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on the Botanical Thermometers ; 

 and during the Winter-feafon they 

 mould be often rcfrelhed with Water : 

 but it mould be given them very 

 cautioufly; for too much Mcilture 

 is very hurtful to thefe Plants. You 

 mould alfo carefully warn their 

 Leaves, from time to time, to cleanle 

 them from Filth, which is very fub- 

 je£t to lodge upon the Surface there- 

 of: and in Summer they mould have 

 a good Share of frem Air, by open- 

 ing the Glaffes of the Stove; but 

 they mould never be wholly expofed 

 to the open Air, even in the hotteft 

 Sealcn, unlefs for a fhort time, in 

 a gentle warm Shower of Rain, 

 which will warn the Leaves, and 

 gently refrefh them. 



The Wood of thefe Trees is fo 

 hard, as to break the Tools in fell- 

 ing them ; fo that it is feldom cut 

 flown for Fire-wood, being very 

 difficult to burn. 



But this Wood is of great Ufe 

 to the Sugar planters in America, 

 for making of Wheels, Cogs for the 

 Mills, CSV. and it is brought to Eu- 

 rope, where Bowls, and many Uten- 

 •£!s, are made of this Wood. 

 GUAJAVA, The Guava. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Flowers, for the ?noft part, 

 CQifift of five Leaves, which are 

 -produced in a circular Order, and ex- 

 pand in form of a Rofe, having, many 

 Stamina, or Threads, fur rounding the 

 Ovary : the Ovary is of a long tu- 

 hulous Figure, <which becomes a fi'fiy 

 Fruit, crov:ned on the Top, and con- 

 taining many ftnall hard Seed*. 

 The Spe> ies are ; 



1. Guajava alba duhis. H. L. 

 The white Guava. 



2. Guajava rubra aci da, fruclu 

 rotundiori. H. L. The red Guava. 



3. Guajava alba, fruatu parvo 

 cdori'to. The {mail white fweet- 

 fcested Guava. 



The firft and fecoud Sorts an 

 frequently cultivated in America, fo 

 the Fruit ; which are reckonec 

 among the good Fruits ofthelflands 

 thefe produce Fruit about the Siz< 

 and Shape of Medlars : the Flefh o 

 the firft Sort is red, and that of thi 

 fecond white ; the latter beinj 

 fweeter than the former, which i 

 auftere and aftringent, fomewha 

 like the Pomgranate : but whethe: 

 thefe are fpecifically different, 01 

 both arife from the fame Seeds, J 

 cannot determine. 



The third Sort is found wild ir 

 all the Iflands of the Weft-Indies 

 where it is frequently imermixec 

 v/ith the two former : the Fruit ot 

 this Sort is oval, and about the Sia 

 of a large Goofberry, of a dirty, 

 white Colour ; and, when ripe 

 fmells exceeding fweet : a fmglc 

 Fruit of this will perfume the Aii 

 of a large Stove ; which is what J 

 never have obferved in either of thl 

 other Sorts, which have ripened 

 their Fruit often in England. 



Thefe Trees grow to the Height 

 of twenty Feet, or more, in the 

 Weft-Indies, and have Trunks a 

 thick as a Man's Thigh : but witl 

 us in England they are preferved ii 

 warm Stoves, and are rarely feei 

 above eight or ten Feet high : the 

 there are feveral Trees which hav 

 produced Fruit in England. 



Thefe Plants are propagated b 

 fowing their Seeds in an Hot-be 

 in the Spring ; and if the Seeds ar 

 frem, they will come up very foon 

 and the Plants will grow pretty faft 

 fo that when they are about tw 

 Inches high, they mould each < 

 them be tranfplanted into a fing" 

 Halfpeny Pot filled with light rkl 

 Earth, and plunged into a frem Ho I 

 bed, in order to bring them forwarc I 

 obferving to give them Air, in pril 

 portion to the Warmth of the We;l 



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