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tfce fureft Method of obtaining the 

 Plants will be, to get the Berries put 

 into a T,ub of Earth foon after they 

 are ripe, and fent over in the Earth ; 

 and as foon as they arrive, to fow 

 the Berries on a Bed ofli^hc Ground, 

 putting them two Inches into the 

 Earth : and if the Spring mould 

 prove dry, the Bed muft be fre- 

 quently watered, and (haded from 

 the great Heat of the Sun in the 

 middle of the Day : with this Ma^ 

 nagement many of the Plants will 

 come iip the nrft Seafon : but as a 

 great many of the Berries will lie in 

 the Ground till the next Spring, fo 

 the Bed mould not be difturbed, but 

 wait until the Seafon after, to fee 

 what will come up : the nrft Winter 

 after the Plants come up, they mould 

 be protected from the Froll, efpe- 

 cially in the Autumn ; for the fir ft 

 early Froft at that Seafon is apt to 

 pinch the Shoots of thefe Plants, and 

 do them more Injury than the fevere 

 Pro ft of the Winter ; for when the 

 extreme Part of the Shoots is kill- 

 ed, it generally affects the whole 

 Plant. 



When the Plants have grown a 

 Year in the Seed-bed, they may be 

 tranfplanted into a Nurfery, where 

 they may ftand one or two Years to 

 get Strength, and may then be tranf- 

 planted into the Places where they 

 are to remain for good. 



There have been fome of thefe 

 Plants propagated by Layers : but 

 thefe are commonly two, and fome- 

 tmies three Years before they put 

 out Roots : and if they are not duly 

 watered in dry W eather, they rare- 

 fy take Root ; fo that it is uncer- 

 tain, whether one in three of taefe 

 I-ayers do fucceed ; which makes 

 xhefe Plants very icarce in Eng- 

 land. 



The Wood of this Fiant is fre- 

 esient'y ufed to jnake Tea-, which is 



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efteemed a great Antifcorbutic : and 

 in Carolina they frequently give a 

 Decoction of the Wood and Leaves 

 in Intermitting Fevers. 



The Benjamin- tree is alfo a Na- 

 tive of North-America, and feldorrt 

 grows much higher in that Country 

 than the SalTafras-tree : this has been 

 by fome Authors thought to be the 

 Tree from whence the Benjamin of 

 the Shops was procured ; but that 

 Drug is brought from the Eajl-In- 

 dies y and is the Gum of a Tree very 

 different from this. 



This Shrub is hardy enough to 

 refill: the Cold in England \ and if it 

 is planted on a moill Soil, will grow 

 to the Height of fourteen or fixteen 

 Feet; and the Leaves wiil be large 

 and fair ; but in dry Ground they 

 make but little Progrefs : this is ge- 

 nerally propagated by Layers ; for 

 the Plants do not produce Seeds in 

 England: the Layers fhould be laid 

 down in Autumn ; and if the Bran- 

 ches are flit, as is commonly praflif- 

 ed in laying of Carnations, they will 

 fucceed the better : in dry Weather 

 thefe Layers muft be duly watered, 

 otherwife they will not take Root ; 

 nor fhould they be difturbed until 

 the fecond Year ; for they rarely 

 have fufficient Roots for tranfplant- 

 ing fooner. 



It may alfo be propagated by 

 Seeds, which may be procured from 

 Virginia, New-England, Carolina, 

 or any of the Northern Parts of 

 America ; and fhould be treated in 

 the fame manner as hath been direct- 

 ed for the Saffafras. 



The Camphor tree is a Native of 

 the Ifiand of Borneo', but is alfo 

 found in many Places on the Coaft of 

 Malabar, and upon feveral Illands 

 in the Soutb-Sea : this is too tender 

 to live abroad in England, but may 

 be preferved thro' the Winter in a 

 &cod Gree^i houfej and in the Sum- 

 mer- 



