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la hot dry Weather, until they have 

 taken Root ; after which they will 

 require no farther Care, but to keep 

 them clear from Weeds till Autumn, 

 v/hen they mould be carefully taken 

 up, and tranCplanted where they are 

 defigned to remain : but if the 

 Ground is not ready by that time to 

 receive them, it will be proper to 

 let them remain in the Border until 

 Spring ; for if they are tranfplanted 

 late in Autumn, they are liable to 

 be deftroyed by a little Cold in 

 Winter. 



Thefe Plants are very hardy, and 

 if planted in a lean, gravelly, or 

 fandy dry Soil, will continue many 

 Years, and refill the Cold very well : 

 but if they are in a wet or rich Soil, 

 they are often deftroyed in Winter. 



SAP1NDUS, The Soapberry. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath a Flower, which, for the 

 moji part, is compofed of four Leaves 

 expanding in form of a Rofe : from 

 whofe four-kan>d Empalement arifes 

 the. Point a I, which afterward becomes 

 a fpherical Fruit, having a thick o'ly 

 Cover, inclofing a Nut of the fame 

 Form. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; which is, 



Sapindus foliis cofla alatte inna- 

 fcentihus. Injh R. H. Th'e Soapberry, 

 or Soap-apple-tree. 



This Tree is very common in Ja- 

 maica, Barbados, and molt other 

 Places in the IV ..ft -hi dies, where it 

 rifes to the Height of thirty Feet, or 

 more ; but in Europe it is preferv'd 

 by thofe Perfons who are curious in 

 cultivating Exotic Plants, for the 

 fingular Structure of the Leaves, 

 which are very long and narrow, 

 having Borders on each Side, which, 

 at about every two Inches, have 

 Pinna, or Wings, oppofite to each 

 other, and terminated by an odd 

 one. The Flowers are produc'd at 



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the Ends of the Branches, which arc 

 fmall and white, growing in Clu- 

 fters. Thefe are fucceeded by fpheri- 

 cal brown Berries, about the Size of 

 Cherries, which have very little 

 Pulp; but a brown Skin covering 

 the Nut, which is round, black, and 

 hard. Thefe Nuts were formerly 

 brought into England to make But- 

 tons ; for which Purpofe they were 

 very proper, becaufe they never 

 crack. The Skin which furrounds 

 the Nut, wiil lather like Soap, and 

 is ufed in America to warn Linen ; 

 though many People fay it will burn 

 it, when it is often ufed. 



This Plant is propagated by Seeds 

 (which muft be obtain'd from the 

 Countries where they naturally grow; 

 for they do not produce Fruit in 

 Europe): thefe muft be put into fmall 

 Pots filled with freih rich Earth, and 

 plunged into an Hot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark. The Pots muft be frequently 

 watered, otjierwife the Berries, whole 

 outer Cover is very hard, will not 

 vegetate. In a Month or live Weeks 

 the Plants will begin to appear, 

 when the Glaftes of the Hot- bed 

 fhould be raifed every Day in warm 

 Weather, to admit frefli Air to the 

 Plants, Jn three Weeks or a Month 

 after the Plants appear, they will be 

 fit to tranfplant ; when they muft be 

 fhaken out of the Pots, and care- 

 fully parted, fo as not to injure their 

 Roots, and each planted into a fe- 

 parate fmall Pot filled with light rich 

 Earth, and then plunged into the; 

 Hot-bed again ; obferving to made 

 them from the Sun every Day, un- 

 til they have taken new Root ; after 

 which time, they muft have free Air 

 admitted to them every Day, when 

 the Weather is warm ; and will re- 

 quire to be frequently watered. 



After the Plants are well rooted, 

 they will make great Progrefr, foai 

 to fill thefe Pots with their Root* i 1 



