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beautiful Profpeft ; for which Rea- 

 fon thePianters generally fpare two or 

 three of them near their Habitations. 



The oily Palm grows in great 

 Plenty on the Coaft of Guiney, as al- 

 fo on Cupe Verd Ifland, where they 

 grow as high as the Main-matt of a 

 Ship : but thefe Trees have been 

 tranfplanted to Jamaica and Barba- 

 dos, in both which Places they thrive 

 very well. The Inhabitants make 

 an Oil from the Pulp of the Fruit, 

 and draw a Wine from the Body of 

 the Trees, which inebriates ; and 

 with the Rind of thefe Trees they 

 make Mats to lie upon. This Sort 

 will eafily rife from Seeds ; and, if 

 kept warm, will grow much falter 

 than the Date-palm. 



The Macaw-tree is very common 

 in the Caribbee-Ijlands, where the 

 Negroes pierce the tender Fruit, from 

 whence flows out a pleafant Liquor, 

 of which they are very fond; and the 

 Body of the Tree affords a folid 

 Timber, with which they make Ja- 

 velins, Arrows, &c . and is by fome 

 fuppofed to be a fort of Ebony. 

 This Tree grows very flow, and re- 

 quires to be keptvery warm inWinter. 



The Dragon-tree is very common 

 in the Madeira's, and the Canary- 

 JJIands, where they grow to be large 

 Trees ; from the Bodies of which it 

 is fuppofed the Dragon's Blood doth 

 flow. This Plant arifes very eaflly 

 from theSeeds ; and, when it has ac- 

 quired fomeStrength,is prettyhardy. 



The Japan Palm-tree if, at pre- 

 sent, very rare in England, being 

 only in two or three curious Gar- 

 dens : it will come up from Se:ds, 

 if they are frefli : but the Plants muft 

 be kept very warm, efpecia'iy while 

 young, otherwife they will not live 

 thro' our Winters. 



The Cocoa - nut is cultivated in 

 moil of the inhabited Parts of the 

 Eafi and Wtfi'lntim ; but is fttppo- 



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fed aNative of the Maldives, and the 

 defartlllands of the Eajl-lndies: from 

 whence it is fuppofed it hath been 

 tranfported to all the warm Parts of 

 America ; for it is not found in any 

 of the inland Parts, nor any-where 

 far diiiant from Settlements. It is 

 cne of the mod ufeful Trees to the 

 Inhabitants of America, who have 

 many of the common Neceflaries of 

 Life from it. The Bark of the Nut 

 is made into Cordage, the Shell of 

 the Nut into Drinking-bowls ; the 

 Kernel of the Nut affords them a 

 wholfome Food ; and the Milk 

 contained in the Shell, a cooling Li- 

 quor. The Leaves of the Trees are 

 ufed for thatching their Houfes, and 

 are alfo wrought into Bafkets, and 

 moil other things which are made of 

 Ofiers in Europe. 



This Tree is propagated by plant- 

 ing of the Nuts, which in fix Weeks 

 or two Months after planting will 

 come up, provided they are frefli, 

 and thoroughly ripe, which is what 

 few of them are, which are brought 

 to England ; for they always gather 

 them before they are ripe, that they 

 may keep during their Paflage : fo 

 that the belt Way to bring the Nuts 

 to England for Planting, would be 

 to take fuch of them as are fully 

 ripe, and put them up in dry Sand 

 in a Tub, where the Vermin may 

 not come to them j and thefe wifl 

 often fprout in their Paflage, which 

 will be an Advantage, becaufe then 

 they may be immediately planted in 

 Pots of Earth, and plunged into the 

 Bark-bed. 



Thefe Plants in the hot Iflands oi 

 America make confiderable Progief: 

 in their Growth ; in which Place 

 there are fome Trees of very grea 

 Magnitude: but in Europe this Plarj 

 is of much flower Growth, bein I 

 many Years before it advances tl 

 any confiderable Height : but as tl j 



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