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I is one of the moft beautiful ever- 

 ; green Trees yet known. Thefe Trees 

 'in their native Places of Growth be- 

 |i gin to produce their Flowers in May, 

 and continue a long time in Flow- 

 er ; fo that the Woods are perfumed 

 with their Odour for a long time : 

 but thofe which have flowered in 

 England, feldoni begin till the Mid- 

 dle of June, and do not continue 

 long in Beauty. The largclt Tree 

 of this Kind, which I have met with 

 in England, is in the Garden cf Sir 

 John Collifen, of Ejcmouth in Devon- 

 'hire ; which has produced Flowers 

 for feveral Years : there are alio ma- 

 ny pretty Jarge Plants of this Sort in 

 :he Gardens of his Grace the Duke 

 }f Richmond, at Goodwood in Stiffex, 

 Dne of which has produced Flo v- 

 ;rs the two laft Years : and in the 

 Murftry of Mr. Chriftofber 

 iear Eulham, there is one very hand- 

 .brne Plant, which has alfo produ- 

 :ed Flowers. 



As this Sort is a Native of a warm 

 Country, fo it is a little impatient 

 if Cold, efpeciaily while young ; 

 herefore the Planes mould be kept 

 n Pots, and fhehered in Winter for 

 ome Years, until they have acqui- 

 red Strength ; when they may be 

 haken out of the Pots, and planted 

 n the full Ground ; but they muft 

 >e planted in a warm Situation, 

 /here they may be defended from 

 he ftrong Winds, and fcreened from 

 he North and Fail, otherwife they 

 Lill not live abroad. 

 I There were a great Number of 

 Ijoung Plants in England before the 

 ■'ear 1739; ^ut a g reat P a,t of 

 lem were deftroyed b) that fevere 

 Pinter ; and fince then, there have 

 'cen few good Seeds fen: to Eng- 

 md\ fo that there are very few of 

 jiefe to be purchased at prefent ; 

 nd as almoli every Perfon who is 

 .irious in Gardening is ddirous to 



have fome of thefe beautiful Tree3 

 in their Gardens, fo the Demaftd 

 for them of late has greatly increas- 

 ed their Value. If this Tree car. he 

 fo far naturalized as to endure the 

 Cold of our fevere Winters abroad, 

 it will be one of the greateft Orna- 

 ments to our hardens: and this v.e 

 may hope will in time be ctFe:trd, 

 by diligent Gbfervation and Csre : 

 for the time when thefe Plants fuf- 

 fer molt, is in Autumn, by the ear- 

 ly Frofts ; for the Extremity of the 

 Shoots being tender, as they are 

 then growing freely, a fmall Froit 

 will pinch them, and afterward the 

 whole Shoot frtquently decays ; fo 

 that the Plants mould be guarded 

 againll this, by covering their Tops 

 with Mats, until the Shoots are 

 hardened : after which time they 

 will not be in fo much Danger of 

 fufTering ; for I have conltant y ob- 

 served, that if thefe Plants efcape 

 the early Frofts of the Autumn, thev 

 are feldom injured afterward : in 

 the fevere Winter, in the Year 

 1739-40. I had a pretty large Plan: 

 growing in the open Air, which 

 was killed down by the Frolt, and I 

 luppefed was intirely deftroyed, as 

 there was not the leaft Appearance 

 of Life in the Stem ; fo that after 

 Midfummcr I cut it down to the 

 Ground ; but left the Rcot remain- 

 ing, which, to my great Surprize, 

 Ihot up again the Year after. This 

 I mention to caution People frora 

 being too haily :n deftroying Plants 

 after hard Frolt, but to have them 

 wait until there can be no Hopes of 

 their Recovery. 



The fourth Sort grows in Caroli- 

 na pretty frequent ; but in Virginia 

 i: is pretty rare : this ufually grows 

 from fixteen to twenty Feet high, 

 with a fiender Trunk : the Wood 

 is foft and fpongy : the Leaves of 

 this Tree are remarkably large, and 



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