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broader and (horter than thofe of the 

 former, and grow very clofe to the 

 Branches : this Sort has not as yet 

 flowered in Englani. 



The third Sort is known, in the 

 Weft-Indies, by the Name of Cow- 

 hage Cherry, or Cow-itch Cherry : 

 I fuppofe tnis was fo called, from 

 the fmali" Villi growing on the Back 

 of the Leaves, which, when touch- 

 ed, will fting, and be fall as trouble- 

 fome to the Flefh as the Cow-itch. 

 This Tree will grow to the Size of 

 the firft Sort ; the Leaves are fome- 

 what narrower, and end with a 

 fnarper Point, than thofe ; and are 

 covered on the Under- fide with fmnll 

 Hairs, which do not appear unlefs 

 to thofe who fearch for them. This 

 Sort hath not as yet flowered in Eng- 

 land. 



The fourth Sort differs from the 

 third in having broader Leaves, and 

 the Flowers are fomewhat larger ; 

 but in other refpedts is the fame, fo 

 far as has appeared to me. 



The fifth Sort is a very low buflry 

 Shrub, cloathed with Leaves like 

 thofe of the Holly the Flowers of 

 this Sort I have not feen : the Seeds 

 were gathered by the late Dr. Wil- 

 liam Houftoun, at the Havannab, and 

 fent to England; from which feve- 

 ral Plants were raifed. 



The Gxfch Sort grows to be a very 

 large Tree in the Places of its natu- 

 ral Growth, often rif:ng to fifty 

 Feet high and upward : the Leaves 

 of this Tree are a> large as thole of 

 the Laurel, and fhaped fomewhat 

 like them, but are of a fofter Tex- 

 ture, and of a pale-green Colour ; 

 thefe are placed alternately on the 

 Branches : the Branches of this Tree 

 arc produced by Threes, which form 

 a Triangle, and grow almoM hori- 

 v\ita\: this Sort hath not produced 

 I owers in Er^/and; but as the 

 ^ruit agrees well with thofe ef die 



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other Sorts, I have placed this in ih% 

 fame Genus with them. 



We have alfo a Variety of the firft 

 Sort in the Englijh Gardens, which 

 has much broader Leaves ; and the 

 Flowers are larger, and of a deeper- 

 red Colour; but as I have not feen 

 the Fruit, I cannot determine whe- 

 ther it is a diftincl Species, or only 

 an accidental Variety. This and the 

 firft Sort are very ornamental Plantg 

 in the Stove, during the Winter-fea- 

 fon ; for they continue in Flower 

 from the middle of November till the 

 middle of March ; and their Flowers 

 are very numerous : the Fruit it 

 commonly ripe in July ; but as they 

 have very little Flefli over the Stones," 

 thefe Fruit are not of any Confidera- 

 tion in thofe Countries where there 

 are much better P'ruit. 



As thefe Flants are Natives of the 

 warmeft Parts of America, they wilj 

 not live thro* the Winter in England, 

 unlefs they are preferved in a warm 

 Stove: but when the Plants have 

 obtained Strength, they may be ex- 

 pofed in the open Air, in a warn* 

 Situation, from the Middle or Latv 

 ter-end of June, till the Beginning 

 of Oclober, provided the Weather 

 continues fo long mild ; and the 

 Plants fo treated will flower much 

 better than thofe which are conlxant- 

 ly kept in a Stove. 



They are all propagated by Seeds, 

 which mull be fown upon a good 

 Hot-bed in the Spring ; and wheii 

 the Plants are fit to tranfplant, they 

 muft be each put into a feparate 

 fmall Pot filled with rich Earth, and 

 plunged into an Plot- bed of Tan- 

 ners Bark; and mull be treated hi 

 the fame manner as hath been di- 

 rected for other tender Plants of the 

 fame Country : and for the two firft. 

 Winters, it will be proper to keep 

 them in theBark-bed in theStowe; but 

 afterward they may be pltce^ upu» 



