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The wood of this tree is brought to Europe, where 
it is ufed for dyeing purples, and for the fineft blacks, 
fo is a valuable commodity ; but the Spaniards, who 
claim a right to the pofielTicn of tnole places where it 
naturally grows, are for excluding ail other countries 
from cutmg of the wood, which has occasioned m^ny 
diiputes with their neighbours, but particularly with 
the Eno-hfh j this it is to be hoped will joon be ovei, 
as there are fome of the planters in Jamaica, and the. 
other i (lands in America, belonging to the crown of 
Great-Britain, who have propagated this tree in fo 
great plenty, as to have hopes or {applying the de- 
mand for this wood in Britain in a very few years ; for 
the trees grow fo faft tnere, as to oe nt for ule in ten 
or twelve years years from iced •, and as they pioduce 
great plenty of feeds in the Britifh colonies, io thole 
feeds fcattering about, the plants come up in all the 
neighbouring lands, therefore will loon be like an in- 
digenous plant of the country. 
Some of the planters in Jamaica have inclofed their 
eftates with hedges formed of thefe trees, which are 
very ftrong and durable-, but where the hedges are cut, 
it will greatly retard the growth of the trees, fo that 
thofe who propofe to make an advantage by the pro- 
pagation of the wood, fxiould low the feeds upon 
lwampy lands, which may be unfit for growing . of 
fugar, and permit all their branches to remain, which 
will be of great ufe in augmenting the bulk of their 
Items and if, while the plants are young, they are 
kept clean from weeds, &c. it will be of great advan- 
tage in promoting of their growth. I have been cre- 
dibly informed by fome of the planters in Jamaica, 
that they have had fome plants of this fort upward ol 
ten feet high in three years, fo that it requires but lew 
years to raife a fupply of this wood, fufficient to an- 
Iwer all the demands for it. 
This plant is preferved in fome curious gardens in 
England, for the fake of variety. The feeds are fre 
quently brought from America, which, if frefh, rea- 
dily grow when fown upon a good hot-bed and if the 
plants are kept in a moderate hot-bed, they will grow 
to be upward of a foot high the fame year, and, 
while the plants are young, they are generally well 
furnifhed with leaves ; but afterward they make but 
little progrefs, and are frequently but thinly clothed 
with leaves. Thefe plants are very tender, fo fhould 
be conftantly kept in the bark-ftove, where, if they 
are duly watered, and the (love kept in a good degree 
of heat, the plants may be preferved very well. 
There are fome of thefe plants now in England, which 
are upward of fix feet high, and as thriving as thofe 
in their native foil. 
HALE SI A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 596. 
The Characters are. 
The ficwcr hath a f mall permanent empalement of one leaf, 
indented in four parts it hath a bell-fhaped fuelling flower 
of one petal , divided at the brim into flour lobes , and from 
twelve to fixteen fiamina , floorter than the petal , termi- 
nated by oblong erect fummits ; the germen is fituated be- 
low , is oblong , fupporting a fender ftyle longer than the 
petal , crowned by a fimple Jligma -, the germen afterward 
becomes an oblong nut , narrowed at both ends , having 
four angles, with two cells , inclofing a Jingle feed in each . 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 
Linnaeus’s eleventh clafs, intitled Dodecandria Mo- 
nogynia, the flower having twelve fcamina and one 
ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Halesia ( Tetraptera ) foliis lanceolato-ovatis, peti- 
olis glandulofis. Lin. Sp. 636. Halefia with oval fpear- 
Jhaped leaves, whofe foot-fialks are glandulous. Frutex 
padi foliis ferratis, floribus monopetalus albis cam- 
paniformibus, frudu craflo tetragono. Catefb. Hift. 
Carol. 1. p. 64. 
2. Halesia ( Dipt era ) foliis ovatis, petiolis Isvibus. 
Lin. Sp. 636. Halefla with oval leaves having flmooth 
foot-Jlalks. 
This genus of plants received its title from the late 
learned and reverend Dodor Hales, minifter of 
Teddington, near Hampton-Court. 
