G U 



G U 



befl Boundary, where there are not 

 fine Profpe&s to be gained. 



Thefe clofe Groves are by the 

 French termed Bofquets, from the 

 Italian Word Bofquetto, which fig- 

 nines a little Wood : and in moft of 

 the French Gardens there are many 

 of them planted ; but thefe are re- 

 duced to regular Figures, as Ovals, 

 Triangles, Squares, and Stars : but 

 thefe have neither the Beauty or Ufe 

 which thofe have that are made irre- 

 gularly, and whofe Walks are not 

 fhut up on each Side by Hedges, 

 which prevents the Eye from feeing 

 the Quarters ; and thefe want the 

 .Fragrancy of the Shrubs and Flow- 

 ers, which are the great Delight of 

 thefe private Walks ; add to this, 

 the keeping of the Hedges in good 

 Order is attended with a great Ex- 

 pence ; which is a capital Thing to 

 be confidcred in the making of Gar- 

 dens. 



GUAIABARA, Sea-fide Grape, 

 *aulgo. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath a Flower cenffing of fx 

 Leaves, which expand in form of a 

 Mofe : in the Centre arifes the Point a/, 

 which afterward becomes a pulpy 

 JFruit, inclofng one roundijb Stone ter- 

 minating in a Point. 

 The Species are ; 



t. Gua i abara alia racemofa, 

 foliis oblongis. Plum. Manuf. Sea-ude 

 Grape, with oblong Leaves. 



2. Guaiaeara foliis rctundiori- 

 bus. Houji. The common Sea fide 

 Grape. 



3. Guaiaeara alia raccmofa y 

 foliis lattjfmis. Hcufl . Sea- fide Grape, 



with very broad Leaves. 



4.. Guaiaeara foliis minor 7 'bus 

 Cjf longioribus, frutJu racemofo mini- 

 tno atro-purpurco. Houji. Sea- fide 

 Grape, with fmaller and longer 

 Leaves, and the lead dark-purple 



Fruit growing in Bunches, common* 

 ly called Chigery Grape. 



The fecond Sort is very common 

 in Jamaica, and all the Caribbec 

 Iflands ; where it grows on the fandy 

 Shores, from whence it had the 

 Name of Sea- fide Grapes, the F"ruit 

 growing in a long (lender Bunch. 

 This Fruit is commonly fold in the 

 Markets in Barbados, where it is 

 much efteemed. 



The firft Sort is common at Car- 

 thagena in New Spain, from whence 

 I received the Seeds ; which were 

 collected by the late Dr. William 

 Houfloun. 



The third Sort was alfo difcover^ 

 ed by the fame Gentleman at La 

 V era Cruz ; who fent the Seeds into 

 England, from which feveral Plants 

 were raifed. Thefe two Sorts alfo 

 grow on the fandy Shores near the 

 Sea. 



Thefe Shrubs ufually grow about 

 ten or twelve Feet high, and have 

 feveral Trunks arifing from the fame 

 Root, fo that they appear like large 

 Bufhes. The Fruit comes out from 

 the Wings of the Leaves in long 

 flender Bunches, which are about 

 the Size of an ordinary Raifin in the 

 fecond Sort 1 but the firft and third 

 Sorts produce very fmall Fruit, 

 which are feldom gathered. The fe<- 

 cond Sort is figured in Lobel\ Hijiory 

 of Plants, under the Title of Po* 

 pulus Novi Orbis. 



All thefe Sorts are propagated by 

 Seeds, which mould be fown in fmall 

 Pots filled with light rich Earth, and 

 plunged into an Hot-bed of Tan- 

 ners Bark : in about a Month after 

 which, the Plants will appear above-- 

 ground. When they are about two 

 Inches high, they mult be fhaken 

 out of the Pots, and feparated care- 

 fully, planting each into a fmall Pot 

 filled with light rich Earth, and then 

 plunged 



