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are large, white, and have woolly empalements ; 
thefe are fucceeded by berries the fize of Cherries, 
which turn yellow. 
The ten laft mentioned forts are propagated by feeds 
in the fame manner as the former, but theie being 
natives of warm countries, muft be raifed on a hot- 
bed early in the fpring ^ and when the plants are fit 
to remove, they muft be each planted in a feparate 
fmall pot filled with frefh rich earth, and plunged into 
a moderate hot-bed of tanners bark, obferving to 
ihade them from the fun until they have taken new 
root-, after which time they fliould have a large (hare 
of frefh air admitted to them in warm weather, and 
muft be frequently watered. Toward the latter end 
of June it will be proper to harden the plants gradu- 
ally, and foon after they fhould be removed into the 
ftove, where they muft have as much free air as pof- 
fible in warm weather, but as the cold approaches in 
autumn, they muft be carefully protefted therefrom, 
and in winter they fliould be kept in a moderate tem- 
perature of warmth, otherwife they will not live in this 
country. 
Some of thefe forts will bear to be expofed in the 
open air in the heat of fummer, provided they are 
placed in a warm fituation -, but if the feafon fhould 
prove cold, they will not thrive abroad, wherefore it 
will be better to let them remain in the ftove, and 
open the glades in front, and at the top of the ftove, 
every day, to admit as much air as poflible in hot 
weather, with which management they will thrive 
much better than in the open air. 
The twenty-third fort grows naturally at Buenos Ay- 
res in the Spanifh Weft-Indies *, this riles with a woody 
ftalk ten or twelve feet high, covered with a purplifh 
bark almoft lmooth. At the top it divides into leve- 
ral branches which grow ered, and are garnilhed with 
wedge-fhaped leaves which are finuated. The flowers 
are produced in large umbels at the end of the 
branches ; they are large, white, and the petal is an- 
gular, but not divided at the brim ; thefe appear in 
July, and are fucceeded by fmall berries which 
change yellow when they are ripe. 
The feeds of the twenty-fourth fort were fent from the 
Bahama Iflands by Mr. Catefby this rifes with a 
fmooth fhrubby ftalk fix or eight feet high, covered 
with a brown bark, and divides into many branches, 
which are garnilhed with fpear-fhaped leaves three 
inches and a half long, and one and a half broad ; 
they have a few finuated indentures on their edges, 
and end in acute points ; they are fmooth, and of a 
light green colour. The flowers are produced in fmall 
umbels from the fide of the ftalks, Handing ereft 
they are pretty large, white, and have their petals cut 
into five ftar-pointed fegments thefe are very rarely 
fucceeded by feeds in England. 
The two laft mentioned forts are not fo tender as the 
ten former forts, fo may be treated in the fame way 
as the eleventh and twelfth, by houfing them in win- 
ter with Oranges and other green-houle plants, and 
in fummer place them abroad in afheltered fituation ; 
they may be propagated by cuttings, which, if planted 
in a fhady border during any of the fummer months, 
will take root pretty freely, and may then be taken 
up and potted, placing them in the Ihade till they 
have taken new root, and then they may be treated 
in the fame way as the old plants. 
The twenty-fifth fort grows naturally on the coaft of 
Guinea this has a Ihrubby ftalk which rifes feven 
or eight feet high, dividing into many branches which 
have a fmooth bark. The lower leaves are oblong, 
oval, about three inches long, and one and a half 
broad, fmooth, of a dark green colour, and ftand 
upon fliort foot-ftalks ; the flowers come out from the 
fide of the branches in fmall bunches, Handing upon 
very (lender foot-ftalks they are of the fame fhape 
and colour with thofe of the Amomum Plinii, but are 
fmaller } thefe are fometimes fucceeded by berries 
about the fize of fmall black Cherries, which are yel- 
low when ripe. 
