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jer'd to He in Heaps together, left 

 they mould grow mouldy ; after 

 which they commonly rot when they 

 are planted again. 



The Off-fets of thefe Rcots,which 

 are not large enough to produce 

 Flowers the iucceeding Year, mould 

 * bealfo put by themfelves, keeping 

 each Sort diftinft : thefe mould be 

 planted about a Month earlier in Au- 

 tamn than the blowing Roots, in 

 particular Beds in the Flower'-nurfe- 

 ly, where they may not be expofed 

 to public View : but the Earth of 

 the Beds mould be prepared for 

 them in the fame manner as for lar- 

 ger Roots ; tho' thefe muft not be 

 planted above five Inches deep, and 

 may be plac'd much nearer together 

 than thofe which are to flower ; and 

 in one Year moft of them will be- 

 come ftrong enough to flower, when 

 they may be remov'd into the Flow- 

 er-garden, and plac'd in the Beds 

 amongft thofe of the fame Kinds. 



TULIPIFERA, The Tulip- 

 tree. 



The CharaBers are ; 



The Flower eonffs of /enteral 

 Leaves, which expand in fuch a man- 

 ner ; as ( by feme thought) to refemble 

 a Tulip : the Pointal rifes in the Cen- 

 tre of the Flower, furrounded by a 

 great Number of Chives ; and after- 

 ward becomes a fquamous Fruit, or 

 Cone, growing ereft : to thefe Marks 

 may be added, The Leaves, for the 

 mojl part, being angular, the Upper- 

 part is hollowed as if cut off with 

 Scifars, terminating in two Feints. 



We have but one Sort of this 

 Tree ; viz. 



Tulipi FE R A arbor Virgin iana . H. 

 L. The Virginian Tulip-tree. 



This Tree is very common -in 

 America, where it grows to a great 

 Magnitude ; but in England there 

 are at prefent very few of them 

 which have arriv'd to any confidcra- 



ble Stature. This Tree was former- 

 ly kept in Pots and Tubs, and houf- 

 ed in Winter with great Care ; in 

 which Management the Plants made 

 but poor Progrefs, nor would ever 

 have produced Flowers. But about 

 fixty Years ago there was one of 

 thefe Trees planted out in a Wilder- 

 nefs in the Gardens of the Right 

 Hon. the Earl of Peterborough at 

 Par/ons -Green, near Fulham ; which 

 foon convine'd the Curious of their 

 Miftake in the Culture of this Tree, 

 by the great Progrefs it made ; and 

 in a few Years after it produced 

 Flowers. This Tree is yet Handing, 

 and annuallyproduces a great Quan- 

 tity of Flowers; tho* fome of the 

 Branches begin to decay, which per- 

 haps may have been occafion'd by 

 its being too clofely furrounded with 

 other Trees ; whofe Roots are fo 

 much entangled with thofe of this 

 Tree, that they draw the Nourish- 

 ment of the Ground from it. In 

 fome Years this Tree produces 

 Cones; but they have not ever been 

 perfected, fo as to contain good 

 Seeds. 



There are fome other Trees of 

 this kind which have producedFlow- 

 ers feveral Years ; tho' there are 

 not many of them very large ; the 

 biggeft I have feen (excepting that 

 at Par/ons -grce?i) is cot more than 

 35 or 40 Feet high; whereas Lord 

 Peterborough's i: upwards of 60 Feet 

 high, and is proportionally large in 

 the Trunk ; but this has a naked 

 Body near forty Feet high, all the 

 Branches growing near the Top of 

 the Tree; which might be occasion- 

 ed by being fo clofely furrounded 

 with otherTrees ; for I have obferv- 

 ed. where- ever they have a more 

 open Situatipn, they are fubjeft to 

 extend their Branches, and do not 

 afpire upward very much ; tho* 

 they generally have one upright 



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