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Show GU § and net too much expos’d to fevere Winds. : They may alfo be propagated by laying down the young Shoots in the Spring, which if kept fupplied with Water in very dry Weather, will take Root by the fucceeding Spring, when they may be tranfplanted where they are to remain: The beft Seafon for tranfplanting thefe Trees is at the latter End of March, juft before they begin to fhoot, at which Time, if Care be taken not to hurt their Roots, there will be little Danger of their not fucceeding, if the Plants are young; but they are very difficult to remove when they are grown large; therefore if your Ground be not ready to tranfplant thefe Trees into, while young, you fhould keep themin Pots or Tubs, until it be fo, that they may be turned out witha Ball of Earth to their Roots, which will be muchthe fureft Method. they arrive: I have fome young Plants in the Phyfick-Garden, that were rais’d from Seeds Anno 1726, which have come on very well tho’ they are naturally Plants of a very flow Growth. Thefe Plants may be brought over from Am ‘rica in any of the Summer Months, which is the fureft Method to obtain them, their Seeds being verydifficult to grow; but great Care fhould be taken to tranfplant theminto a Tub or Box of Earth at leaft a Month be. fore they are put on Boardthe Ship, that they for Laying ; which is by far the beft Method ‘WOC0R0ETgg a| gtial be taken from the old Plants with Roots to them; yet thefe Roots are feldom very good, and will always be fubje€t to pufh out a greater. Quantity of Suckers, than fuch as Ls, re placd orbic they are come up, they fhould each of them be tranfplanted into a fingle Halfpenny Pot fill’d with light rich Earth, and plung’d into a frefh Hot-bed, in order to bring *emforward ; obferving to give *em Air, in Proportion to or any other Accident or Management whatever. When the Plants arrive, they fhould be immediately taken out of the Tubs, preferving and in the Summer-time they will require to be frequently water’d. As they increafe in Bulk, fo you muft fhift them into larger Pots: But you mutt be careful not to put them into 0, fimbriato, frudtu fringed Flower, and a four-corner’d Fruit. ‘ Thefetwo Plants are Natives of the hotteft ro 2 the Weft pee e : me Indies, and are with great ‘Geuley : : : : Saar tranfplanted into England; for their pel cidom rife with us, unlefs they are rough At veryy frefh, and are fown foon after very great Pain there, and very often bring a Flux of Blood. GUIDONIA. The Charaéters are ; The Cup ofthe Flower conjifts offive Leaves, which are ftiff, and of a thick fucculent Make, expanding in form of a Star; thefe are of an Af Colour on the Outfide, and of a fine Purple facilitate their making frefh Roots, that they july you muft let them have a plentiful Share may be enabled tolive through the Winters for if they are not well rooted in the Earth of Air, in order to harden ?em before Winter; on the Infide: In the Centre of the Cup arifes the Flower, which confifts of feveral Leaves, and expands in form of a Star: From the Bottom of the Flower arifes the Pointal, which becomes @ roundifo Fruit, ded into three or four Cells, in which are contain’d many oblong Seeds. We have but one Species of this Plant in the Englifo Gardens ; whichis, Guiponta 3 Ulmi foliis, flore rofeo. Plum. Guidonia with Elm Leaves, and a Rofe-colour’d Flower. from Filth, which is very fubject to lodge upon the Surfaces thereof: And in Summer they fhould have a good Share offrefh Air, by opening the Glaffes of the Stove ; but they fhould never be wholly expos’d to the open for if you continue forcing ’em quite thro’ the Summer, youwill get ’emto be very large in one Seafon; but then they’ll be fo tender, that cwill be difficult to preferve ’em in Winter. At the Latter-end of Augu/t or Beginning ofSeptember fhort Time, in a gentle warm Shower of Rain, which will wafh the Leaves, and greatly tefreth them. The Wood of thefe Trees is fo hardas to break the Tools in felling them; fo thatit Stove; but if they are plung’d into Tanners Bark, they will not require it fo often; nor muit they have too much given at a time; and the Water wherewith they are water’d 1 Seeds. plac’d in the Stove at leaft twentyirs before it be us’d, that it may be nearly of an equal Proportion of Warmth , the Air of the Houfe. You fhouldalfo wath their Leaves with a Cloth in order to cleanfe them from Duft f on the Top, and containing many fm you fhould remove the Pots into they fhould be plac’d ina n, 7. ¢. not too nearthe Fire, nor-at too great a Diftance therefrom; the Temperate Heat, as mark’d upon Mr. Fowler’ Thermometers, agreeing better with themthan a Great Degree. During the Winter-feafon they mutt be often refrefh’d with Water, efpecially if they are plac’d upon Shelves in the Air, even in the hotteft Seafon, unlefs for + Ys Lignum Vite, with a blue great Quantities; and the Seeds fometimes fticking to the hard Excrement, in coming through the Inteftines, efpecially the Reffum, by their irregular fharp Angles, will occafion etoolarge; for that will very much before the cold Weather comes on, it will be Pots th want a Supply of thefe Trees, which is often fo great, as to become troublefome in their Plantations and Savanna’s. The Fruit (fays Sir Hans Sloane) is