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plunged into the Hot-bed again, ob- 

 ferving to fcreen them from the Sun 

 every Day, until they have taken 

 Rootj after which time they mould 

 have Air admitted to them every 

 Day, in proportion to the Warmth 

 of the Seafon, and the Heat of the 

 Bed in which they are placed ; they 

 muit alfo be frequently watered in 

 hot Weather : in this Bed they may 

 remain till Michaelmas ; at which 

 time they fnould be removed into 

 the Stove, and plunged into the 

 Tan. During the Winter -feafon, 

 they mull be kept very warm, and 

 frequently refrefhed with Water ; 

 but it mud not be given to them in 

 large Quantities; but in Summer 

 they mould have frefh Air admitted 

 to them in warm Weather, and wa- 

 tered more plentifully : but they 

 muft conftantly remain in the Stove ; 

 for they are too tender to live in the 

 open Air in this Country in the 

 warmer! Seafon. Thefe Plants, hav- 

 ing thick, ftrongi green Leaves, 

 make an agreeable Appearance in 

 the Stoves ; and it may be expected 

 to fee the Fruit brought to Perfection 

 in fome of the Stoves which have 

 been lately erected. 



GUAJACANA. Vide Diofpy- 

 ros. 



GUAIACUM, Lignum Vtafc, 



*Vulg0. 



The Characters are ; 



// bath pinnated Leaves: the Flower 

 conjijls of federal Petals, nvbicb are 

 placed orbicularly and expand in firm 



a Rcfe: the Feint al of the Flower, 

 which r.rifes from the Centre of the 

 Calyx, becomes a flejhy, roundi/b, ftony 

 Fruit, or the forty Seeds are fur rounded 

 with a thin Pulp. 



The Specits are ; 



I.Guaiacum/^£ cceruUo,frutiu 

 r ubrotundo. Plum. Lignum Vine, 

 )r Wood of Life, with a blueriower, 

 ifld roundim Fruit. 



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2. GuaIACUM fere cceruleo fm~ 

 briato, fruQu tetrogono. Plum. Lig- 

 num V tae, with a blie v fringed 

 Flower, and a four corner'd Fruit. 



Thefe two Plants are Natives of 

 the hotteft Parts of the W ft- Indies, 

 and are with great Difficult} ti mf- 

 planted into England; for tueir Seeds 

 feldom rife with us, unlefs they are 

 brought very frefh, and are fown 

 foon after they arrive : I have fome 

 young Plants in the Phyfic-garden, 

 which were raifed from Seeds, Anno 

 1726. and have come on very well, 

 tho' they are naturally Plants of 

 very flow Growth. 



Thefe Plants may be brought over 

 from America in any of the Summer- 

 months, which is the fureft Method 

 to obtain them, their Seeds being 

 very difficult to grow: but great 

 Care fhould be taken to tranfplant 

 them into a Tub or Box of Earth at 

 leaft a Month before they are put ori 

 board the Ship, tnat they may- be 

 fettled in the Earth, and Charge 

 given to theSailora not to over water 

 them in their Parage ; which is 

 what hath deftroyed more Plants' 

 fen. from abroad, than either the 

 Coid, of any other Accident or Ma- 

 nagement whatever. 



When the Plants arrive, they 

 fhould be immediately taken out of 

 the Tubs, prefervmg fome Earth 

 about their Root?, and planted into 

 Pots filled with frefh rich Earth, 

 and plunged into an Hor-bed of 

 Tanners JBa-k, to facilitate their 

 making frefh Roots, that they may 

 be enabled to live thro' the Winter; 

 for if they are not well rooted iri 

 the Earth before the cold Weather 

 ccmes on, it will be difficult to pre- 

 ferve them. 



in OTobcr they mould be removed 

 into a warm Stove, where the Ther- 

 mometer fhould be kept up to twerty 

 Degrees above Temperate, as mark'd 

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