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fome Diftance : thefe Plants all re- 

 quire a large Supply of Water in dry 

 Weather. 



Thefe Plants requiring fo much 

 room to fpread, and their Fruit be- 

 ing very little valued in England, 

 hath occafioned their not being cul- 

 tivated amongft us ; we having fo 

 many Plants, Roots, or Fruits, which 

 are greatly preferable to thofe for 

 Kitchen- ufes : but in fome Parts of 

 America* where Provifions are not 

 in fo great Plenty, or fo great Va- 

 riety, thefe Fruits may be very ac- 

 ceptable. 



CUIETE, The Calabam-tree. 



Dr. Linnspui has altered the Title 

 of this Genus to Crefcentia, theName 

 here given to it being the American 

 Name. 



The Characlers are ; 



// bath a Flower conjifting of one 

 Leaf, of an anomalous Figure, and di- 

 vided at the Brim into federal Part < ; 

 from nvhofe Cup rijes the Point al, 

 fixed like a Nail in the binder Part 

 of the Flower ; which afterward be- 

 comes a flejhy Fruit, having an hard 

 Shell, inclofng many heart -foamed 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. CuiETE foliis oblongis angufis, 

 magna fruclu ovato. Plum Nov. Gen. 

 The Calabam-tre^ with narrow ob- 

 long Leaves, and a large oval Fruit. 



2. CuiTE latifolia, fruclu puta- 

 tnine fragili. Plum. Nov. Gen. The 

 broad - leav'd Calabafh - tree, with 

 tender-fheird Fruit. 



3. Cuiete minima, fruclu duro. 

 Plum. Nov. Gen. The leaft Calabam- 

 tree, with an hard Fruit. 



4. Cuiete angujli folia, fruclu mi- 

 fieri ghbofo. Plum. Nov. Gen Nar- 

 row-leav'd Calabam-tree, with a letter 

 globular Fruit. 



5. Cuiete angujlifolia, fruclu 

 minori ovaio. Plum. Nt<v. Gen, Nar- 



row-Ieav'dCalabafti-tree^vith a lefler 

 oval Fruit. 



The firft and fecond Sorts rife to 

 the Height of twenty-five or thirty 

 Feet, in the IVejl- Indies, where they 

 grow naturally in Woods, and the Sa- 

 vanna's. The Shells of this Fruit 

 are ufed by Negroes for Cups to 

 drink out of, as alio for Jnftruments 

 of Mufic, by making an Hole in the 

 Shell, and clearing it of the Pulp 

 and Seeds ; then they put in fmall 

 Stones, or the hard Seeds of Trees, 

 with which they make a fort of 

 Rattle. 



Thefe Plants, being all of them 

 tender, cannot be maintained in this 

 Country, unlefs they are preferved 

 in warm Stoves. They are propa- 

 gated by Seeds, which fhould be ob- 

 tained from theCountries where they 

 naturally grow ; for they never pro- 

 duce any Fruit in this Country. 

 Thefe Seeds mould be fown early 

 in the Spring, in Pots filled with frefh 

 light Earth, and plunged Into an 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark : the Earth 

 in thefe Pots mall be frequently re- 

 freshed with Water ; for if it be kept 

 dry, the Seeds will not vegetate : in 

 about five Weeks after the Seeds are 

 fown, the Plants will begin to ap- 

 pear; when they muit be duly wa- 

 tered, and the GlalTes of the Hot- 

 bed mould be railed every Day, to 

 admit frefh Air to the Plants ; and 

 let the Steam, which will arne from 

 the Bed, pafs off; which is very in- 

 jurious to young Plants, when it is 

 pent amongft them. When the Plants 

 are about two Inches high, they 

 fhould be carefully tranfplanied,each 

 into a feparate fmall Pot filled with 

 rich light Earth, and plunged into 

 the Hot-bed again, being careful to 

 fcreen them from the Sun until they 

 have taken new Root ; after which 

 time they mull have frelh Air ad- 

 D d 2 mitted 



