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The firft Sort has been a long time 

 in this Country, but was formerly 

 treated as an annual Plant; whereas, 

 if it be preferv'd in a good Green- 

 houfe, it will abide two or three 

 Years, and become a large Plant. 



The fecond and third Sorts grow 

 prDmiicuoufly all ovtx America, where 

 tneir Seeds are gather'd to draw an 

 Oil from them, for the Ufe of* 

 Lamps ; thefe Seeds are frequently 

 fent into England, intermixed with 

 each other. 



The fourth Sort is alfo very com- 

 mon in America, growing promifcu- 

 oufly with the common Sort ; the 

 Seeds of both being gather'd indif- 

 ferently to draw an Oil from them. 



The fifth Sort, though mention'd 

 to be a Native of Africa, yet is alfo 

 very common in divers Parts of 

 America, from whence I have feve- 

 ral times receiv'd the Seeds. This 

 produces very large Leaves and 

 Seeds, and will grow to a large 

 Size, if planted in a rich Soil. I have 

 meafur'd one of the Leaves of this 

 Plant (which was growing nearCW- 

 Jea), which was upward of two Feet 

 Diameter ; and the Stem was as 

 large as a middle fiz'd Broom -ftaff, 

 tho 1 but of one Summer's Growth. 



The Seeds of the fixth Sort were 

 brought from the Eajt-lndies, which 

 came up and fiourifh'd in the Phy- 

 fic-garden at Cbelfea. This Sort 

 grows about the fame Height as the 

 common Kind ; but the Leaves are 

 not fo deeply divided. The Cover- 

 ings of the Seeds are not prickly, as 

 in moft of the other Sores (fomewhat 

 refembling the outer Cover of the 

 Chelmut) ; but are rough, and full 

 of Protuberances. 



The Seeds of the feventh and 

 eighth Sorts were fent from Jamai- 

 ca by Mr. Robert Millar, who ga- 

 ther'd them on the North Side of 



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thatlfland. Thefe Plants grow, in 

 their native Country, to be eigh- 

 teen or twenty Feet high, and con- 

 tinue two or three Years. They 

 are nearly alike in their outward 

 Appearance ; but differ in the Co- 

 vering of their Seeds, the feventh 

 having prickly Covers, and the 

 eighth being fmooth. 



The ninth Sort is a lew Plant, 

 feldom rifing above three Feet high, 

 and differs from the common fmall 

 Sort, in having fmooth Covers to 

 the Seeds : this is lefs common, and 

 hath not been remarked by any Bo- 

 tanical Writer. 



The tenth Sort is a Native of 

 Ceylon, from whence the Seeds were 

 brought to Holland; and hath been 

 cultivated in many curious Gardens. 

 The Leaves of this Kind are very 

 deeply jagged, in which it chiefly 

 differs from the common Sort. 



The eleventh Sort was dilcover'd 

 by the late Dr. William Hewfiom at 

 Campecby, from whence he fent the 

 Seeds to England. This is a very 

 low Plant, feldom rifing above nine 

 Inches or a Foot high, and perifhes 

 foon after the Seeds are perfected. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by fowing their Seeds upon an Hot- 

 bed ■, and when they are come up, 

 they fnould be each planted into a 

 feparate Pot fili'd with frefli light 

 Earth, and plunged into a frefh Hot- 

 bed, obferving to water and made 

 them until they have taken Root ; 

 after which they mufc have a great 

 Share of free Air, when the Seafon 

 is mild, otherwife they will draw up 

 tall, and be very weak ; and as thefe 

 Plants grow very fait, their Roots 

 will in a fhort time fill the Pots : 

 therefore they mould be fhifted into 

 larger Pots filled with the like frefh 

 Earth; and toward the Latter end 

 of May, when the Seafon is warm, 



