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A DISCOURSE

3. I have raised them abundantly of their seeds, neither wateringnor dunging the soil, which in two months will peep ; and beinggoverned like the Cyprefs, are apt for all the employments of thatbeautiful tree. To make it grow tall, prune and cleanse it to the verystem; the male best. The discreet loosening of the earth about theroots also, makes it strangely to prevent your expectations, by suddenly

' plantations, for variety. It is observable, as these trees advance in growth, their branchesbecome cornered, and their leaves suffer a change in their nature. At first they are narrow,sharp-pointed, and produced by threes round the branches, spreading open in a pretty man-ner. The leaves afterwards grow shorter, and are produced by fours, without having anytendency to spread open. The flowers are produced nearly in the same manner as the' r y Virginian kinds, and are succeeded by purplish berries.

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8. JUNIPERUS (barbadensis) foliis omnibus quadrifariam nnbricatis, jumoribus ovatis,senioribus acutis. Lin. Sp. PI. 147 1. Juniper with all the leaves placed by fours, lying-over eachother, the young being oval, the older acute. Juniperus Barbadensis, cuprefsi foliis, ramulis qua-dratis. Pluk. Aim. Commonly called Jamaica berry-bearing cedar.

This Cedar is a very large timber-tree in Jamaica and other islands where it grows naturally,and is much sought after for the building of ships, &c. The branches are spreading, manyare cornered, and their bark is rough, and of a brown colour. The leaves grow by fours, andlie over each other. They are small; the older leaves are sharp-pointed, but the youngerare more oval; and many are imbricated like the Cyprefs. Neither the male not femaleflowers, which are found on different plants, make any figure; the last are succeeded by a«mall brownish berry. This is a very tender plant, though if it has a shed like the other, itmay be nursed until it becomes a large tree. In very hard frosts, care must be taken to layplenty of litter, &c. round the bottom of the shed to keep the frost from penetrating into theground. The shed must always be taken oil, and the litter removed from the stem, on thefirst return of fine open weather.

9. JUNIPERUS (sabinj) foliis oppositis erectls decurrentibus, ramis patulis. Juniper■with opposite, erect, running leaves, and spreading branches. Sabina folio Cuprefsi. B. P. 487.Savin -with a Cyprefs leaf. Common savin.

Of this species there are three sorts: 1. Spreading Savin; 2. Upright Savin; 3. StripedSavin.

1. The spreading Savin is a low-spreading shrub; the branches have a natural tendencyto grow horizontal, or nearly so; so that it must be ranked amongst the lowest growingshrubs ; insomuch that unlefs it is planted against a wall, or supported in an upright position,we seldom have it higher than two feet. When it is to be planted and left to nature, roommust be allowed for its spreading; for it will occupy a circle of more than two or three yardsdiameter, and will choak any other lefs-powerful shrub that is placed too near it. The barkon the older shoots is of a light brown colour; but on the younger, which are covered withleaves running into each other, it is of as fine a green as any shrub whatever. The leaves areerect and acute pointed. They are placed opposite, and grow a little like those of the