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Show i A ---- s ----------------- A General 5ffiription o 25 places. Now in regard it will not be unpl afant to the Readers, to perufe th Nature of thefe Trees and Fruits, Ifhall declare in a few words w {erved concernin mer Writer Pear-Tree them, whereof no mention has been ade by any other fo The Tree upon which the Cloves grow, 1s as big as ap Ordinar and grows after the fame form» Th Leaves hang upon long fal and grow fometimes fingle, and fometimes in clufters I lefler Branches, each whereof end in very thin fhoots upe ftalks, wherefit the Cloves in clufters : within the head o has fevera whofe to the Clove gregper 2 grow fmal grows alf a flower which yiclds a very pleafant {cent e fruity but i much mor fragrant in dry weather then in e ; upon which alfo depends th unfruitfulnels : For in a dry year there # more f uit then leaves upon the Tre But although extraordinary heat be feafonable we yc they do not dlways yield a like plentif l Harveft : for abeut the fecond r thir and fometimes about the {eveinth year, the Crop is uch worfe. The Cloves ar firlt red of colour, butafterwards turn black and are gathered in September, 08 ber, and Nowember, either with the hand or elfe beaten off with 2 long Reed. Suc as are left upon the Tree, grow much bi ger then thofe that are gathered, and fa off of themfelves the next year ; which thou h they are not fo tharp of tafte, ye are hield much dearer, and are ufed for Seed : An this is the reafon why the I dzans name the {ame the Mothers of Fruits. Thef Seeds grow up to a complea Tree.ta cight or ten years time, and then bear flore of frui , The Cloves, whe they are firlt gathered, are blacki(h, and to make them blacke drytagin the Sun‘; but to preferve them from being Wor -eaten, they lay the to fteep awhile in Salt-water, and then again dry them i the Sun - being thu prepared for keeping, they ate tranfported into moft parts o the World. An here o ferve, that though the Clove- Trees are only cherithed for th fake of t fruit, yetthere is an Acomatick {overaign Virtue in the very Leave , Flowers, a Branches I fhallnot need to [ay any thing of the Excellency of this Spice, i be ing fo well known to every body5 only thisI(hall add, as worthy of obfer tron, whereby you may underftand the {ubtilty of the Indians, wh when they o fell their Cloves, or deliver what they hav before-hand with water, to make them weig green Cloves, the Indian fold, willbe f(ure to {0ak them we the heavier. Out of the flowers an extra@ a Water or Spirit very plealant of {mell, an very gaad for {:veral Diftempers The beft place for thefe Clove-Trees to gro m, are the Molucea Ilands, where they are more fruitful thenany other place, an naturally delight to grow upon high places, and o thick together, that the Suni not able to picrce through them Now obferve that as the Cjnnamon- Tree profpers no wher {o well as upo the Hland of Cezlon, nor the Clove as upon the Moluccas 5 fo the N tmeg-Tre takes the greateft liking to the particular Ifla d of Bandas, which is one of th chiefeft of the Molucca's Th |