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Female in different Trees ; fo that 

 in order to have good Fruit, there 

 muft be both Sexes planted near each 

 other. 



The other Sorts are as hardy as 

 this ; fo may be treated in the fame 

 manner. There are fome old Plants 

 of the Turpentine-tree in the Englijb 

 Gardens, which are growing againft 

 Walls, and have refilled the Cold of 

 our Winter many Years ; though all 

 thefe Sorts are tender while they are 

 young, and muft have a little Shel- 

 ter for three or four Years, until the 

 Plants have obtained Strength ; after 

 which they will live in the open Air, 

 and are feldom injur'd but by ievere 

 Troll. 



The fifth and fixth Sorts grow 

 plentifully in the Ifland of Jamaica, 

 and in feveral other Places in the 

 Wejl-Ihdies ; where the fifth Sort is 

 called the Hog-doclor, or Boar-tree, 

 and the fixth Sort is called the Birch- 

 tree. Thefe Trees grow to the 

 Height of thirty or forty Feet in the 

 Places of their natural Growth, and 

 have very large Trunks. The fifth 

 Sort produces fmall purple Flowers 

 at the Extremity of their Branches, 

 which generally appear before the 

 Leaves come out ; for the Trees are 

 deftitute of their Leaves a confider- 

 able time. From the Trunk and 

 Branches of this Tree, there ifiues 

 out a Balfam of the Confidence and 

 Smell of Turpentine; which is 

 greatly ufed by the Inhabitants to 

 heal green Wounds. 



The fixth Sort produces fmall 

 purple Flowers at the Extremity of 

 the Branches, which generally pre- 

 cede the Leaves, like the other Sort : 

 for the Leaves of this Tree fall off 

 in November ; and in February they 

 put out new ones The Trunk and 

 Branches of this Tree being wound- 

 ed, there flows out a liquid Balfam, 

 which the Inhabitants call Hoggum, 



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and make ufe of it to vomit or purge 

 in chronical Difeafes : the ufual Dote 

 js a Quarter of an Ounce for a ftrong 

 Man, which is given in a Glafs of 

 Water ; and will certainly vomit in 

 a Quarter of an Hour after taking, 

 without making the Perfon fick, or 

 caufing any Uneafinefs. The Inha- 

 bitants of Jamaica confidently af- 

 firm, that when the wild Hogs are 

 wounded, they will repair to thefe 

 Trees-, and rub againlt the Trunks 

 till the Balfam flows out ; when they 

 rub their wounded Part on the Bal- 

 fam, which cures them ; which oc- 

 cafion\l their calling it the Hog-dofior- 

 tree. 



Thefe Trees may be propagated 

 either by Seeds or Cuttings; but 

 the Seeds will not retain their grow- 

 ing Quality long ; therefore they 

 mould be put into a Box of Earth 

 foon after they are ripe, and when 

 the Plants are come up, and have 

 obtained Strength, they may be 

 brought to England; but there mould 

 be great Care taken of them in their 

 Paffage, that they are not injur'd by 

 fait Water ; not fhould they have 

 much frefh Water given to them, 

 efpeciaily as they come into a cooler 

 Climate; for too much Moifture 

 will foon deltroy them. In like 

 manner alfo mould the Cuttings cf 

 thefe Trees be managed ; for they 

 mould be planted in Tubs of Earth, 

 and kept in the Country until they 

 are well rooted ; for if they are fent 

 over before they have taken good 

 Root, they feldom come good td 

 England. When thefe arrive, they 

 mould be each tranfplanted into fe- 

 parate Pots fill'd with frelh light ' 

 Earth, ar.d plung'd into a moderate 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark ; obferv- 

 ing, if the Seafon is very warm, to 

 fhade them from the Sun in the Heat 

 of the Day, and refrem them every 

 other Day with Water ; but do not 

 4 R give 



