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fuch ; yet, from feveral Trials which 

 J have lately made, I find that the 

 Seeds of the fecond will produce 

 Plants of both Kinds; therefore they 

 mould be deemed but one Species. 



The Virginian Kind may alio be 

 propagated in as great Plenty ; for 

 the Cones of this may be eaniy pro- 

 cured from Carolina or Virginia, in 

 both which Places they grow in great 

 Abundance ; and the Seeds will rife 

 as eafily as any of the other Sorts, 

 and are equally as hardy : thefe have 

 been formerly kept in Pots, and 

 houfed in Winter 5 with which Ma- 

 nagement they have not fucceeded 

 fo well, as they have done in Eng- 

 land, fince People have planted them 

 into the full Ground ; and where 

 they have had a moift Soil, I have 

 oblerved them to thrive belt : which 

 is fince confirmed by Mr. Catcjby, 

 in his Natural Hiftory cf Carolina ; 

 where he fays, That this Tree growe 

 in Places where theWater commonly 

 covers the Surface of the Ground 

 three or four Feet ; fo that it may 

 be a very great Improvement to our 

 boggy Soils This Tree, calting its 

 Leaves in Winter, does not fo well 

 fuic with Plantations of Ever-greens 

 at that Seafon , though in Summer, 

 when there is the g eatell Pleafure 

 in walking a ".ong Plantations of 

 Trees, it hath fo much the Appear- 

 ance of an Ever-green, as to pafs 

 for fuch ; and therefore may be of 

 Service to complete Plantations or 

 V ifta's of Cypiefs- trees, where it 

 may fo happen, that a low marfhy 

 Spot of Ground may intervene. 



The fourth Sort is, at prefent, 

 pretty rare in the EngliJ/: Gardens, 

 tho' of late Years there have been 

 feveral Plants raifed in fome curious 

 Gardens; but this Sort is not quite 

 io hardy, I fear, as the common 

 Cvprefs, tho' the young Plants have 

 j)Of been injured by any of the la^e 



Winters ; but in the fevere Froft in 

 1740. there was a large Tree of this 

 Kind intirely killed in the Gardens 

 of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, 

 at Goodwood in Sufi ex. There are 

 great Plenty of thefe Trees growing 

 at a Place called Bufaco, near Quem- 

 borough in Portugal, where this Tree 

 is called the Cedar of Bufaco ; and 

 there it grows to be a Timber-tree ; 

 fo that from thence the Seeds majr 

 be ealily procured. 



The fifth Sort is a Native of North 

 America, where it grows to a confi- 

 dcrable Height, and affords an ufe- 

 ful Timber to the Inhabitants for 

 many Purpofes. This Sort is ex- 

 tremely worth cultivating in Eng- 

 land; for as it grows in a much 

 colder Country, there is no Danger 

 of its thriving well in the open 

 Air in England-, and being an Ever- 

 green of regular Growth, will add 

 to the Variety in Wildernefs-quar- 

 ters, or other Plantations of ever- 

 green Trees. 



This Sort is propagated by Seeds, 

 which mould be fovvn in the Spring 

 in Boxes or Tubs filled with frefli 

 light Earth, and placed where they 

 may enjoy the morning Sun till Ele- 

 ven or Twelve o'Clock : in dry Wea- 

 ther they mould be duly watered, 

 and conftantly kept clear fromWeeds : 

 in this Situation they may remain till 

 Michaelmas, when they mould be 

 removed to a warmer Place ; for the 

 Plants feldom appear till the follow- 

 ing Spring, fo that it will be proper 

 to place the Boxes or Tubs near the 

 South Wall, Pale, or Hedge, during 

 the Winter-feafon ; left, by being 

 too much fhaded, the Wet of the 

 Winter-feafon mould rot the Seeds. 

 Jn the Spring following, if thefe 

 Tubs or Boxes are placed on a mo- 

 derate Hot-bed, it will bring up 

 the Plants very foon, and greatly 

 forward their Growth ; but as the 



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