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Flowers ; whereas, if they arc kept 

 in the Stove in a moderate Warmth, 

 they will flower, and produce good 

 Seeds every Year. Thcfe two Sorts 

 may alfo be propagated by parting 

 of their Roots in April ; bat as they 

 produce good Seeds, they are com- 

 monly propagated by thofe ; for the 

 feedling Plants flower better than the 

 OfF-fets. They flower moft Part of 

 Winter in the Stove, and the Seeds 

 are ripe in the Spring. 



PLUM-TREE. Vide Prunus. 



PLUMERIA, The Jafmine-tree, 

 <vulgo. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath a funnel - Jhap^d Flonver, 

 conf fling cf one Leaf njohich is cut in- 

 to federal Segments at the Brim, out 

 cj ' uohofe Cup arifes the Point al, ivhich 

 fifter<ward becomes the Fruit or Pod ; 

 •which, for the moft party grow dou- 

 ble, and open lengthwoife ; difco<vering 

 the Seeds, which are oblong, and have 

 a Border round them ; thefe are rang- 

 ed aver each other ; like Slates on an 

 Houfe ; and are fajlened to the Pla- 

 centa. 



The Species are ; 



1. Plumeria fore rofeo odor at if- 

 fimo. Inft. R. H. Plumeria with a 

 rofe- coloured fweet-fcented Flower, 

 commonly call'd, in the Weft -Indies, 

 Red Jafmine. 



2. Plumeria ftore majore odorato 

 Iff incarnate Plumeria with a larger 

 fweet - fcented and incarnate Flow- 

 er, called, in the Weft-Indies, The 

 Japan-tree. 



3. Plumeria fore niveo, foliis 

 longis anguftis & acuminatis. Inft. 

 R. H. Plumeria with a fnowy Flow- 

 er, and long narrow-pointed Leaves. 



4. Plumeria flare niveo, foliis 

 brevioribus &f ob tufts. Inft. R. H. 

 Plumeria with a fnowy Flower, and 

 fhorter blunt Leaves. 



r. Plumeria foliis longiftimis, mi- 

 nus fuccuhntibus, fore pallido. HoujK 



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Plumeria with very long and lets, 

 fucculent Leaves, and a pale Flow- 

 er. 



6. Plumeria folio latiore obtufo, 

 flore luteo minore. Plumeria with a 

 broad ootufe Leaf, and a fmaller yel- 

 low Flower. 



This Name was given to this 

 beautiful Genus of Plants, by Dr. 

 Tournefort, in Honour to Father 

 Plumier, who was Botanift to the 

 late King of France, and a long time 

 in America, fearching after new 

 Plants ; and who has publiihed a 

 Catalogue of the Plants he discover- 

 ed, with the new Genus's he confti- 

 tuted ; and two Volumes in Folio, 

 with Figures and Descriptions of 

 many ot the Plants. 



Thefe Plants grow wild in the 

 Spanijb Weft - Indies, from whence 

 fome of the moll beautiful Kinds 

 were brought into the Englijb Set- 

 tlements in America, and are culti- 

 vated in their Gardens for Ornament, 

 The firft Sort here mentioned is the 

 moft common Kind, which is pre- 

 ferv'd in the Gardens of the Inhabit- 

 ants of Jamaica and Barbados. The 

 Flowers of this Kind nearly refemble 

 thofe of the red Oleander ; but are 

 larger, and have an agreeable Odour. 

 Thefe are produced in fmall Bunches, 

 at the Extremity of the Shoots, and 

 generally appear in July and Auguft > 

 in this Climate ; but in the Weft- 

 Indies they flower a great Part of 

 the Year. 



The fecond Sort I receiv'd from, 

 the Ifland of St. Chriftophers, by the 

 Name of Japan-tree : this Sort is 

 very rare in the Fnglijh Settlements 

 at prefenr, having been but lately 

 introdue'd from the Spanijk Weft- 

 Indies. It is in Leaf and Stem very 

 like the firft; but the Flowers of 

 this are of a paler Colour, and are 

 produced in much larger Bunches. 

 It is very common to have upward 



