 

 Stems, they may be placed on 

 Shelves in a dry Stove; where if 

 they are kept in a moderate Degree 

 of Heat, they may be preferved very 

 well ; efpecially the fecond Sort, 

 which is fomewhat hardier than the 

 firft. This may alfo be placed abroad 

 in a warm Situation, in the Begin- 

 ning of July, where the Plants may 

 remain till the Middle of September, 

 provided the Seafon continues warm; 

 otherwife they muft be removed into 

 the Stove fooner. 



Thefe Plants both of them pro- 

 duce very fine Flowers, efpecially 

 the fecond Sort; which has large 

 Tufts of fcarlet Flowers, which are 

 produced at the Extremity of the 

 Branches, after the fame manner as 

 the Oleander or Rofe-bay : but thefe 

 Flowers are much larger, and of a 

 much finer Colour. 



A fmall Piece of Wood of this 

 Tree, being put on a Pan of lighted 

 Coals, will lend forth a moft agree- 

 able Odour, which will perfume a 

 whole Houfe. 



COREOPSIS. 



This Genus of Plants was con- 

 ftituted by Dr. Linnccus, Profeftbr of 

 Botany at Up/a I in Sweden ; who 

 gave this Name to it, on account of 

 the Seeds of this Plant being like a 

 Tick. We have no proper EngUJb 



Name 



