A Method of Raising Some Exotick Seeds, Which Have Been Judged Almost Impossible to beRaised in England, Communicated in a Letter to Dr. Douglas, Coll. Med. Soc. Honorar. and R. S.S. By Mr. Philip Miller, Gardiner to the Physick-Garden at ChelseaAuthor(s): Philip MillerSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 35 (1727 - 1728), pp. 485-488Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/103705 .

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- ( 485 ) Qecifick Grav1ty of ttlCe Crytt ls renders the cteanlng it leS troublefonzeX atld lefs expenfiN!e, tban in any other Oar hatever. It requires no tnore, tllan tllat the sv'}lole Stuf be {latuped tO a fine Povnrder, a.her Brlzich it is snraihed by a Water, wlloWe Force is fo tnoderated as to uranl avvay only the lightell Parts. This Stamping and Wa&ing is repeated till tlle Oar is left exceedingly cieanx and yields in ibletal from 28 to -2Qtll, according as it is cleanfed froln the Load, and as it is in its own Nature more or lefs free frotn Iron.

Begging [Jeave to defer tlle Account of Lend and Copper, I aln

2xly the 10, rOgr very hgm61e Servaxt, 728.

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IV. A A!ethod of raifit?g |ome exotict Seeds, wSic15 baue beent jMdged aImoJ} impoSble ts be rvied in England) cot"^nxnicated in a Letter to Dr DouglasX Coll Med. Soc. honorar. and Gte S. S. ty Mr. Philip Miller, Gardinter to the byrst- Garden at Chelfea.

S I R, A Ccording to rny Promife, I lner-e fend you an Acw

.£R co3unt of the Nlethods I have raken to raife tllx C'ozo l\lxt, with the Succefs of eacll i which hath led

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- ( 485 ) Qecifick Grav1ty of ttlCe Crytt ls renders the cteanlng it leS troublefonzeX atld lefs expenfiN!e, tban in any other Oar hatever. It requires no tnore, tllan tllat the sv'}lole Stuf be {latuped tO a fine Povnrder, a.her Brlzich it is snraihed by a Water, wlloWe Force is fo tnoderated as to uranl avvay only the lightell Parts. This Stamping and Wa&ing is repeated till tlle Oar is left exceedingly cieanx and yields in ibletal from 28 to -2Qtll, according as it is cleanfed froln the Load, and as it is in its own Nature more or lefs free frotn Iron.

Begging [Jeave to defer tlle Account of Lend and Copper, I aln

2xly the 10, rOgr very hgm61e Servaxt, 728.

F. A7icholIs.

IV. A A!ethod of raifit?g |ome exotict Seeds, wSic15 baue beent jMdged aImoJ} impoSble ts be rvied in England) cot"^nxnicated in a Letter to Dr DouglasX Coll Med. Soc. honorar. and Gte S. S. ty Mr. Philip Miller, Gardinter to the byrst- Garden at Chelfea.

S I R, A Ccording to rny Promife, I lner-e fend you an Acw

.£R co3unt of the Nlethods I have raken to raife tllx C'ozo l\lxt, with the Succefs of eacll i which hath led

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( 486-) me to a fure M<tTlod ir raifing fuch Seeds whicll have hard Coats or Shells irrounding thetn; and llave beerl 3udged- rery difficultX 15 not itnpOI315l-e to be rail; ed in E;g>d.

Irl the Year I7X4, I had a Parcel of Seffi Coco-Sts given me3 wllich were broug'nt over frotn Bar6ados Part of theX Nuts I diveRed of theXr outer toat, or HuskX and the other Part I lefE intire as I receis}ed tlletn -Both theSe Parcels I planted in largePots) filled urith gooel frefll Eiarth, and plunged the Pos into a Het-bed Inade with Dxners-bozrk r giNtinC tietn-Vao

tle and frequent Waterings as the Eartll In the t ors i;ftned to requile; but had not on>) nut of the wlIole NulnlDer) wllicll lnade any Attetnpt tO «GOtx AS I could i?ercetYe > and upon taking tllelnC out of rlae Pors7 I fbund ther were rotten About four Alonths after I receisted another freth Parc-e1 of Ckw-NEts fro1n Barbadosg which I treated in another Manner Part of tlleCe l cut off tbe outer CO3 or Husk firotn} and the otller Part 1 leR in-tire as before But fuppoLing it xvas owing tQ lny plAnting tlze otller Parcel in °twt that ttley did not Xcceed, I ;nade a Dei Hotibed (svith tIvrfie-dgg) and covered it oster witli f>4b Earth 35out I8 inches

