14 M. Thouin on the Cultivation, &c. [Appendix. 



have been sent packed in earth; and I therefore deemed it ne- 

 cessary to sow them in a few days after they fell from the tree. 



To make success in this point doubly sure, I employed a 

 method, the good effects of which I have often experienced. 

 This was, after taking the nuts out of the fruit, to put them in 

 my breeches pocket for two or three days. This sort of animal 

 bath is preferable to the custom which has hitherto prevailed, of 

 immersing many seeds of hot climates in pure water. 



I finally sowed these nuts about half an inch deep in pots of 

 earth, plunged in a very gentle hot-bed. At the approach of 

 frost they will be removed to the tan-bed of the stove, when the 

 essential point to attend to, will be to moderate the humidity, 

 heat, and light, so that the young plants may not appear till 

 spring. 



I dare not hope that this tree will soon be naturalized to live 

 in the open air in any part of France; for, its buds (gemmae) 

 have no scales ; but we may reasonably expect, that the plants 

 raised from seeds here will not be so delicate as imported plants, 

 and that they may succeed in a temperate stove, or orangery; 

 nay, it is even possible, that such plants may survive through 

 winter, in some of the warm spots under our southern maritime 

 alps, or in the island of Corsica. For this purpose, they should 

 be planted with Orange trees, Citron trees, and Guava trees, 

 among which the Jamrosade thrives in its native country, or such 

 colonies as it has been transported to. 



