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any of it brought over at pre- 

 fent. 



In thole warm Countries they 

 prefervc the Fruit for the Table in 

 the W inter- feafon, when few other 

 Kinds are in Perfection ; at wS.ich 

 time thefe, and Services, and fome 

 other Sorts, furnim their Defftrts. 



The Fruit is fomewhat like a 

 fmall Plum ; but has not a great 

 Share of Flefh upon the Stone ; yet, 

 having an agreeable Flavour, it is 

 by fome Perfons greatly efteemYl. 



The fecond Sort grows wild in 

 the Hedges in the South of France , 

 ftafy, and Spain ; but in thefe colder 

 Countries it is preferv'd in the Gar- 

 dens of thofe who are curious in col- 

 lecting the various Kinds of Trees 

 and Shrubs. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by putting their Stones into Pots of 

 freth light Earth, foon after their 

 Fruits are ripe ; and in Winter they 

 fhould be placed under a common 

 Hbt- bed-frame, where they may be 

 ihelter'd from fevere Froft. In the 

 Spring thefe Pots fhould be plunged 

 into a moderate Hot- bed, which 

 will greatly facilitate the Growth 

 of the Seeds ; and when the Plants 

 are come up, they fhould be enured 

 'to the open Air by degrees, into 

 which they muft be remov'd in June, 

 placing them near the Shelter of an 

 Hedge ; and in dry Weather they 

 inuft be frequently refrefh'd with 

 Water. 



In this Situation they may remain 

 until the Beginning of OSlober, when 

 tr.ey muft be removed either into 

 the Green houfe, or placed under an 

 Hot- bed-frame, where they may be 

 defended from Froft; but fhould 

 have as much free Air as pomble in 

 mild W T eather. 



During the Winter - feafon they 

 fhould be. now-and then refrefh'd 



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with Water ; but after their Leavc3 

 are fallen (as they always fhed them 

 in Winter), they muft not be over- 

 watered ; which would rot the ten- 

 der Fibres of their Roots, and caufe 

 the Plants to decay. 



In March, juft before the Plants 

 begin to fhoot, they lhould be tranf- 

 plantcd, each into a feparate fmall 

 Pot filPd with frelh light Earth ;and 

 it they are plunged into a moderate 

 Hot- bed, it will greatly promote 

 their taking Root ; but in May they 

 mult be enured to the open Air by 

 degrees, into which they mould be 

 foon after removed. 



Thus thefe Plants fhould be ma- 

 nag'd while young, at which time 

 they are tender; but when they are 

 three or four Years old, they may 

 be planted in the full Ground,where, 

 if they have a dry Soil, and a warm 

 Situation, they will endure the Cold 

 of our ordinary Winters very well. 



Thefe Plants may be alfo propa- 

 gated bySuckers, which the old ones 

 many tknes fend fortn from their 

 Roots ; but thefe are feldoni fo well 

 rooted as tho/e produe'd from Seeds, 

 or ieidom make fo good Plants ; for 

 which Reafon they are but rarely 

 propagated that way. 



The third Sort is very common 

 in Barbados, Jamaica, and the other 

 warm Parts of America ; from whence 

 I have feveral times received the 

 Seeds, which generally rife very 

 freely on an Hot-bed ; but the I 

 Plan s, being very tender, require 

 the Heip of a Bark-bed conftantly, 

 without which they will not make 

 any Progrefs ; and in Winter they 

 muft be placed in the Bark-ftove, 

 where, if they are frequently re- 

 frefhed with Water, they will thrive 

 extremely well. There are feveral 

 Plants of this Kind in the Gardens 

 of the Curious ; but I have not ob- 



ferved 