tllick in wlltctl I planted t}:le Nuts (3bServlng as be breX to fspply it witllF conveent MitgreX as alfo to keep the Hot-bed in art eftl lCegper of Het (wilich I was guided to do b)r a ltherwogetet graduated for tlle Ufe of HotObeds) i but svith all tny Care I had no better SucceLi tl<an before i not one of the Nus mal;ng any E{Eay towards ;/bootitg Tlae Year fbl- iewing I had anotller Parcel of Coca-PXt! gXten meX xvhich confiIdering my faEner ill Suc{i-;I planted i-n a- difirent DIannerg as iollows. Having a fIotwbeds

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whlch had bee¢ lately made wit}l Taners-barks and which was filled with Pots of exotic Plants, I retnonred two of the largeIt PotsX which u ere placed in tlle Middle of the Bed, and opening the Eanners-bogrk under the Place where the two Pots Rood, I placed- the two Coro-0lXts tllerein, laying them Side-xxraysX to pre- rrent tl:ze MoiJ?re (wllich tnigllt defcend frc)ln tlle Pots) frotn entring tlle Hole at tlle BaCe of tlle FruiX and thereby rot tlle feminal Plant upon its firIt <ger- minating. I then covered tlle Nuts over witll the Bark tsxro or tllree Inches thick, and placed tlle twto Pots ower thetn in tlleir former Station. In tllis Place I let the Nuts remain for f1x NVeeks i wllen retnoving

the tBro Pots) and uncovering tlle Nuts, I found tl1em both thot fronz tlle HoSe in tlle Bafe cf the Fruit, an Inch in>Length s and froln tlle otller Egd of tl1e Fruit were feveral Fibres emitted two or tllree Inches ir- Length. Upon finding tllem in fuch a ForwardneSs, I took theln out of tlle Barfi, and planted tlueln in lar>e PotsX fi;lled witll good freMh EartZi, plulnging- the Pots down to tlleir Rilns in the l4aners-bark, and cover- ing the Surface of the hiarth in tlae Pots llalf an Incll tllick With tlle falne: SoOn after xvllicll the aoung S11QOtS vere abo.e turo Inches longy and continued to thrive very well. I 11ave cointn&lnicated tllis Met11od f1nce to fotne of lny Acquaitrtat1ce9 WHQ llaste tried <t wiel1 tlse fame SucceSs, and if tlle Nuts are frefh9 fcarce any of thean miScarry. TIzis led lne to try if tlle fame Metllod trould fubcced as well witll other hard-Jhell'd, exotic Seeds, which I could notX by any Method Ii l1ad before tried) get to gror, as the Bont d8r, or lYicXr-Eree; the Xbr?s, or tYild Liq?zo riae ; tlle SPhafeolw Braf/iaaas ft tefcens /o6is *ilv

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ltJss pagentibBs matim SIermaaBi, or HorSebeye Bean; vith feveral others i and I llave found it bvth a filre and exteditiotls Way to raife an Sort of hard fihell'd Frz¢its, or Seeds. For the Heat and MoiJ?re (WllicIo are al)Colutely neceilary to promote Vegetation) vlley here enjoy in an eqaal and reg8/ar Manncr; tlle Eannerw-bark (if riglatly lnarAaged) keepilig to nclr an Eqsa/ity o'f Heat for fi1x sA/Ionths, alad the bEater

hich deScends frotn tlle Pots) wherl they a.re vatered, is by ttne Bark detained frean being tOO roon difilpated: whicll cannot be obtained in a cotnanon Hot-bedX the Earth in fucll being- worked auray by tlle lV.1ter) anl thereby leaving tlle Seeds often deIlitute of AtoiRureX Solne of thefe Seeds I have had fhoot in a FOILnigI1tSS Time; uT1lich I am inform'dX would not have rO done in a Montll in their native Soil and Cliluate. I llase alSo found tllis to be an excellent Method to reRore Orange (or any other exotic) Trees, wllich 11ave fuf- fered by a tedious Paliage, in being too long out of the Ground: Infomucll I recovered two Orange trees which had been ten SvIonths without either Eartll or Water. If this proves acceptable to youX it will be a P}eafure to,

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