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planted in a moid ftrong Soil, they 

 make very great Progrefs ; and may, 

 in fuch Situations, become profitable 

 for Timber ; but however this Tree 

 may fucceed for Timber, yet it will 

 be a great Ornament o large Plan- 

 tations of ever-green Trees, efpe- 

 cially in fuch Places where there is 

 naturally a proper Soil for thefe 

 Trees ; becaufe, in fuch Situations, 

 there are not many Sorts of ever- 

 green Trees which thrive well, efpe- 

 cially in cold Places ; and by increaf- 

 ing the Number of Sorts of thefe 

 Ever-greens, we add to the Beauty 

 of our Gardens and Plantations. 



The fourth Sort fends forth its 

 Branches almoft horizontally, fo that 

 they extend to a great Dillance every 

 Way ; and the Trees are generally 

 furnifhed with Branches, from the 

 Ground upward ; but as thefe grow 

 without much Order, the Trees have 

 a very different Appearance from all 

 the other Sorts. This grows to be 

 a large Timber-tree in Portugal ; 

 but the largeft Tree which I have 

 feen in England, has not been above 

 fifteen Feet in Heigh ; and the 

 Branches of this were extended more 

 than eight Feet on every Side from 

 the Stem. This Sort may be pro- 

 pagated from Seeds in the fame man- 

 ner as the common Cyprefs ; and the 

 Plants mould be treated in the fame 

 manner as hath been directed for 

 them, with this Difference only ; 

 i That it will be proper to cover thefe 

 i Plants, during the two fir ft Winter?, 

 : after they are come up ; efpeciaily 

 I if the Froft mould be fevere, which 

 I might deftroy them, if they are ex- 

 \ poled to it while they are young. 

 This Sort may alfo be propagated 

 by Cuttings, which if planted in Au- 

 tumn, and lcreened in Winter, they 

 will take Root ; but it is generally 

 two Years before they will be rooted 

 enough to traniplant, nor will the 



Plants, fo raifed, thrive fo fall as 

 the Seedlings ; therefore when the 

 Seeds can be obtained, that is the bell 

 Method to propaga?e this Tree. 



The American deciduous Cyprefs 

 may alfo be propagated by Cuttings, 

 as I have fevtra 1 times tried; fo that 

 when Seeds cannot be had, this Me- 

 thod may be prattifed fuccefsfully : 

 1 fuppofe the common Sort will alfo 

 take from Cuttings ; but this I have 

 not experienced ; fo cannot recom- 

 mend it to Practice. 



Thefe Trees are fo very orna- 

 mental to Gardens, that no large 

 Garden can &e complete without 

 many of them ; and it is to thefe 

 Trees that the Italian Villa's owe a 

 great Share of their Beauty : for 

 there is no Tree fo piopcr to place 

 near Buildings : the pyramidal up- 

 right Growth of their Branches 

 affords a pi&urefque Appearance, 

 and obftructs not the View of the 

 Building ; and the Dark-green of 

 their Leaves makes a fine Contrail 

 with the White of their Building: 

 fo that, where-ever there are Temples 

 or other Bui'dings erected in Gar- 

 dens, there is no Sort of Tree fo 

 proper to place near them as thefe. 

 In all the Landfchapes of Italian 

 Villa's, we fee many Cyprefs-trees 

 reprefented, which have a very 

 agreeable Effect in the Picture ; and 

 the Trees, when rightly diipofed in 

 a Garden, afford a no lefs agreeable 

 Profped. 



CURR AX-TREE. Vide Ribes. 



CURURU. This is the Indian 

 Name for this Plant ; and we know 

 no EngUJb Name to it at prefent. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath a rofe-fiaped Flower, con~ 

 fifing of four or more Petals, which 

 are placed in a circular Order, from 

 whofe many-len^'d Flower - cup ari/es 

 the Pointal ; which afte> ward be- 

 comes a fsar fiaped triangular Fruit, 

 divided 



