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Show SeT STYRAX ; [takes its Name ofStiria, Lat. an Jficle, becaufe a refinous Matter iffues like Drops out of the Tree. We have many Gums from this Tree: The firft is the Red Styraw ; or, as itis call’d by fome, the Fews Fr I~ cenfe, becaufe theybelieveit to be that Refin that the Wife Men brought and offer’d to our Sa r. This lifh, or yellowifh, and is extraéted out of the Tree byan Incifion. Another Kind is theSty x Calamita, becaufe in old Times it was tranfported in Fafmines, &c. and thefe Plants bein wen grown before they are brough t ove ry will more hardy than thc q Irom Seeds : as here, df Seed $4 re< andwill be morelikely to produc e Fruit The Refin of this ‘Tree is by ought oe overfor Medicinal Ufe. I fhall beg Leave to add anot} 1er Tree in th Place, ee eel very different . ce Sg ee reaching racters fror Ei regoing 1s 4 ; Botanifis, 2aand noe ing | long te pafs'd : a and under the Name of Storax, 1 fhall continue it by that Pipes of Reeds to preferve its Odour. ‘This Styraw is on the Outfide of a red Colour, and Name in this Place, having the r y off Authorit white witl \ k Scent, very Mr. Ray for fo doing, grateful. _ ird is Liquid Styrax, which is = rh re Virginiana, aceris folio, an oily vifcous Subftance, of the Confiftence of dit , of a greyifh Colour, and an aro- a Maple y Leaf, commonly Leal, commonly cail'd call’d Liguid Liquid- «he Amber, matick Scent; but this is the Produétofa difThis Tree grows very plentitully in Ameo ferent Tree. act an Oil from the Nuts, rica, from whence th ds have been brought that is called L x.| TheStorax Tree. into Engl dy where there has beena great Number of Plants rais’d therefrom, which are found to be hardy enough to endure the Cold of our ordinary it 1s very pro I in the open Air: And the Trees grow larger, and more woody, {0 they will the betterrefit the Cold ; but whils are young, the ten- At, ViZ. Storaxice-T ree ows plent in feveral Parts hence it hath been brought us Gardens in Europe, though very rare in England. i gated by fowing the Secds vith freth, light Earth, and are proc End of 04 moderate Hot-bed : This fhould {oon as poffible, when the Seeds rd; for if they are fownthe latter the Pots kept in a modeall the Wy eeding Spring ; 1e Spring do often re- main in the Ground a whole Plants come up. When the each trai Year before the : Plants are up, they thould be planted into a feparate fall Por fill’d with light, freth Earth, and plung’d into ey Hot eat bed, ae nes a very mc te obfer ving to t water and fhade them until they have taken R Oot ; after which they fhould be inur’d to the open A deorees. whic Air by, Gegre es, into into which , they muft be removd in June, placing them ina warmS ituation, in which Flace they mayremain till the . ;Daan ginnitian hich ng c of O¢fober ; at which ‘rT: Time they_ iould be remov’d into the Green-houfe placing them where they may enjoyt he BeneoA a fh Air when the Weatheris mild; for thele e e Plants aare ancs toleraad. e bly y } nahardy, y aand doonl ) y q to aes sU be fheleer d from fevere Froft, for in Italy oy grow extremely well in the open Air, 2:an c Produce ce E F Tuit in ¢great Plent ; y ; from i nence I receiv'd a Parcel of the Seeds: But Q thea . E lants do grow very flowl . y with us, {fo : would be a good Way to procure fome tom e Italy, e f which might 8 be br.rought over iin Of 2 B, ane ra oe < re up in Cafes i 5 with Mois, as actisd fi i jn ringi ng over bringi er Q e-Irees, der Branches are very fubject to perith with feyere Froft. T his Pl ant may be propagated byfowing the Seeds in the Spring in Pots fill’d with frefh, light Earth, which fhould be plung’dintoa moderate Hot-bed, and duly water’d 3 when the Plants are come up, (which fom happens in fix Weeks after fowing, though often they remain in the Grounduntil the fecond Year ; in which Cafe, the Earth ofthe Pots fhould not bedifturb’d until you fee whether the Plants will come up or not) they fhould be carefully kept clear from Weeds, and water’d frequently ; and in ‘une they fhould be remov’d the open Air, pl g them in a warm Situation, where they may remain until O¢fober ; at which Time they fhould be plac’d in a common Hot-bed F where they will ce protected from fevere Froft : But the Glaffes be Weather, they mayex pt off in mild Towards the latter End of Beginning of 4pril, thefe Plants may be taken out of the Pots, andplanted into the full Ground: In order to which, a Bed or two of light, freth Earth fhould be prepar’d in a warm Situation, into which the Plants may be planted at about a Foot afunder each Way, which will be full Room enough for ’em to grow two Years; and being plac’d fo clofe, they may be much eafier cover’d, if the /Witer thould prove very fevere. Whentheyare planted, the Surface of the Ground mutt be cover’d with Mulch, to vent the Wind and Sun from drying Ground too faft; and if the Seaton | dry, it will be proper to water them now an@ then until they have taken R oot, after which theywill require no farther Care but to keep them conftantly clear from Weeds until No- vember following ; whenit will be proper to { lay alittle freth Mulch upon the Surface the Ground to keep out the Froft ; and if Winter fhould be vety fevere, the Plants muft According to the Copernican Hypothefiss which is now generally recciv’d, and which has over them to protect them from the Froft. even Demonftration onits Side, the Suu is the In thefe Beds the Plants may remain two Center of the planetary and cometarySyftem ; Years; after which they fhould be remov’d round whichall the Planets and Comets, and in the Spring to the Places where theyare tore- our Earth, among the reft, revolve in different main, orelfe into a Nurfery, where they muft Periods, according to their different Diftances be planted at a greater Diftance, fo asto have from the Sun. Room to grow two or three Years longer. But the Sw, tho’ thus eas’d of that prodiThefe ‘Trees will grow very vigoroufly after gious Motion, whereby the Antients imagin’d they have ftood twoor three Years; fo that him to revolve daily round our Earth ; yet is when their Roots have acquired Strength, he not a perfectly quiefcent Body ? theywill make great Progrefs in their Growth: From the Phenomena of his Macule or Withus they will grow to beupward of twenty Spots, it evidently appears, thar he has a RoFeet high, fo fhould be plac’d amongft Trees of tation round his Axis, like that of the Earth, whereby the natural Day is meafurd, only the fame Growth, and in a warm Situation. The Leaves of this Tree do fweat outa flower. Someofthefe Spots have made theirfirft Apliquid Refin in hot Weather, which when rubbed between the Fingers, emitsa fragrantScent ; pearance near the Edge or Margin ofthe Sum, but I have not feen any Flowers produc’d in and have been feen fome time after on the oppofite Edge; whence, after a Stay of about Englandas yet. fourteen Days, they have re-appear’d in have little Peas-Haulm, or fome Mats thrown SUBER ; The Cork-Tree. The Charatters are ; It is in all refpects like the Vex, excepting the their firft Place, and taken the fame Courfé over again, finifhing their intire Circuit in twenty~feven Days time ; which is hence de-~ Bark of the Tree, which in this is thick, [pungy, duc’d to be the Period of the Sun’s Rotation roundhis Axis. and foft. The Species are ; 1. Super latifolium., perpetuo vvirens. C B. P. The Broad-leav'd ever-green CorkTree. 2. Sorsus ; auguftifolium, non ferratum. C. B.P. The narrow-leav’d Cork-Tree, with {mooth Edges. There are feveral other Species of this 'Tree mention’d in fome of the Italian Catalogues of Plants; but the two Sorts here mention’d are all I have obferv’d in the Engii/b Gardens. Thefe Trees may be propagated by fowing their Acorns in the Spring, in the manner direéted for the I/ex, to which thefe exactly agree in Culture; therefore, to avoid Repetition, the Reader is defir’d to turn to that Article for farther Inftruction. SUBTERRANEOUS,is that whichis under or within the Surface, Bowels or Caverns of the Earth, or the hollow Places of the Earth that are under Ground. SUCCORY ; vide Cichorium. SUCCULENT PLANTS, are fuch whofe Leaves are thick, and aboundwith Juice. SULPHUREOUS,is full of Brimftone, SUMACH ; vide Rhus. SUMMITS, or pices ate thofe Bodies which contain the prolifick Powder, analogous to the Male Sperm in Animals: Thefe gene- rally hang upon the Stamina or Threads, which furround the Ovary in Flowers, SUN, has ufually been reckon’d among the Number of Planets, but he ought rather to be numbred among the fix’'d Stars. This Motion of the Spots is from af to Weft; whenceit isconcluded, that of the Sun, to which the other is owing, is from Haj? to Weft. Dr. Hook thinks it reafonable to conclude, That the Superficies of the Sun is cover’d with Air, or Atmofphere, or fome other fluid Body ; and that this Atmofphere, tho’ poflibly eighty times thicker than that about our Earth, yet in Comparifonofthe vaft Diameter of the Sin’s Body, becomes wholly invifible to us, though affifted by the beft Telefcopes. He fuppofes it alfo to look as bright as the Body of the Suu itfelf, and that it is really the Shell of this Atmofphere, and not the very Body of the Sun that fhines: And from hence he fays, That all the Phenomena of the Macule and Fecule of the Sun will be folv’d, and that they are only Clouds or Smoaks in this Atmofphere. He concludes, That the Sum itfelf within this Atmofphereis a folid and opacous Body, from thefe Reafons : 1. The Conftancy of its Rotation. 2, The Fixednefs of its Axis. 3. The Power of its Gravitation or Attraction towards its Center. He concludes, That thefe prove its Solidity and Opacity from the difappearing of the folar Spots in the Limb, and their not returning backwards, as they would feem to do if the Body were tranfparent as the Atmo{phere is, or the Flame of a Candle, or the Radiation or hazy Light about the Nucleus of a Comet, through which, as well as throughits Beard, the {mall fix’d Stars may be feen. He thinks the fuperficial Parts of the Sun to confift of Bodies, fimilar to our Nitre and Sulphur ; and that thefe are fet on Fire, and confequently, that the Phyfical Caule of its oR Light |