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tered. This Plant may be propa- 

 gated by Layers, or by budding it 

 fapon the common Bay : but you 

 mult not plant it into very rich Earth, 

 which will caufe it. to grow vigo- 

 roufiy, whereby it will become quite 

 plain; but, on the contrary, let it 

 lave a frefn light fandy Soil, in 

 which it will very well preferve its 

 beautiful Stripe. 



The 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 

 9'.h Sorts are commonly preferved 

 in Pots or Tubs, and placed in the 

 Green-houfe with Oranges, Myr- 

 tles, oV. But I dare fay, either of 

 thefe Sorts will thrive in the open 

 Air, if planted in a warm dry Soil, 

 and defended from the North and 

 £aft Winds ; but efpeciaily the broad - 

 ltav*d Sort, which, I have experi- 

 enced, will endure more Cold than 

 the common Bay : but as they are 

 lefs common, io they are generally 

 preferved with more Care ; tho' they 

 may either of them be propagated 

 in as great Plenty either by Layers 

 pr Seeds ; for they will bear great 

 Plenty of Berries, provided they are 

 not kept lhear*d ; and thefe Berries 

 will rife full as well, and, many 

 times, out-grow the common Bay, 

 as I have frequently obferved : fo 

 that why we have not thefe Trees in 

 as great Plenty as the -common Sort, 

 is only owing to their not being pro- 

 pagated and planted abroad ; moll 

 People imagining, becaufe they have- 

 been hitherto treated with great 

 Care, that therefore they will not 

 endure the Cold : which is a great 

 Miftake ; for we have found, by re- 

 peated Trials, which have been made 

 within a few Years pair, that many 

 of thofe Plants which had been nurf- 

 ed up in Green-houfes with great 

 Care (w hereby their Roots were con- 

 fir/d, and the Plants circumfcrib'd 

 and ftarvM in their Growth), when 

 planted abroad, have made great 



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Progrefs, and defy'd the molt fevere 

 Cold of our Climate to injure them : 

 which is a great Encouragement to> 

 proceed in our Trials of tnis Kind ; 

 lince, by this Method, we may na- 

 turalize a great Variety of valuable 

 Trees and Plants to our Country, 

 which may hereafter be found of 

 great Benefit. Nor mould we be 

 difcouraged, if, in the firlt Attempt, 

 we mould not fucceed fo well as we 

 might wifh ; for, by feveral Effays, 

 we may overcome the Difficulty; 

 and then the Pleafure of having de- 

 nizen'd any Exotic Trees, will fuf- 

 ficiently compenfate the Trouble, 

 fmce hereby we eftabliih living Mo- 

 numents of Praife. 



The Indian Bay 13 too tender to 

 endure our cpld Winters abroad as 

 yet : tho 1 I doubt not but that when 

 thefe Plants are very ftrong and 

 woody, and fome Care taken in their 

 firir Expofure, they may- be brought 

 to thrivg in the open Air ; which if 

 once obtain'd, io as to have Seeds 

 produced in England, the Off-fpring 

 will be better inured to our Climate. 

 And if this Plant can be once well 

 naturaliz'd, fo as to grow as in the 

 warmer Parts of Europe, it will be 

 one of the nobleft Ever-greens, for 

 Shade and Beauty, we ever obtain- 

 ed ; for it is naturally a very itrait- 

 growing Tree, and the Leaves are 

 " very broad, and of a mining-green 

 Colour, which renders it very agree- 

 able. 



This Plant is propagated by Seeds 

 (which are eafily procured from For- 

 tugal, where thefe Trees grow in 

 great Plenty) ; they mould be put 

 into Pots filled with frefh light Earth, 

 and plunged into a gentle Hot-bed, 

 to facilitate their Growth ; and when 

 the Plants are come up, you mould 

 remove the Pots into another mode- 

 rate Hot-bed, to forward them, 

 where they Ihould remaJli until the 



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