This fort requires a ftove in winter, and muft not be 
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expofed abroad longer than ten or twelve weeks in the 
warmeft part of fummer ; it may be propagated by 
cuttings, which, when planted, muft be clofely co- 
vered with a bell or hand-glafs, and (haded from the 
fun, treating them in the fame manner as other cut- 
tings of exotic plants^ 
The twenty-fixth fort grows naturally at the Cape of 
Good Hope ; this has fhrubby flexible ftalks, requir- 
ing fupport like our common woody Nightfhade, to 
which the plant has great refemblance, but the leaves 
are (horter, thicker, and are more indented on their 
edges: this fort very rarely flowers in England. There 
are fome who have fuppofed this and our common 
woody Nightfliade to be the fame, which is certainly 
a great miftake, for this fort will not live abroad 
through the winter in England in any fituation, nor 
does it produce flowers here with any treatment, for 
there are plants in the Chelfea Garden of feveral years 
old, which have been differently managed, and yet 
have never flowered. 
It may be eafily propagated by cuttings during any 
of the fummer months, and may be preferved in a 
green-houle in winter, treating it in the fame way as 
the Amomum Plinii. 
The twenty-feventh fort was difcovered by the late 
Dr. Houftoun at Campeachy ; this rifes with a woody 
ftalk ten or twelve feet high, fending out many 
branches which have a light gray bark, and are 
fmooth. The leaves are fpear-fhaped, five inches 
long, and one and a half broad in the middle, draw- 
ing to a point at both ends they are of a deep green 
on their upper fide, but are hoary on their under. 
The flowers are produced in large umbels at the end 
of the branches ; they are fmall, ftar-pointed, and 
white ; their fummits, which fill up the mouth of the 
tube, are purple ; thefe are fucceeded by fmall ber- 
ries the fize of middling Peas, which are yellow when 
ripe. 
The twenty-eighth fort was difcovered at Carthagena 
in New Spain, by the gentleman before-mentioned ; 
this rifes with a fhrubby ftalk, having a light brown 
bark, which divides into feveral irregular ligneous 
branches •, thefe are garnilhed with oval leaves four 
inches long, and two and a half broad, fmooth, of a 
dark green on their upper fide, but woolly on their 
under. The flowers are produced in large eredt um- 
bels at the end of the branches, which are pretty 
large, and white, (haped like thofe of the other forts 5 
thefe are fuceeded by round berries the fize of fmall 
Cherries, fitting in the blunt woolly empalement of 
the flower, which turn yellow when ripe. 
The twenty ninth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, and 
alfo at the Capeof Good Hope: this rifes with a Ihrubby 
prickly ftalk five or fix feet high, fending out a few 
branches toward the top, garnifbed with obtufe leaves 
which are fmooth, and divided into three lobes ; the 
flowers are fmall, which are fucceeded by fmall ber- 
ries which rarely ripen in England. 
The thirtieth fort grows naturally in Virginia ; this is 
an annual plant, rifing with a fhrubby prickly ftalk 
about three feet high, fending out a few (lender 
branches, garnilhed with wing-pointed leaves ; the 
flowers are large, blue, and have prickly empalements 5 
they are fucceeded by berries almoft the fize of black 
Cherries. If the plants of this fort are brought for- 
ward on a hot-bed early in the fpring, they will ripen, 
their feeds, otherwife they never produce good feeds 
in England, 
The thirty-firft fort grows common in all the Weft- 
India iflands, where it is called Batchelor’s Pear. This 
rifes with a prickly herbaceous ftalk three or four 
feet high ; the fpines are ftrong and crooked ^ the 
leaves are large, angular, and woolly, and are armed 
with the like fpines ; the flowers are produced in 
bunches from the fide of the ftalks ; they are of a 
pale blue colour, and are fucceeded by yellow fruit 
the fhape and fize of a Catharine Pear, but they are 
inverted. The plant is annual here. 
The thirty-fecond fort grows naturally on the coaft of 
Malabar j this is an annual plant, rifing with a prickly 
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