The feeofid fort rifes with an upright ftem like the 
firft, but it hath only four angles, which are com- 
prelfed, and Hand far afunder. This is very fubjedt 
to put out many fnoots from the fides, which flops 
its upright growth, fo that the plants rarely rife more 
than four or five feet high. This hath not fiowerd 
in England, fo far as I have been able to learn. 
The third, fourth, fifth, fixth, feventh and eighth 
forts grow naturally in the Britifh. iflands of America, 
from whence I received them in the year 1728. 
Thefe have the fame form as the firft, but difier in 
the fize of their items, the number of angles, and 
the length of their fpines, as is before expreffed in 
their titles ; but, except the eighth fort, not any of 
them have flowered in England as yet, though there 
are many of the plants which are more than twelve 
or fourteen feet high : the eighth fort hath the 
fmalleft ftem of any of the upright forts which I have 
yet feen ; this hath generally nine obtufe angles, 
which are armed with ihort fpines, placed at farther 
diftances than thofe of the other forts, nor are the 
channels between the angles near fo deep. The 
flowers of this are produced from the angels, in the 
fame manner as the firft, but they are fmaller, and 
the empalement is of a light green, without any 
mixture of colour. The fruit is about the fize and 
fhape of a middling Bergamot Pear, having many 
foft fpines on the fkin ; the outfide is a pale yellow, 
the infide very white, full of pulp, having a great 
number of fmall black feeds lodged in it. This fort 
frequently flowers in July, and in warm feafons will 
perfeft its fruit, which hath very little flavour in this 
country. 
Thefe forts are more impatient of cold than the firft, 
fo require a ftove to preferve them in winter ; nor 
fhould they be expofed abroad in fummer, but kept 
conftantly in the houfe, giving them a large fliare of 
air in warm weather. 
The twelfth fort grows naturally in Peru, from 
whence it was fent to the royal garden at Paris •, and 
in the year 1734, I was favoured with fome cuttings 
of it by Dr. Bernard de Juffieu, demonftrator of 
the plants in that garden. Thefe fucceeded in the 
Chelfea garden, and have fince been communicated 
to moft of the curious gardens in England. This is 
not fo tender as the other forts, fo may be preferved 
in a good green-houfe, or placed under a hot-bed 
frame in winter, and in fummer fhould be expofed 
to the open air, which will prevent the {hoots from 
drawing weak, and thereby a greater number of 
flowers will be produced •, but during the time they 
remain in the open air, they fhould have little water; 
and if the feafon fhould prove wet, the plants fhould 
be fcreened from it, otherwife it will caufe them to 
rot the following winter. This fort produces its flow- 
ers in May, and fometimes earlier, when the feafon 
is warm. 
The ninth fort is, by the inhabitants of Barbadoes, 
trained up againft their houfes for the fake of its- 
fruit, which is about the bignefs of a Bergamot Pear, 
and of a moft delicious flavour. This, and alfo the 
tenth, eleventh, and twelfth forts, are tender, fo 
require a warm ftove to preferve them. Thefe 
fhould be placed againft the walls of the ftove, into 
which they will infinuate their roots, and extend 
themfelves to a great length ; and with a little help, 
in fattening them to the wall in a few places, may be 
led up about the deling of the houfe, where they 
will appear very handfome. And the eleventh fort, 
when arrived to a fufficient ftrength, will produce 
many exceeding large,, beautiful, fweet-fcented flow- 
ers ; but they are (like moft of the flowers of thefe 
kinds) of very fhort duration, fcarcely continuing 
full blown fix hours ; nor do the fame flowers ever 
open again, when once clofed : they begin to open 
in the evening between feven and eight of the clock, 
are fully blown by eleven, and by three or four the 
next morning fade, and hang down quite decayed ; 
but, during their continuance, there is fcarce any 
flower of greater beauty, or that makes a more mag- 
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nificent appearance ; for the calyx of the flowe% 
when open, is near a foot diameter ; the infide of 
which, being of a fplendid yellow colour, appears 
like the rays of a bright ftar, the outfide of a dark 
brown *, and the petals of the flowers being of a pure 
white, adds to the luftre ; and the vaft number of 
recurved ftamina, furrounding the ftyle in the center 
of the flower, make a fine appearance ; and add to 
this the fine fcent of the flower, which perfumes the 
air to a conflderable diftance : there is fcarce any plant 
which deferves a place in the hot-houfe fo much as 
this, efpecially as it is to be trained againft the waif 
where it will not take up room. The ufual feafon 
of its flowering is in July, and when the plants are 
large, they will produce a great number of flowers, 
fo that there will be a fucceflion of them for feveral 
nights, and many of them will open the fame night. 
I have frequently had fix,, eight, or ten flowers open 
at the fame time upon one plant, which have made 
a moft magnificent appearance by candle-light, but 
none of them have been fucceeded by any appearance 
of fruit. 
The tenth fort produces a flower little inferior to the 
former, as I have been informed by perfons who 
have feen them ; but I never had the good fortune to 
have any of thefe plants which have bee.fi under my 
care flower ; nor have I heard of more than two gar- 
dens where they have as yet flowered in England ; 
the firft of them was many years fince in the royal 
gardens at Hampton Court, when there was a curious 
collection of exotic plants kept in good order in 
thofe gardens, which have fince been greatly ne- 
gleCted ; the other was produced in the gardens of 
the right honourable the Marquis of Rockingham, 
at Wentworth-Hall, in Yorkfhire. Thefe are the 
only gardens in this country where I have heard of 
this fort having produced flowers ; although there are 
many of thefe plants in feveral gardens, which are of 
a conflderable age, and extend their branches to a 
yery great diftance. 
The ninth fort has never produced any flowers as yet 
in England, nor have we any good figure of the 
flower in any of the botanic books but I have been 
informed by fome curious perfons who have refided 
in America, that the flowers are not near fo beautiful 
as thofe of the tenth and eleventh, but the fruit is 
greatly efteemed by all the inhabitants. 
The twelfth fort produces a greater number, of flow- 
ers than either of the other ; thefe are of a fine Pink 
colour, both within and without; the petals are not 
fo numerous, and the tube of the flower is longer 
than thofe of the other fpecies ; and, contrary to all 
the other forts, keep open three or four days, pro- 
vided the weather is not too hot, or the place where 
they ftand kept too warm. During the continuance 
of thefe flowers, they make a fine appearance. This 
fort has very {lender trailing branches, which require 
to be fupported ; but thefe do not extend fo far as 
thofe of the other fort, nor are their branches jointed 
as thofe are, fo they cannot be trained fo far againft 
the walls of the houfe ; but as it produces fuch 
beautiful flowers, and in fo great plenty, it may be 
placed among the firft clafs of exotic plants. This 
plant has produced fruit in the garden at Chelfea, 
but it hath not as yet ripened. 
Thefe plants are all propagated by cuttings, fo that 
if you intend to increafe the number of them, you 
muft cut off the items of the upright forts at what 
length you pleafe ; thefe fhould be laid in a dry place 
to heal the part cut, at leaft a fortnight or three weeks 
before they are planted ; but if they lie a month it 
is much the better, and they will be in lefs danger 
of rotting, efpecially thofe forts which are the moft 
fucculent. 
Thefe cuttings fhould be planted in pots filled with 
the mixture of earth before directed, laying fome 
ftones in the bottom of the pots to drain off the 
moifture ; then place the pots into a gentle hot-bed 
of tanners bark, to facilitate their rooting, giving 
them once a week a gentle watering. 
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