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In the Philo foph. PranfaB. N°. 278. p. 1099. in 
Mr. Strachan’s account of Ceylon, which is abridged 
by Eames and Martyn, vol. ii. p. 183. he fays, that 
there are two forts of Cinnamon-trees, of which the 
tree, which is efteemed the bell, has a leaf much 
larger and thicker than the other ; but otherwise no 
difference is to be perceived. 
Note , Here is no mention of the folio ovato. 
I remember, in an account given fome years ago 
to the Royal Society, three or four forts were men- 
tioned ; and it was faid the bed fort was cut every 
three or four years. 
This fuperiority I then gueffed (as well as the dif- 
ference of leaves mentioned by Mr. Strachan) to 
arife from the cutting the tree down every three or 
four years ; which occafioncd it to produce ffrong 
and vigorous fhoots, thicker and larger leaves, as 
well as greater quantity of bark, and of a fuperior 
quality. 
A large fhoot or fucker of this plant was produced 
in the year 1750. or yi. by my worthy friend Dr. 
William Watfon, together with an account of the 
Cinnamon-tree j which is publifhed in the Philofopb. 
PranfaB. vol. xlvii. p. ;o 1 . This fhoot was a plain 
proof to me, that the Cinnamon was frequently cut 
down, and that this fhoot arofe from the root of a 
plant fo cut ; for it was of the fize of a walking- 
cane ; and no fhrub could have produced fuch a 
fhoot, unlefs a ffrong plant cut down. 
This method of treating this plant accounts for 
the miffake of Garcias, mentioned by Mr. Ray ; viz. 
phu? Garcias habet de duplice hitjus arboris cortice 
ad modum Juberis , nobis J’uJ'peBa Junt y queeque de de- 
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