accounted extremely pleafant, delicious and wholefome, and may very defervedly take the firft Place among the Weft-Indian Fruits, if eaten when thoroughly ripe. They have (continues he) only this {nconvenience, that being very aftringent, they ftop up the Belly, if eaten in retard their Growth, as indeed it doth moft other Plants; and towards the Beginning of is feldom cut downfor Fire-wood, being very difficult to burn. Flower, and roundifh Fruit, 2. Guatacum ; flor Seeds in a Hot-bed in the Spring; and when the Warmth of the Weather, by raifing the GUAJAVA: The Guava. rm of a Rofe: The Pointal of The Charaéfers are ; es from the Centreof the The Flowers, for the moft pa yx, becomes a : » roundifb, ftony Fruit, or five Leaves, which are produced Stony Seeds are furrounded with a thin Pulp, Order, and expand in Formof a Rofe, The Species are ; i many Stamina or Threads furrounds I. Guaiacum; flore ceruleo, frufiu fubro: The Ovary is of a lo , tundo. Plum. Lignum Vite, or Wood of Life, igure, which becomes a flefoy Fruit, cro with a blue tetragono. Plum. Feet high, tho’ there are feveral Trees which have produc’dFrait in England. Thefe Plants are propagated by fowing their Glaffes with Stones, &c, and in the great Heat of the Day you fhould fhade the Glaffes with Mats, to prevent their being {corch’d ; difficult to preferve them. In Ofober they fhould be remov’d into a warm Stove, where the Thermometer fhould be kept up to twenty Degrees above Temperate, (as mark’d on Mr. Fowler’s Thermober; for they feldom make fuch fair Trees meters); and during the Winter-feafon they as the other. his makes a very large beau- fhould be often refrefh’d with Water: But tiful Tree in Virginia, and feems difpos’d to it fhould be given them very cautioufly ; for growto the fame Stature with us. There was too much Moifture is very hurtful to thefe formerly a large Tree of this Kind in the Plants. You fhould alfo carefully wath their Gardens of the Bifhop of London at Fulbam, Leaves, from Time to Time, to cleanfe them GUAIACUM; Lignum Vite. The Charaé 5: The Flower co Scoves, and are rarely feen above fix or feven to the Sailors not to over-water themin their Paffage; which is what hath deftroy’d more Plants fent from Abroad, thaneither the Cold, are produc’d by Layers ; which is what no one would covet in any Sort of Trees, unlefs for the fake of increafing the Num- which flower’d; but this hath been cut down feveral Years, to make Roomfor Kitchen Stuff: fo that at prefent 1 don’t know of any that are very large; tho’, in a few Years, thofe that have been rais’d from Seeds will come to flower; for there are fome Trees in the Phy/ick-Garden, that I rais’d from Seeds in the Year 1724, which are at this Time, Anno 1729, upwards of nine Feet high, and do make vigorous Shoots every Year. have Trunks as thick asa Man’s Thigh: But with us in England they are preferved in warm may befettled in the Earth, and Charge given The Pifbamin is very fubjeét to fend forth fome Earth about their Roots, and planted great Numbers of Suckers from the Root, fo into Pots fill’d with goodfrefh rich Earth, and that there will never want a Supply of' Shoots plung’d into a Hot bed of Tanners-Bark, to of managing them; tho’ fometimes they may U faces of the Leaves during their Houle; as alfo from Vermin, 1 are very fubject to infeft thefe Plants. Summer you may expofe them to the y moving or opening the Glaffes in ont of the Stove ; but they fhould never er’d to ftand Abroad, unlefs it be for Hours in a warm Rain to wafh them ; ted too hardily, they ther Fruit or Flowers; are rightly manag’d, they 1 Seafon after their being The Species are 5 1. Guayavas alba dulcis. H. EL. The Guava. 2. Guajava ; rubra, acida, fruitu rob H.L. The red Guava. Thefe Trees grow to the He Feet, or more in the / ure planted evefy-where in the Jfefulnefs ; tho’ the nts; fo that ll never The Charaéters of this Plant do not very well agree with thofe which Pere Plumier hath given to this Genus of Plants. However, as the modern Botaniffs have agreed that this Plant here named is the fame whichis figur’d by Commelin in the Hortus Amftelodamenfis, with the Title of Arbufcula Ulmi faci mulis alatis, flor purpuralcen continu’d Plumier’s Name to it: i Tho’ I am in doubt whether our Plant is really the fame with Plumier’s; but it is undoubtedly that which Gommelin has figur’d and defcribed. This Plant may be propagated by laying down the Branches in the Spring, which by the fucceeding Spring will be rooted fuffi- ciently to tranfplant ; and they fhould be taken up at the Latter-end of March, before the Plant fhoots, and put into Pots fill’d with good rich Earth; and if you fet the Pots upon a moderate Hot-bed to forward their Rooting, it will be a fure Method: Tho’ they fhould not be too much forced; nor thould they continue longer than to the End of April under Shelter, when they may. be fet abroad in fome Place which is pretty well defendedfrom ftrong Winds, where they may remain until Of7ol at which Time. they fhould be remov’d into the Green-houfe, with Ore , Myrtles, Oleanders, &c. placing them in the cooleft Part of the Houfe ; for they are pretty hardy, requiring nothing more than to be protected fromfevere Froft : and during the Winter-feafon they fhouldhave but little Water; for they caft their Leaves in |
