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young Leaves of thefe Plants are 

 pretty large, they make a good Ap- 

 pearance amongfl other tender Exo- 

 tic Plants, in one or two Years tim?: 

 This Plant is preferved in Come cu- 

 rious Gardens in England, for Va- 

 riety, where it mult be placed in the 

 Bark-ftove, and managed as hath 

 been directed for the other Kinds of 

 Palms ; obferving, as often as they 

 are tranfplanted, not to cut their 

 llrong Roots ; which is generally 

 Death to molt of the Palm kind. 

 Thefe Plants mutt not be too much 

 confined in their Roots ; for if they 

 are, they will make but little Pro- 

 grefs : therefore, when the young 

 Plants have filled the Pots with their 

 Roots, they fhould be fhifted into 

 Tubs of a moderate Size, that their 

 Roots may have room to extend : 

 but thefe Tubs mufl be kept con- 

 ftantly plunged into the Bark-bed, 

 otherwife the Plants will not thrive. 

 The Method of raifing thefe Plants 

 From the Nuts, when they are plant- 

 ed before they have fprouted, is ful- 

 ly defcribed under the Article of raif- 

 ing Exotic Seeds. 



All the Sorts of Palm trees are 

 Male and Female, in different Trees; 

 and it hath been always fuppofed 

 neceffary, that the two fhould grow 

 near each other, that the Male Tree 

 might impregnate the Female, in or- 

 der to render the Female fruitful : 

 and where it has fo happened, that 

 a Female Tree grew fingly, it has 

 been afferted, that the Inhabitants 

 \ have carried Branches of the Male 

 Flowers, taken from Trees which 

 \ grew at a Diftance, and have faften- 

 W «d them to the Female Trees, with- 

 m out which they have infilled, that 

 ff the Female Trees would not produce 

 m any Fruit : but this is refuted by Fa- 

 4 ther Labat, who affirms that he 

 i knew a fmgleTree of the date-bear- 

 W ing Palm, which grew by the Side 



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of an antient Convent in Martinico, 

 which produe'd a large Quantity of 

 fair Fruit annually ; tho' there was 

 not any other Palm-tree which grew 

 within two Leagues of this : but he 

 alio affirms, that the Stones of thefe 

 Dates would not grow; for they had 

 planted many of them for feveral 

 Years fucceffively, without ever 

 raifing a fingle Plant ; and were af- 

 terwards obliged to procure fome 

 Dates from Barbary, in order to 

 propagate them : fo that he con- 

 jectured, that all the Female Trees 

 may produce Fruit, which may ap- 

 pear very fair to the Eye ; but, upon 

 Examination, they will be found to 

 want the Germ or Bud, which is the 

 Embryo of the future Plant. 



This may account for the Fruit of 

 the different Sorts of Palms not 

 growing when they are brought to 

 England ; for if they are gathered 

 from a Tree growing fingly, having 

 no Male Tree near it to impregnate 

 the Ovary, it may be the trueCaufe 

 why they do not fucceed : therefore 

 thofe Perfons who collect thefe Fruit 

 to propagate them, fhould always 

 obferve to take them from fuch Trees 

 as grow in the Neighbourhood of 

 the Male. 



Ail the Sorts of Palms are worthy 

 of being preferved by thofe who are 

 curious m maintaining Exotic Plants, 

 for the fingular Structure of their 

 Parts, and Beauty of their Leaves, 

 which make an agreeable Variety 

 amongfl other curious Plants. 



PANCRATIUM, Sea-daffodil. 

 The CharaSiers are ; 



It hath a tubulous lily-fhaptd F!o<vj~ 

 er, confifiing of one Leaf, 'which it 

 deeply cut into fx Parts : in the Mid- 

 dle is a Cup, nvhich is bcll-Jfcaped and 

 fxeorncred, having a Chi'oe proceed- 

 ing from each Corner ; and is joined 

 thereto as a Part of the Cup, being of 

 the fame Colour at Bottom ; but the 



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