_Cocao-Trees_ are planted from the Kernel or Seed, for the Nature of the Wood will not admit of Slips: They open a _Cocao-Shell_, and according as they have occasion, take out the Kernels, and plant them one by one, beginning, for example, at the first Stick: They pluck it up, and with a sort of a Setting-Stick made of Iron, and well sharpened, they make a Hole, and turning the Iron about, cut off the little Roots that may do hurt. They plant the Kernel three or four Inches deep, and thrust in the Stick they before had pluck'd up a little on one side, to serve as a Mark: and so they proceed from Stick to Stick, and from Rank to Rank, till they have gone through the whole Nursery. It must be observed, 1. _Not to plant in a dry Season._ One may indeed plant in any Month of the Year, or any Moon, new or old, when the Season is cool, and the Place ready; but it is commonly believed, that planting from _September_ to _Christmas_, the Trees bear more than in some Months. 2. _Not to plant any but the largest Kernels, and such as are plump_: For since in the finest Shells there are sometimes withered Kernels, it would be very imprudent to make use of them. 3. _To plant the great Ends of the Kernels lowermost._ This is that which is held by a little Thread to the Center of the Shell, when one takes the Kernel out. If the little End was placed downward, the Foot of the Tree would become crooked, neither would it prosper; and if it was placed sideways, the Foot would not succeed very well. 4. _To put two or three Kernels at every Stick_, that if by any Mischance the tender Shoots of one or two are broken by Insects, or otherwise, there may be one left to supply the Defect. If no bad Accident happen, you have the advantage of chusing the straitest and most likely Shoot. But it is not best to cut up the supernumerary ones till that which is chosen is grown up, and, according to all appearance, out of danger.