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Qthtrs of the Flower is filiated the 

 Pointal, attended by ten fender Sta- 

 Jliino, which are Jlr etched out beyond 

 the Petals: the Point al afterward 

 turns to a comprejftd Pod, which opens 

 both ways, and contains two or three 

 compreffed kidney f japed Seeds. 



There is but 0: 2 Species of this 

 Tree at prefent known, nor hath the 

 Plant been long introduced into Eu- 

 rope ; tho' the Wood has been long 

 ufed in dyeing of Red and Scarlets; 

 and it is from this Wood affording 

 fuch Dyes, that Dr. Linnaus has 

 given this Title to the Genus of 

 H<ematoxyluw 9 i. e. Bloodwood. 

 Thole Authors who have mentioned 

 this Tree before him (which are but 

 few) have given it the Title of Cam- 

 ferhy Wood, from its growing plen- 

 tifully in the Bay of Camp ec by : but 

 as it is found growing in many other 

 Places, that Name is very impro- 

 perly applied to it. 



Hi£MAT0XYLUM foliis pennatis, 

 folio lis ouato - cordatis. Logwood 

 with winged Leaves, whofe fmall 

 Lobes are of an oval Heart-fhape. 



This Tree, in the natural Places 

 cf its Growth, is from fixteen to 

 twenty -four Feet in Height: tfte 

 Stems generally are very crooked 

 and deformed ; the Branches alfc* 

 come out very ftraggling and irregu- 

 lar, and are feldom well cloathed 

 v.;th Leaves, fo that it makes but 

 an indifferent Appearance : but the 

 Wood is of great Service in dyeing 

 ef Reds, Scarlets, and fome other 

 Colours; without which it will be 

 very difficult to dye fome of thefe 

 Colours. This Tree growing plen- 

 tifully in the Bays of Campechy and 

 Honduras, which Places are in the 

 Poffelhon of the Spaniards, who pre- 

 tend to have a Right of excluding 

 all other Nations from cutting of 

 this Wood, has occahoned many 

 Differences between them and the 



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other Powers of Europe ; but par- 

 ticularly with the EngUJh, who claim 

 a Privilege, granted to them by an- \ 

 tient Treaties, of cutting this Wood 1 

 in both thofe Places : but it is to | 

 be hoped, that the EngVJh may be ] 

 fupplied with this Commodity from j 

 their own Settlements in AmericaA 

 where it grows as well, as in either , 

 of thofe Bays; fo that it muftbef 

 wholly afcribed to the Indolence of 

 the Inhabitants of the Britip Colo- 

 nies, in not cultivating thefe Treeq 

 in the Swamps, which will produce 

 little elfe, if there is not enough of 

 this Wood, to fupply the Englijh 

 Confumption ; for thefe Trees wilj 

 grow large enough for Ufe, in ten 

 or twelve Years from the Seed: and 

 it is to be obferved, that where any 

 of thefe Trees have been planted in 

 the Britijh Iflands, they have in a 

 few Years produced Seed. 1 :, which 

 have featured, and filled the neigh- 

 bouring Ground with young Plants, 

 which have grown extremely well 

 without any Care : fo that if a few 

 Trees were planted upon all the 

 waite'fwampy Grounds in the Iflands, 

 and protected from being over- run 

 with other Plants, they would, in a 

 few Years, fpread over thefe Swamps, 

 and a fufficient Sto.£k of the Wood 

 would be produced : but I fear the 

 Planters have little Curiofity to try 

 thefe Experiments^ and nothing but 

 the Culture of Sugar will take Place 

 among them. 



This Plant is preferved in fome 

 curious Gardens in England, for the 

 fake of Variety. The Seeds arc 

 frequently brought from America^ 

 which, if frefh, do readily grow 

 When fown upon a good Hot-bed : 

 and if the Plants are kept in a mo- 

 derate hot-bed, they will grow to 

 be upward of a Foot high the fam< 

 Year; and, while the Plants art, 

 young,, they are generally well fur 



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