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1 8. Pin us Virginiana, binis Ire- 

 njieribui Cff crajjioribus fetis, mincre 

 (ono, Jingulis fquamarum capitibus 

 aculeo donatis. Pluk. Aim. Virgi- 

 nian Pine, with fhorter thicker 

 Leaves, and fmaller Cones, with a 

 Prickle on the Top of each Scale j 

 commonly called the Jer/ey Pine. 



19. Pin us Americana palujiris, 

 longijjimis & <viridibus fetis. Mar fa 

 American Pine, with the longell 

 green Leaves. 



The firft Sort is much cultivated 

 in Italy, and the South of France ; 

 where the Trees grow to a large 

 Size ; and are the great Ornament 

 of the Italian Villa's : this Sort is 

 alfo in Spain, Portugal, and molt of 

 the warm Parts of Europe ; where the 

 Nuts which contain the Seeds are 

 frequently ferved up to the Table, 

 and are eaten in the fame manner as 

 the Pijiachia Nut : and thefe were 

 formerly ufed in Medicine in Eng- 

 land; but of late Years they have 

 been neglected, and Pijlacbia Nuts 

 fubftituted in their Place. 



The Cones of this Sort are very 

 large, and the Scales are b road and 

 flat: the Nuts or Seeds are as largeas 

 thofe of the Hazel, but are of an 

 oval Figure : the Shell is very hard, 

 and when frelh taken out of the 

 Cone, is covered with a purple Fa- 

 rina, which will colour the Hands : 

 each of the Cones, if well grown, 

 will contain upward of fourfcore 

 Nuts : the Leaves of this Tree are 

 Jong, and of a glaucous Colour : 

 thefe are, for the moft part, produ- 

 ced by Pairs out of each Sheath ; 

 tho' fometimes, in young Plants, I 

 liave obferyed three. If thefe Trees 

 have room to fpread, they will ex- 

 tend their Branches to a great Di- 

 ftance on every Side, near the 

 Ground ; and feldom make much 

 Progrefs upward ; but rather form 

 their Heads into a conical Figure. 



Where this Tree naturally grows^ 



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is not eafy to determine ; for it is 

 not a Native of Europe, there being 

 none of them found now growing, 

 but in fuch Places where they have 

 been planted ; fo that there are not 

 any of them found in Woods, or 

 uncultivated Places : this Sort cer- 

 tainly is in plenty in China, from 

 whence I have fcveral times received 

 the Seeds ; and in a Collection of 

 the Materia Medica, which was 

 brought me from thence, were a 

 Parcel of thefe Nuts : in many of 

 the China Paintings there are fome 

 of thefe Trees exhibited ; but whe- 

 ther it grows naturally in that Coun- 

 try , I cannot learn. 



This Sort thrives very well in 

 England, when it is planted in a 

 warm Situation ; but it is too ten- 

 der to thrive in cold expofedPlaces, 

 where in fevere Froft the Leaves are 

 generally killed ; and many times 

 all the tender Shoots are deftroyed, 

 whereby the Trees are rendered ve- 

 ry unfightly ; but in warm Situa- 

 tions, Where theieTrees thrive well, 

 they make a very handfomeAppear- 

 ance ; but in order to get them up 

 with Stems, they mould be planted 

 pretty clofe, that they may be drawn 

 upright, otherwife they will fend 

 forth many lateral Branches near the 

 Ground to a great Diftance, which 

 will prevent their growing tall : and 

 as thefe refinous Trees are apt tQ 

 bleed greatly when they are pruned, 

 their lateral Branches fnould never 

 be encouraged ; becaufe they cannot 

 be pruned off with Safety, when 

 they are grown large. 



This Tree is propagated bySeeds, 

 which mould be fown in March, on 

 a Border of light Earth expofed to 

 the morning Sun : the beft Way will 

 be to draw Drills about two Inches 

 deep, into which the Seeds may 

 be fcattered about an Inch afun- 

 der : the Drills may be drawn 



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