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Jlefhy umbi Heated Fruit, in which are 

 contained many fmall Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Muntingia folio friceo mollis 

 fruciu majori. Plum. Nov. Gen. 

 Muntingia with a foft filky Leaf, 

 and a larger Fruit. 



2. Muntingia folio ulmi afpe- 

 ro, fru£lu minima glomerate. Plum. 

 Nov. Gen. Muntingia with a rough 

 Elm-leaf, and the lealt Fruit grow- 

 ing in Clutters. 



3. Muntingia folio corni,fruc7u 

 minor e. Plum. Nov. Gm. Mun» 

 tingia with a Cornel-leaf, and a 

 leffer Fruit. 



Thefe Plants are Natives of the 

 Iflands in America : the firft >ort is 

 figured and defcribed by Sir Hans 

 Sloane, in his Hijlory of Jamaica, by 

 the Name of Loti arbor is folio an- 

 gufiore, rubi fore, & c. This Sort 

 grows thirty Feet high or upward, 

 in its native Soil ; but in England I 

 have not feen any of them above 

 ten Feet high : this cafts its Leaves in 

 Winter, and wfill fometimes continue 

 without Leaves a whole Y<-ar, efpe- 

 cially if the Plants are not kept 

 «varm : the Leaves of this Sort are 

 covered with a fort of Down on 

 theirUnder-fide, and have three iarge 

 Ribs running longitudinally in each: 

 the Fruit is fhaped fomevvhat like a 

 fmall Medlar ; and when ripe, is of 

 a dark-brown Colour : the Seeds cf 

 all thefe Sorts were Tent from Ja- 

 maica by Mr. Robert Millar. 



The third and fourth Sorts feldom 

 grow more than twelve or fourteen 

 Feet high in their native Country : 

 but in England I have not feen any 

 above half that Height : the Leav es 

 of the fecond Sort refemble thofe of 

 the Elm ; but are extremely rough : 

 the Flowers of this Sort are very 

 fmall, and are produced in Clufiers ; 

 the Fruit is about the Size of a fmall 



Pea, at firft of a yeFlowrfh green ; 

 but afterward turns black. 



Thefe do not make any great Ap- 

 pearance ; fo are feldom cultivated 

 in Gardens, unlefs by feme who are 

 curious in the Study of Plants. 



They may be propagated by 

 Seeds, which fhould beiown in Pots 

 filled with light rich Earth, and 

 plunged into a moderate Hot- bed of 

 Tanners Bark, where they fhould be 

 duly watered ; and in warm Wea- 

 ther the Glafles mould be raifed to 

 admit frem Air. Thefe Seeds will 

 often remain in the Ground a whole 

 Year before the Plants will appear ; 

 in which Cafe the Pots mud be kept 

 conftantly clear from Weeds, and 

 mould remain in the Hot-bed till af- 

 ter Michaelmas, when they may be 

 removed into the Stove, and plunged , 

 into the Bark-bed, between other 

 Pots of tali Plants, under which they 

 will very well ftand ; and therefore 

 may be crouded in, where Plants 

 will not thrive. During the Win- 

 ter-feafon the Pots mould be now- 

 and-then watered, when the Earth 

 appears dry; and in the Beginning 

 of March the Pots mould be remo- 

 ved out of the ■ tove, and placed into 

 a frem Bark- bed under Frame?, 

 which will bring up the Plants foon 

 after. 



When the Plants are come up 

 about two Inches high, they fhould 

 be carefully taken out or the Pots, 

 and each planted into a feparate 

 fmall Pot filled with 1 ght rich Earth, 

 and then plunged into the Hot bed 

 again, obferving to made them from 

 the Sun, until they have taken new 

 Root ; after which time they fhould 

 be duly watered, and in warm Wea- 

 ther mult have a large Share of 

 frem Air. In this Hot-bed the Plants 

 may remain until the Autumn, when 

 the Nights begin to be cold; at 



which 



