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try can be fupplied with thebeft Sort 

 in Plenty from the American Colo- 

 nies, it would be of great Benefit 

 to thofe Places; and it might be af- 

 forded at a much cheaper Rate, than 

 is now paid for it. 



The Seeds of two of the India 

 Cottons have been very lately 

 brought to England-, and the Plants, 

 which have been produced from 

 them, have a very different Appear- 

 ance from any of thofe Sorts which 

 were before known here ; but as 

 they have not as yet produced either 

 Flower or Fruit, I cannot fay any 

 thing of their Worth. 



All thefe Sorts are preferved in 

 the Gardens of thofe who are curi- 

 ous in collecling rare Plants : they 

 are cafiiy raifed from Seeds (which 

 may be obtain'd frem from the Pla- 

 ces of their Growth) : thefe muft be 

 fown upon an Hot-bed early in the 

 Spring; and when the Plants come 

 up, they mull be transplanted out 

 each into a feparate fmall Pot fiiPd 

 with frem light Earth, and plung'd 

 into a moderate Hot- bed of Tanners 

 Bark, obferving to water and (hade 

 them until theyhave takenRoot; after 

 which they mould have Air and Wa- 

 ter in proportion to the Warmth of 

 the Seafon, and the Heat of the Bed 

 in which they are placed : for if they 

 are too much drawn, by keeping the 

 GlafTes clofedown in the Day-time, 

 they will run up very weak and 

 flender, fo as not to be able to fup- 

 port themfeives ; and if they are too 

 much expos'd to the Air, they will 

 not make any Prcgrefs in their 

 Growth. 



When the Plants are fo far ad- 

 vance.], as to fill the Pots with their 

 Roots, they mould be (haken out, 

 and put into larger Pots ; which 

 mould be filPd with the fame frem 

 Jight Earth, and again plung'd into 

 the Hot-bed, and managed as be- 



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fore. Thus, from time to time, as 

 the Plants advance, the muft be re- 

 moved into larger Pots ; and as the 

 Warmth of the Seafon increafes, 

 they mould have a greater Share of 

 Air ; and when they are too tall to 

 continue under the GlafTes of the 

 Hot-bed-frame, they muft be re- 

 moved into the Stove, and placed in 

 the Tan-bed, amongft other tender 

 Exotic Trees and Shrubs; in which 

 Place the annual Sorts will produce 

 their Flowers in Autumn ; but they 

 rarely produce Pods in this Coun- 

 try. 



The fecond Sort has more gene- 

 rally ripen'd in England than the 

 other ; and the Seeds which have 

 been ripened here, have always fuc- 

 ceeded better, than thofe which have 

 been obtained from abroad. 



The Tree-kinds muft be continu- 

 ed in this Bark-Move all the Winter ; 

 and if they are placed with the All- 

 fpice, Sea fide Grape, and fuch other 

 Wejl- Indian Trees, obferving to keep 

 the Air of the Floufe about ten De- 

 grees above the temperate Heat 

 markM on the Botanical Thermome- 

 ters, they will thrive very well, pro- 

 vided they are often rcfrefti'd with. 

 Water. 



XYLON ARBOREUM. Vide 

 Ceiba. 



XYLOSTEON, Upright Honey- 

 fuckle. 



The Characters are ; 



The Flower confifts of one Leaf, is 

 tubulous, and divided into federal 

 Parts at the Top, and refls on the Em- 

 palement ; thefe are for the mofl part 

 produced by Pairs on the fame Foot- 

 Jlalk : The Empalement afterward 

 becomes a foft double Fruit or Berry, 

 inclojing cqmprejjfed roundijh Seeds. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Plant at prefent known ; <vi%. 



Xylosteos Pyrenaicum. Inji. R. 

 H. Pyrenean Upright Honey fuckle. 

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