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ing, they will make a pretty Variety 

 amongft the Flowers : but they are 

 of mort Duration ; and having an ill 

 Scent, they are lefs efteemed of late 

 Years, fmce the Plenty of other more 

 valuable Flowers. 



PAPAVER CORNICULA- 

 TUM. Vide Glaucium. 



PAPAVER SPINOSUM. Vide 

 Argemone. 



PAPAYA, Papaw-tree. 

 The Characters are ; 



// hath a fimple Stalk : the Flom- 

 ers are Male and Female in different 

 Plants : the Male Flowers f tobich 

 are barren J are tubulous, conjijling of 

 cne Leaf and expand in the Form of 

 a Star : the Ft male Flowers con f ft cf 

 federal Leaves, which expand in form 

 of a Rofe, out of ivho/e Flower- cup 

 rifes the Fointal 9 which afterward 

 becomes a fl'Jhy Fruit, Jhaped like a 

 Cucumber or Melon, containing many 

 Jmall obiong furrow d Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Papaya f rutin meloprponis rjf- 

 gie. Plum. The Female Papaw-tree, 

 bearing a Fruit like the Melopepo. 



2. Pa fa y a frudu maxima, pepo- 

 nis effgie. Plum. The Female Pa 

 paw tree, bearing a Fruit like the 

 Pumkin. 



3 . P a P a y a mas. Bcerh Ind. The 

 Male Papaw-tree. 



Thefe Plants are very common in 

 the Caribbee Jjlands, where they arife 

 from Seeds, and will produce Fruit 

 in eight or ten Months after. 



The Fruit is cut before it is ripe, 

 and afterwards fliced, and foak'd in 

 Water until the milky Juice be out, 

 and then boii'd and eaten as Tur- 

 neps, or baked as Apples ; and when 

 ripe, it is eaten as Melons, with Pep- 

 per and Sugar, by the Inhabitants 

 of thofe Countries. 



The Flowers of the Male Sort, as 

 alfo the Fruit of the Fcpale, are j?re- 



ferved, and fent over as a Sweetmeat 

 to Europe, and are faid to be very 

 cooling and cordial. 



In England thefe Plants are pre- 

 ferved as Curiofitits, by fuch as de- 

 light in Exotics : they are eafily raif- 

 ed from the Seeds (which are gene- 

 rally brought from the Wtjl-lndies ' 

 in plenty every Year), which fhould 

 be fown upon an Hot-bed in Febru- 

 ary or March and when the Plants 

 are come up, they mould be planted 

 each in a feparate fmall Pot filPd 

 with rich light Earth, and plunged 

 into a moderate Hot bed of Tanners 

 Bark, obferving to water and made 

 .them until they have taken Root ; 

 after which, you mould let them 

 have Air in proportion to the 

 Warmth of the Seafon, by raifmg 

 the GhlTes with Bricks, i$c. and you 

 muft often refrefh them with Water. 



When the Plants have grown fo 

 as to fi.i the Pots with their Roots, 

 they mud be fhaken out of them, 

 prefer ving the Earth as in tire as pof- 

 fible to their Roots, and placed in 

 larger Pots ; which mould be filled 

 with the fame light Earth, and plung- 

 ed again into the Hot-bed ; obferv- 

 ing to give them Air and Water, as 

 was before directed : and thus from 

 time to time, as the Plants increafe 

 their Stature, you fnouid fliift them 

 into larger Pots, which will caufe 

 them to be very Itrong; and if you 

 keep them in the Hot- bed all rj it 

 Summer, and give them due Attend- 

 ance, they will rife to fix or feven 

 Feet high before Winter. 



In Goober they mould be placed 

 into a new Hot-bed in the Bark- Hove 

 with other tender Exotic Plants, 

 where, during the Winter - feafon, 

 they mufr be carefully look'd after, 

 to water and cleanfe them well from 

 Vermin and Filth ; and the Stove 

 mould be kept nearly to die A na- 

 na 's 



