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kker ; and in Summer - time they 

 will require to be frequently wa- 

 tered ; and in the Beginning of 

 July you muft let them have a plen- 

 tiful Share of Air, in order to harden 

 them before Winter j for if you con- 

 tinue forcing them quite thro' the 

 Summer, you will get them to be 

 very large in one Seafon ; but then 

 they'll be fo tender, that it will be 

 difficult to preferve them in Win- 

 ter. 



At the Latter-end of Augu{l y or 

 Beginning of Scptemb.r, you mould 

 remove the Pots into the Stove, 

 where they lhould be placed in a mo- 

 derate Situation, i. e. not too near 

 the l ire, nor at too great a Diftance 

 therefrom : the temperate Heat, as 

 mark'd upon the Botanical Thermo- 

 meters, agreeing better with them 

 than a greater Degree. During the 

 Winter-feaion they muft be often 

 refreshed with Water, efpecially if 

 they are placed upon Shelves in the 

 Stove ; but if they are plunged into 

 Tanners Bark, they will not require 

 it fo often ; nor muit they have too 

 much given at a time. You lhould 

 |alfo frequently warn their Leaves 

 with a Cloth in Winter, in order to 

 cleanfe them from Dult, and other 

 Filth, which have been colledted 

 upon the Surfaces of the Leaves, 

 during their being in the Houfe ; 

 as alfo from Vermin, which are very 

 fubjeft to infeft thefe Plants. Jn 

 'Summer you ma) expofe them to 

 the Ajr, by removing or opening 

 ithe Glafies in the Front of the Stove ; 

 land in very warm Weather they 

 may be placed abroad in a warm Si- 

 tuation ; but they mould not remain 

 ^ong abroad, efpecially if the Seafon 

 us cold : for when they are treated 

 ;oo hardily, they will never produce 

 l.-ither Fruit or Flowers; whereas, 

 ivheu they are rightly managed, they 



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will flower the third Seafoh after 

 their being fown. 



Thefe Frees are planted every- 

 where in the Caribbee Ifands for 

 thejr Ufefulnefs ; though the ufuai 

 Manner of their Cultivation is by 

 being eaten : the Seeds, pafiing intire 

 thro 1 the Body, are voided in the 

 Excrements; fo that where -ever 

 the Negroes dung, there will never 

 want a Supply of thefe Trees ; which 

 is often fo great, as to become trou- 

 blefome in their Plantations and 

 Savanna's. 



u The Fruit (fays SlvHans Shane ) 

 " is accounted extremely pleafant, 

 " delicious, and wholibme; and may 

 tf very defervedly take the firft Place 

 " among the Wef -Indian Fruits, if 

 " eaten when thoroughly ripe. They 

 "have (continues he; only this In- 

 " convenience* that being very 

 rt allringent, they Hop up the Belly^ 

 " if eaten in great Quantities ; and 

 " the Seeds fometimes ilicking to 

 " the hard Excrement, in coming 

 *? thro' the Inteftines, efpecially the 

 '* Reclum 9 by their irregular fharp 

 M Angles, will occafion very great 

 " Pain there, and very often bring 

 " a Flux of Blood." 



GUANABANUS, TheCuftard- 

 apple. 



The Characters are ; 



The Empalement of the Flower con- 

 fifis of three fmall pointed Lsai es: 

 the Flowers of feme Sorts have only 

 three , lut in others fx Petals ; in the 

 latter \ three are alternately lefs than 

 the other : from the Emtalcment arifes 

 the Point al> which afterward becr.mes 

 an oval or round fitfy foft Fruit, 

 ituhfng fevered ohlang Jmooth hard 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 

 I . GuanaBanus fruSlu aurso, 

 molliter acuhato. Plum. Nov. G~n. 

 The Cuftard- apple. 



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