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who gathered'them in Jamaica. It 

 is $ low annual Plant, which feldom 

 riles above three or four Inches high, 

 and divides into many Branches, 

 which fprcad near the Ground. Thefe 

 Branches are furnilhed with long 

 narrow Leaves, which are placed by 

 Fairs oppoiite to each other. From 

 the Wings of the Leaves arifes the 

 Flower-milk, which grows about an 

 Inch, or a little more, in Length, 

 and divides into three or four (mal- 

 lei Footftaiks : on the Top of each 

 of thefe, Hands one fraall white 

 Flower. 



The Seeds of this Plant fnould be 

 fown early in the Spring, on anliot- 

 bed ; and when the Plants are come 

 up, they mould be transplanted on 

 another Hot-bed, or into final] Pots, 

 and plunged into a moderate Hot-bed 

 of Tanners Bark, obierving to water 

 and made them until they have taken 

 Root ; after which time, they muft 

 have a large Share of free Air in 

 warm Weather, and mult be fre- 

 quently refrdhed with W r ater. With 

 this Management the Plants will 

 flower in June, and their Seeds will 

 ripen foon after ; fo that the Seeds 

 muft be gathered from time to time 

 as they ripen ; for as the Branches 

 grow larger, fo there will be frefh 

 Flowers produced until Autumn, 

 when the Plants will perifh : but if 

 the Seeds are permitted to fcatter in 

 the Pots, the Plants will foon appear; 

 which will live through the Winter, 

 provided they are placed in the 

 Stove; fo will flower early the fol- 

 lowing Spring. 



OLEA, The Olive. 

 The Characters are; 



The Leave: are, for the mafl part, 

 tblong and ever-green : the Flower 

 confifs of one Leaf \ the lower Part 

 of which is hollow d, but the upper 

 Part is divided into four Parts : the 

 Ovary, which is fx" u in the tent re of 



the Flower-cup, becomes an oval, foft, 

 pulpy Fruit, abounding with a Jut 

 Liquor, inclofing an hard rough 

 Stove. 



The Species are ; 



1. Olea fativa. C. B. P. The 

 manur'd Olive. 



2. Olea Africana, fulio longo 

 lato, fupra atro-viridi fplendente, 

 infra pallide viridi. Boerh. Jnd. 

 African Olive, with a broad long 

 Leaf, of a mining dark-green Co- 

 lour on the Upper-fide, but of a pa- 

 ler Green underneath. 



3. Olea Africana, folio huxi 

 craf/'o atro viridi lucido, cortice albo 

 fcabro. Boerh. hid. The African 

 box-leav'd Olive. 



4. Olea minor Lucenfs, fruclu. 

 odorato. Tourn. The Luca Olive. 



5. Olea fruflu majori, came craf- 

 fa. Tourn. Olive with a large Fruit, 

 having a thicker Pulp. 



Thefe five Sorts are preferv'd in 

 the Gardens of the Curious, where 

 they are planted either in Pots or 

 Cafe?, and remov'd into the Green- 

 houfe in the Winters with Oranges, 

 Myrtles, &c. but they are molt of 

 them hardy enough to endure the 

 Cold of our ordinary Winters in* the 

 open Air, provided they are planted 

 upon a dry Soil, and in a warm Si- 

 tuation ; though in fevere Winters 

 they are often demolilh'd, or at lead 

 lofe their Heads, or are kilPd to the 

 Surface ; but this is what they are 

 liable to in the South Parts of Fiance, 

 in which Country thefe Trees a- 

 bound ; and yet in very fharp Win- 

 ters are moft of them deitroy'd. 

 There was a Parcel of thefe Trees 

 growing in the Gardens of Carrden- 

 hcufe, near Kcnjington, a few Years 

 flnce, which were feven or eight 

 Feet hi^h ; and in fome eood Seafons 

 produced very good Fruit : thefe 

 were planted againft a South Wall ; 

 bat were permuted to grow up rude 

 without 



