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The firft Sort grows wild in great 

 Plenty in the Ifland of Jamaica, and 

 in fome other of the Englijb Settle- 

 ments in the Weft -Indies, where it 

 is called wild Wormwood, and is 

 ufed by the Inhabitants as a vulne- 

 rary Herb. 



The fecond Sort grows plentiful- 

 ly in feveral Parts of the Spanijb 

 Weft- Indies ; from whence the Seeds 

 have been brought to Europe. 



The firft is an annual Plant,which 

 may be propagated by fowing the 

 Seeds on an Hot-bed early in the 

 Spring; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they fhould be tranfplant- 

 ed on another Hot-bed, at about 

 five or fix Inches Diftance, observ- 

 ing to water and (hade them until 

 they have taken new Root ; after 

 which time they mull have a pretty 

 large Share of frefh Air in warm 

 Weather, by raifing of the Glaffes 

 of the Hot-bed every Day; and they 

 "mud be duly watered every other 

 Day at leaft. When the Plants have 

 grown fo as to meet each other, 

 they mould be carefully taken up, 

 preferving a Ball of Earth to their 

 Roots ; and each planted into a fe- 

 parate Pot filled with light rich 

 Earth ; and if they are plunged into 

 a moderate Hot-bed, it will greatly 



facilitate their taking frefn Root ; 

 but where this Convemency is want- 

 ing, the Plants mould be removed 

 to a warm-lheltered Situation, where 

 they muft be {haded from the Sun 

 until they have taken new Root ; 

 after which time they may be expo- 

 fed, with other tender annual Plants, 

 in a warm Situation ; where they 

 will flower in July, and their Seeds 

 will ripen in September. But if the 

 Seafon ihould prove cold and wet, it 

 will be proper to have a Plant or 

 two in Shelter, either in theStove,or 

 under tall Frames, in order to have 

 gocd Seeds, if thole Plants which 

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are expofed mould fail, whereby the 

 Species may be preferved. 



The fecond Sort is a perennial 

 Plant,which dies to the Ground eve- 

 ry Autumn, and moots up again the 

 following Spring. The Seeds of 

 this Sort were fent me by my good 

 Friend Dr. Thomas Dale, from South- 

 Carolina, where the Plants grow 

 wild. This may be propagated by 

 parting of the Roots in Autumn, and 

 may be planted in the full Ground, 

 where it will abide the Cold of our 

 ordinary Winters very weil. This- 

 Sort flowers in July, but feldom 

 produces good Seeds in England. 



The third Sort has been many 

 Years preferved in the Englifi Gar- 

 dens. This was brought from Ame- 

 rica for the true Jefuits Bark-tree ; 

 but it hath been fmce difcovered, 

 that the Tree from whence that 

 Bark is taken, is of a different Ge- 

 nus from this ; and, by the Seed vef- 

 fels, appears to be near akin to the 

 Juftiaa. 



This Plant was generally preferv- 

 ed in Pots, and hoofed in the Win- 

 ter ; but, of late Y ear. c , it hath been 

 planted in the open Air, where it 

 thrives, and endures the Cold very 

 well, provided it is planted in a 

 fheltered Situation. It may be pro- 

 pagated by Cuttings, which fhouM 

 be planted in March, upon a Border 

 of loamy Earth ; and if the Spring 

 mould prove dry, they muft be often 



watered, otherwife the Cuttings ■will 

 fail : but if they are properly ma- 

 nag'd, they will be well rooted by 

 the Autumn, and may then be trans- 

 planted. It may alio be propagated 

 by Layers, which will be well roottd 

 in one Year ; or from Suckers, 

 which are often produced in plenty 

 from the Roots of the old Plants : 

 but as there is little Beauty in the 

 Plant, and as the Shoots are very 

 irregular, and thinly difpofed j fe v 

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