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fee prepare'd by the time the Plants 

 fhould be planted out, they may be 

 removed out of the Beds into a Nur- 

 fery, where they may remain two 

 Years, but not longer ; for it will be 

 very hazardous removing thefe Trees 

 at a greater Age. 



The beft Seafon to tranfplant all 

 the Sorts of Pines is about the Lat- 

 ter-end of March, or the Beginning 

 of April, juft before they begin to 

 ihoot: for altho' the Scotch Pine, 

 and fome of the mod hardy Sorts, 

 may be tranfplanted in Winter, efpe- 

 cially when they are growing in 

 ftrong Land, where they may be 

 taken up with Balls of Earth to their 

 Roots ; yet this is what I would not 

 advife for common Pra&ice, having 

 frequently feen it attended with bad 

 Confequences ; but thofe which are 

 removed in the Spring rarely fail. 



Where thefe Trees are planted in 

 cxpofed Situations, they fhould be 

 put pretty clofe together, that they 

 may ihelter each other ; and when 

 they are too clofe, Part of the Plants 

 may be cut down, to give room for 

 the others to grow : but this muft be 

 gradually performed, left by too 

 much opening the Plantation, the 

 Air fhould be let in among the re- 

 maining Trees with too great Vio- 

 lence, which will flop the Growth 

 of the Trees. 



Altho 1 thefe ever-green Trees are 

 by many Perfons defpifed on account 

 of their Dark-green in Summer ; yet 

 a proper Mixture of thefe in large 

 Clumps makes a fine Appearance 

 about a Seat in Winter j and in Sum- 

 mer, by their Contrail with other 

 Trees, has no bad Effett in diver- 

 fifying the Scene. 



PISONIA, Fingrigo, vulgo. 

 The Characters are ; 



// is Male and Female in different 

 plants : the Male Flowers confift of 

 a great Number ^/"Stamina, and have 



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no Petals : the Female Flower tvnjifli 

 of one Leaf which is bell-Jhaped, and 

 divided at the Top into five Farts ; 

 from whofe Cup artfes the Point al, 

 which afterward becomes an oblong 

 angular chanelled Fruit, containing 

 oblong Seeds, 



The Species are ; 



1. Pi son i a aculeata mas. Houjl. 

 The Male Fingrigo. 



2. Pi SON! a aculeata, fruclu gluti- 

 nofo & racemofo. Plum. Nov. Gen. 

 Prickly Pifonia, with a glutinous 

 and branching Fruit. 



Tnefe Plants are feminal Varia- 

 tions, which arife from the Seeds of 

 the fame Plant ; but as they were 

 not diftinguiftVd by any of the Bo- 

 tanifts, till the late Dr. Houfl oun od- 

 ferved their Difference, therefore I 

 thought proper to mention the dif- 

 ferent Sexes as feparate Plants. 



The Name of this Plant was given 

 by Father Plumier in Honour to Dr. 

 William Pifo, who publiftTd a Na- 

 tural Hiftory of Brafil. The Name 

 of Fingrigo is what the Inhabitants 

 of Jamaica know it by. 



Thefe Plants are very common in 

 the Savannah, and other low Places, 

 in the Ifland of Jamaica, as alfo in 

 feveral other Places in the Weft-In- 

 dies ; where it is very troublefome 

 to whoever palTes through the Places 

 of their Growth, by faftening them- 

 felves, by their ftrong crooked 

 Thorns, to the Cloaths of the Per- 

 fons ; and their Seeds, being gluti- 

 nous, alio fallen themfelves to what- 

 ever touches them : fo that the 

 Wings of the Ground-doves, and 

 other Birds, are often fo loaded with 

 the Seeds, as to prevent their flying ; 

 by which means they become an eafy 

 Prey. 



It rifes about ten or twelve Feet 

 high, with- a pretty ftrong Trunk : 

 but the Branches are long and (len- 

 der, which, being unable to fuppoyt 



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