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Botanical Thermometers; but in 

 Summer they will require a much 

 greater Share of Warmth. 



I don't find anyAuthors, who have 

 written on this Plant, mention its 

 growing wild in any Parts of the 

 Weft- Indies. I* ere Plumier fays, It 

 is cultivated in Gardens, to cover" 

 Arbours and Seat% for theGoodnefs 

 of its Fruit, which ripens in April 

 or May, and is of a wonderful re- 

 freming Nature; and is commonly 

 ufed in Fevers as a Cordial Syrup, in 

 the ftead of Rob of Goofberries. 

 The French call the Fruit of this 

 Plant Pomfnes de Liane ; and the Eng- 

 UJb % Water-lemon, as chiefly delight- 

 ing to grow in a moift Soil. The 

 Flowers of this Plant have a very 

 agreeable Scent, and are extremely 

 beautiful. 



The ninth Sort alfo is an abiding 

 Plant, but never becomes fo woody 

 as the former : the Staiks are com- 

 monly of a green herbaceous Co- 

 lour, and triangular: the Leaves nre 

 broader and fhorter, but not fo thick 

 as thofe of the former, and of a 

 livelier green Colour : the Flowers 

 of this Kind are very large, and of 

 a fine red Colour, inclining to Pur- 

 ple, and very Tweet : the Fruit is 

 about the Size of a middling Appie, 

 and of an agreeable Flavour. 



This mr.y alfo be propagated by 

 Seeds or Layers, as the former Sort, 

 and mufl be managed exactly in the 

 lame manner ; fb that I fhall not re- 

 peat here, bat only cbferve, that 

 this will alfo grow from Cuttings, if 

 planted in an Hot-bed during any of 

 the Summer- months. 



PcrePlu?nter obferv'd this Plant in 

 the Ifte of St. Domingo : it flowers 

 there in 



The tenth Sort is very common in 

 moft Parti of the Co.ribbee Iflands. I 

 have alfo received Seeds of it from 

 the &aba??:a Ifiands, from which I 



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have raifed Plants of this Kind that 

 have produced Flowers and Fruits in 

 the Phyfic-garden at Chelfea. It re- 

 quires much the fame Management 

 as the two former Sorts, tho' I could 

 never propagate this either by Cut- 

 tings or Layers. It requires a great 

 Share of Water, efpecially in the 

 Summer-feafon, without which it 

 will rarely flower ; but in Winter it 

 mult have it more fparingly, tho' it 

 will often require to be refreflied. 

 This delights in the fame Degree of 

 Heat with the former. 



The Flowers of this Plant are very 

 fmall, and of fhort Duration ; nor 

 is there any great Beauty in the Plant, 

 or any thing valuable in its Fruit, to 

 recommend it : however, it may have 

 a Place in great Collections of Plants* 

 to add to theVariety. 



The eleventh and twelfth Sorts I 

 have had come up in the Earth, 

 which came from the Weft-Indies J 

 but I have not as yet feen their 

 Flowers : thefe may be preferved in 

 the fame manner as the former, but 

 delight to grow in a moift Soil ; 

 therefore mufl be often refreihed 

 with Water. Neither of thefe pro- 

 mife to be of long Continuance, tho* 

 I am apt to believe they may be pro- 

 pagated by Layers. 



The thirteenth Sort is alfo a peren* 

 nia! Plant, which is very common hi 

 divers Parts of the Weft-Indies : the 

 Flowers of this Kind are very fmall, 

 and of a greenilh Colour, without 

 Smell ; and the Fruit is of a fine* 

 purple Colour, when ripe. It requires 

 the fame Management as the former, 

 and may be propagated by laying 

 down the Branches early in the 

 Spring. 



The Seeds of the four laft- men- 

 tioned Sons were fent fromZa Verd 

 Cruz, by the late Dr. William Houf* . 

 taun : the fourteenth Sort is new, 

 and has not been mentioned by an y 

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