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Thofe with fingle Flowers mould 

 be pull'd up, and thrown away as 

 good for little, becaufe the Seeds 

 produced from them will rarely pro- 

 dace double Flowers : therefore 

 great Care mould be taken to fave 

 only the Seeds of thofe whofe Flow- 

 ers are very double of every Kind ; 

 from which there will always be a 

 good Quantity of double ones pro- 

 duct ; tho' from the very beft Seeds 

 there will always be fome fingle 

 Flowers ; but the fmall Sorts always 

 produce a greater Number of double 

 Flowers than the large, which are 

 more apt to degenerate. 



Thefe Plants have a flrong dif- 

 agreeabie Scent, efpecially when 

 handled ; for which Reafon they are 

 not fo greatly efteemed for planting 

 near Habitations : but the Flowers 

 of the fweet - fcented Sort, being 

 more agreeable, are moftly coveted 

 to plant in -fmall Gardens. All 

 thefe Sorts begin to flower in June, 

 and continue all the latter Part of 

 the Year, until the Froll prevents 

 their flowering : for which, toge- 

 ther with the little Trouble requir'd 

 in their Culture, they have greatly 

 obtained in mod Englijh Gardens. 



TAMARIND US, The Tama- 

 rind-tree. 



The CbaraSiers are ; 



The Flower confifts of federal 

 Leaves, which are fo placed as to 

 referable a papilionaceous one in fome 

 tneafure ; but tbefe expand circularly, 

 from whofe many-leaS d Flower-cup 

 rifes the Pointal ; which afterward 

 becomes a flat Pod, containing many 

 flat angular Seeds, Jurrounded with 

 an f.cid blackijh Pulp. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Tree ; wfe. . 



Tamarindus. Rait Hifl. The 

 Tamarind-tree. 



There are iome who imagine the 

 Tamarind - tree of the Eaji-hdiu, 



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and that of thtWeft- Indies, to be dif- 

 ferent ; but I don't remember to 

 have feen them diftinguinVd by any 

 Botanic Author : tho' indeed, from 

 the different Appearance of the Pods, 

 they feem very different ; for the 

 Pods which I have feen of the Eafl- 

 Indian Sort were very long, and 

 contain'd fix or feven Seeds in each ; 

 whereas thofe of the Weft- Indies rare- 

 ly contain more than three or four : 

 but from the Plants which I have 

 rais'd from both Sorts of Seeds, I 

 can't diftinguifh them afunder as 

 yet. 



Thefe Trees grow to a great Mag- 

 nitude in their native Countries ; but 

 in Europe they are preferved as Cu- 

 riofities by thofe who are Lovers of 

 rare Plants. 



They are eafily propagated by 

 fowmg their Seeds on an Hot-bed in 

 the Spring ; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they mould be planted 

 eacn into a feparate fmall Pot filPd 

 with light rich Earth, and plunged 

 into an Hot bed of Tanners Bark, to 

 bring them forward, obferving to 

 water and made them until they have 

 taken Root ; and as the Earth in the 

 Pots appears dry, they muft be wa- 

 tered from time to time ; and mould 

 have Air given to them in propor- 

 tion to the Warmth of the Seafon, 

 and the Bed in which they are pla- 

 ced : when the Pots in which they are 

 planted are fill'd with their Roots, 

 the Plants mould be fhifted into Pots 

 of a larger Size, which muft be hil'd 

 up with rich light Earth, and again 

 plunged into the Hot-bed, giving 

 them Air, as before, according to 

 the Warmth of the Seafon : but in 

 very hot Weather the Glaffes mould 

 be (haded with Mats in the Heat of 

 the Day, otherwife the Sun will be 

 too violent for them through the 

 Glaffes; nor will the Plants thrive, 

 if they are expos'd to fche open Air, 

 4 even 



