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equally together, that the Sap may 

 .meet ; then cut a little Tongue up- 

 ward in the Graft, and make a 

 Notch in the Stock to admit it; fo 

 that when they are joined, the 

 Tongue will prevent their flipping, 

 and the Graft will moreclofely unite 

 with the Stock. HaviDg thus placed 

 them exactly together, yeu muft tie 

 them with fome Bafs, or other foft 

 Tying ; then cover the Place with 

 grafting Clay, to prevent the Air 

 from entering to dry the Wound, or 

 the Wet from getting in to rot the 

 Stock : you fhould alfo fix a Stake 

 into the Ground to which that Part 

 of the Stock, as alfo the Graft, mould 

 be fattened, to prevent the Wind 

 from breaking them afunder, which 

 is often the Cafe when this Precau- 

 tion is not obferved. 



In this manner they are to remain 

 about four Months, by which time 

 $hey will be fufhciently united ; and 

 the Graft may then be cut from the 

 .Mother tree, obferving to Hope it 

 off clofe to the Stock : and if at this 

 time you cover the joined Parts with 

 frehh grafting Clay, it will be of 

 great Service to the Graft. 



This Operation is always per- 

 formed in April or A/?y, that the 

 Graft may unite with the Stock be- 

 fore the fucceeding Winter ; and is 

 commonly praflifed upon Oranges, 

 Myrtles, Jafmines, Walnuts, Firs, 

 Pines, and fever al other Trees, 

 which will not fucceed by common 

 Grafting or Budding. But altho' I 

 have mentioned Orange-trees among 

 the reft, yet I would by no means 

 advife this Practice where the Trees 

 are defigned to grow large, which, 

 in this Method, they rarely ever will 

 do : and it is chiefly pradtifed upon 

 thofe Tree* only as a Curiofity, to 

 have a young Plant with Fruit upon 

 it, in a Year or two from Seed, by 

 inarching a bearing Branch into a 



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young Stock, whereby it is effected ; 

 yet thefe Plants are feldom long- 

 liv'd. 



INDIGO. Vide Ami. 

 IXGA. 



This is the American Name of the 

 Pkntj for which we have no Eng- 

 lijb Name at prefent. 



The Characters are; 

 It hath a funnel-Jbaped Flower, 

 conjifting of one L af whofe Tube is 

 fur be lowed :fr:m the Flower-cup arifes 

 the Point al, fixed like a Nail in the 

 Hinder-part of the Flotver, which af- 

 terward becomes a foft flr/hy Pod ; in 

 which are contained many irregular 

 Seeds inclofedin a fweet Pulp. 



We know but one Species of this 

 Plant ; 



Inga fore alio fimbriato> frudu 

 dulci. Plum. Nov. Gen. Inga with a 

 white furbelowtd Flower, and a 

 fweet Fruit. 



This Tree is very common on the 

 North Side of the Jfland of Jamaica, 

 at La Vera Cruz, and in fever al 

 ether Parts of the Spanifo Wefl-ln- 

 dJes ; where it rifes to tne Height of 

 fixteen or twenty Feet, and fends 

 forth many crooked ftraggling 

 Blanche?, which hang downward, 

 and are covered with a whitiih Bark. 

 The Flowers come out at the Ends 

 of the Branches, which are fucceeded 

 by the Pods, which are fometimes 

 eaten by the Negroes. 



In Europe this Plant is preferred 

 by thefe Perfons who are curious in 

 t'xotic Plants : it is propagated by 

 Seeds, which fnould be Town early 

 in the Spring, in Pots filed with 

 light rich Earth, and plunged into 

 an Hot-bed of Tanners Bark. When 

 the Plants are come up two Inches 

 high, they fhould 'be carefully tranf- 

 planted into leparate Pots filled with 

 light rich Earth, and then plunged 

 into the Hot-bed again, being care- 

 ful to (hade them from die Sun, un- 

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