Both the -forts grew naturally in South-'C&rolina.; the firff 
on the banks of Santee river, where it frequently comes 
up with two or three (terns from the fame root, which 
rife from fifteen to twenty feet high, fending out 
branches toward their tops, gafnifhed with oval ipear- 
fhaped leaves, fawed on theiredges : the flowers are pro- 
duced on the fide of the branches in clutters, from two 
or three to fix or feven in each ; they are bell-fhaped, 
hanging downward, of one petal, white, which is 
indented in four parts at the brim ; thefe are fucceeded 
by oblong nuts, having four wings and four cells, 
each containing one oblong feed. 
The fecond fort hath much refemhlance fo the firft, 
the leaves are oval, and the (oot-ftaiks are ffflfooth # 
the fruit has but two angles. 
Thefe plants are propagated by feeds, when they can 
be procured frefh from the places of their natural 
growth. Thefe (hould be fown in pots as loon as the 
feeds arrive, plunging the pots into the ground, in a 
fituation where they may have only the morning fun. 
The feeds often remain a year in the ground,- therefore 
the earth in the pots fhould not be difturhed, until 
there is no probability of the feed growing. When 
the plants appear, they fhould be fereened from the 
fun, and frequently, but not too plentifully watered 
for while the plants are young, much moifture will 
rot their (banks. The following autumn, the pots 
fhould be placed in a common frame, where the 
plants may enjoy the free air in mild weather, and be 
fereened from froft. The fpring following, before 
the plants begin to (hoot, they (hould be each put 
into a feparate final! pot, plunging them in a frame, 
where, they fhould be (haded from fun •, and in' the 
fummer placed in a fhady fituation, fereening them 
in winter ; and the fpring following' they may be 
turned out of the pots, and planted in the full ground 
where they are defigned to remain. 
H A LI C A C A B U M; See Physalis. 
HALICACABUS PE RE GRIN A. SeeCAR- 
DIOSFERMITM. 
H A L I hi U S. See Atriplex. 
HAL LERI A. Lin. Gent. Plant. 679. Caprifolium. 
Boerh. Ind. alt 2. p. 226. African Fly Honey fickle. 
The Characters are, 
The flower hath a permanent empalement of one leaf, 
which is cut into three parts at the top, the upper feg- 
ment being much broader than the other. It hath one pe- 
tal of the grining kind. The bottom of the tube is romdifh. 
The chaps are fwollen and inflexed, the brini is ereli and 
oblique, cut into four fegments, the upper being longer than 
the others , and is blunt, with an indenture at the top 
the two Jide ones are floorter, and pointed, the lower is 
very floor t and acute. It hath four fiamina, which are 
briftly , two being longer than the other, terminated by 
twin fummits. In the bottom of the tube is fituated an 
oval germen , with a ftyle longer than the fiamina, crown- 
ed by a Jingle Jligma. The germen afterward becomes a 
roundijh berry with two cells , each containing one hard fend. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedtion 
of Linnteus’s fourteenth clafs, intitled Didynamia An- 
giofpermia, which includes the plants with a ringent 
flower, which have two long and two (hotter (lamina, 
and the feeds are included in a capfule. 
We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 
Halleria ( Lucida ). Hort. Cliff. 323. This plant has 
its title from Dr. Haller, who was profeffor of botany 
at Gottingen, in Germany. Caprifolium Africanum 
folio pruni leviter ferrato, (lore ruberrimo, bacca ni- 
gra. Boerh, Ind. alt. 2. 226. African Fly Honey fuckle , 
with a Plumb leaf lightly fla wed, a very red flower, and 
a black berry. 
The Englifh name which I have here added, has 
been given to this plant by fome gardeners, who ob~ 
ferved that the fhape of the flower had fome refem- 
blance to that of the Upright, or Fly Honeyfuckle, 
and for want of an English name gave this to it ; or 
they might take it from the Latin name, by which it 
was called by Dr. Boerhaave, who made it a fpedes of 
Honeyfuckle. 
This 
