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Trade/cant at South Lambeth near 

 Vauxhall, which is upwards of thirty 

 Feet high, and of a confiderable 

 Bulk ; which, though in a common 

 Yard at prefent, where no Care is 

 taken of it, but on the contrary, 

 many Hooks are driven into the 

 Trunk, to faften Cords thereto for 

 drying of Cloaths, yet the Tree is 

 in great Health and Vigour; but 

 hath not produced any Fruit as yet ; 

 which may be occafioned for want 

 of Moifture: for we often fee many 

 aquatic Plants will grow upon a 

 drier Soil ; but yet are feldom fo pro- 

 ductive of either Flowers or Fruit, 

 as thofe which remain growing in 

 the Water. 



There is alfo a pretty large Tree 

 of this Kind, now growing in the 

 Gardens of Sir Abraham Janjfen, 

 Bart, at Wimbledon in Surry, which 

 has produced great Quantities of 

 Cones for fome Years pait, which in 

 favourable Scafons come to Matu- 

 rity ; and the Seeds have been as 

 good as thofe which have been 

 brought from America. This Tree 

 was tranfplanted when it was very 

 large, which has Hinted its Growth; 

 which, together with its growing 

 upon a dry Soil, may have occafion- 

 ed its Fruitfulnefs ; for it has made 

 very little Progrefs in its Growth 

 fince it was removed. 



Thefe Trees are all propagated 

 from Seeds, which mould be fown 

 early in the Spring on a Bed of warm 

 dry fandy Earth, which muft be le- 

 velled very fmooth ; then fow the 

 Seeds thereon pretty thick, fifting 

 the lame light Earth over them haif 

 an Inch thick. If the Weather mould 

 prove very warm and cry, it will be 

 proper to water the Bed, which mull 

 be done very carefully, cbferving 

 not to warn the Seeds out of the 

 Ground. In about a Month's time 

 (if your Seeds are good) the young 



Plants will appear above-ground, 

 which muft be conftantly kept clean 

 from Weed?, and in very dry Wea- 

 ther mould be often refremed with 

 Water; but this mould be done with 

 great Caution, left you beat thefe 

 tender - rooted Plants out of the 

 Ground. »- 



If the Seeds are fown upon a mo- 

 derate Hot-bed, and the Bed cover- 

 ed with Mats, they will come up 

 much fooner, and with greater Cer- 

 tainty, than when they are fown ia 

 the co!d Ground. 



In this Bed the young Plants may 

 remain two Years, by which time 

 they will have Strength enough to 

 be tranfplanted into a Nurfery. The 

 beft Seaicn for removing them is in 

 the Beginning of April, when the 

 drying Eafterly Winds of March are 

 over ; and, if poflible, choofe a 

 cloudy Day, when it is inclinable to 

 Rain ; and in taking them out of 

 the Seed bed, preferve the Roots as 

 intire as poflible, and, if you can, a 

 Ball of Earth to each Plant. The 

 Soil in which thefe Trees mould be 

 planted (as I before faid\ Ihould be, 

 for the two firft Sorts, a warm Sand 

 or Gravel ; which when you have 

 prepared, by carefully digging and 

 cleanfing from all noxious Weeds, 

 you muft lay it level. Then draw 

 the Lines where the Trees are to be 

 planted at three Feet afunder, and 

 plant the Trees at eighteen Inches 

 Diltance in the Rows, obferving to 

 dole the Earth well to their Roots, 

 as alfo to lay a little Mulch upon 

 the Surface of the Ground about 

 their Stems ; and water them well, 

 to fettle the Earth to their Roots j 

 which Ihould be repeated twice a 

 Wrek, until the Plants have taken 

 frefn Root. 



Thefe Plants may remain in the 

 Nurfery three or four Year?, accord- 

 ing to the Progrefs they make, qr 

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