I? 6 Sir Hans Sloane to Mr. Ray. 



can fcarce be told by any in England: For I think 

 *tis fent us from Holland^ and probably may come to 

 them from the Eaft-Indies> tho' I cannot fay that po- 

 iitively . "Tis a perennial Plants and has endur'd this 

 laft Winter, without being either in Pot or Green- 

 Houfe. 



I was the other Day at Chelfea, and find that the 

 Artifices us'd by Mr. Watts have been very effe&ual 

 for the Prefervation of his Plants, infomuch, that this 

 fevere enough Winter has fcarce kill'd any of his fine 

 Plants. One thing I much wonder, to fee that the 

 Cedrm' Montis Libani^ the Inhabitant of a very diffe- 

 rent Climate, fhould thrive here fo well, as without 

 Pot, or Green-Houfe, to be able to propagate itfelf 

 by Layers this Spring. Seeds fown laft .Autumn have 

 as yet thriven very well, and are like to hold out. 

 The main Artifice I us'd to them, has been to keep 

 them from the Winds, which feem to give a great 

 additional Force to the Cold, to deftroy the tender 

 Plants. 



I have one very perfect Leaf of the Japan Cam- 

 phire Tree y and have likewife fome of the Root of the 

 Cinamon Ttree^ with a Specimen of the Oil and Cam* 

 phire that is diftill'd from it. One thing I would ac- 

 quaint you with about Cinamon^ is, that a Gentleman 

 of my Acquaintance having a great Mind to have 

 fome of the true Oil of Cinamon, he took I z /. of 

 it, and diftill'd it in a proper Velfel, but had no Oil 

 at all. He from thence concluded, that all the Ci- 

 namon is diverted of fome of its moft fine Particles, 

 before any of it comes to, us : And fpeaking to Mr. 

 Hermans on that Subjtft, 1 remember he could fcarce 

 deny it, altho' his being a Servant to the Dutch Eajl- 

 India Company would hinder his telling of that Se- 

 cret, by which they receive fo much Money. 



Dr. 



