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furpaffing the red Gedar in Beauty, without having 
the difagreeable Scent of that Wood. 
8 1. Arbor foliis pnnatis } nullo impart alam 
claudente , nervo ad latus mum ex current e, fruEtu 
angulofo magnoy famine alato inftar Pinm . The 
Mahogony-Tree. 
Thefe Trees grow to a great Height, and are 
ufuaily four Foot Diameter ; the Seed-veffels are of 
a curious Form, confifting of a large Cone fplitting: 
into five Parts, and difciofing its winged Seeds, diR 
pofed in the regular manner of thofe of an Apocy- 
num: And at the Bahama Iflands, and other Coun- 
tries where it grows naturally, it is in no lefs Efteem 
for Ship-Building, having Properties for that Ufe 
excelling Oak, and all other Wood 5 ■■viz* Durable- 
nefs, refitting Gun-fhots, and burying the Shot with- 
out fplintering. No one would imagine that Trees 
of this Magnitude fhould grow on folid Rocks, and 
that thofe Rocks fhould afford fufficient Nutriment; 
to raife and increafe the Trunks of them to the 
Thicknefs of four Feet or more in Diameter j but fo 
it is 5 and the Manner of their Rife and Progrefs 
the Author hath obferved as follows : The Seeds being 
winged are difperfed on the Surface of the Ground, 
where fome falling into the Chinks of the Rocks, 
ftrike Roots then creep out on the Surface of it, 
and feek another Chink, into which they creep and 
fwell to fuch a Size and Strength, that at length the 
Rock fplits, and is forced to admit of the Roofs 
deeper Penetration 3 and with this little Nutriment 
the Tree increafes to a ftupendious Size in a few 
Years, it being a quick Grower. 
Vifium 
