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'2 d-RASus (M;§r«) foliis ferratis lanceolatis. Chtrry- 

 . ''tree '■j;ith fpear-fiaped fawed leaves. Cerafus major ac 

 -. 'fylveftris, fruftu fubdulci nigro colore inficiente. 

 ;■ C. B. P. 450. Greater wild Cherry-tree -with afweetijh 

 ' fruity whefe juice affords a black colour. -^ ■ ^• 

 'V Cerasus {Hortenjis) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, floribus 

 confertis. Cherry-tree with oval fpear-Jhaped leases., and 

 - fotvers growing in chfters. Cerafus racemofa hortenfis. 

 ' ' •€. B. P. 450. Commonly called the Clujler Cherry, 

 4. Cerasus {NIahaleb) floribus corymb'ofis, foliis ovatis. 

 - 'LJn.Sp. Plant. 474. Cherry-tree with flowers growing 

 ■'•^ifi round hunches, and oval leaves. Ccvz^u^ fylveftns 

 •• ' amara, mahaleb putata. J. B. The Mahaleb or fer- 



•^ fumed Cherry. ' • '. . 



'5. Cerasus {Canadenjis) foliis lanceolatis, glabris, mte- 

 gerrimis, fubtus, caefiis, ramis patulis. Cherry-tree 

 •with Jmooth., fpear-Jhaped, entire leaves, of a bluifl:) 

 '"fn-een on their under fide, andfpreading branches. Cera- 

 *s fus piimila Canadenfis, oblongo angufto folio Fruau 



Du Hamel. Dwarf Canada Cherry, with oblong 



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'- narrow leaves^ and a fmall fruity calkd Ragouminier^ Ne- 



^ ga^ or Mind in Canada. . ' ' \ ' 



^- The firfl fort is the common or Kentifti Cherry, 



'- which is fo well known in England as to need no de- 



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IS cultivated as a flowering flirub for ornament. The 

 ftones of this were fent me by Dr. Bernard de Juffieu, 

 profeflbr of botany at Paris, which fucceeded very 

 well in the Chelfea garden -, but by comparing this 

 with a fpecimen of the old Cham^cerafus, or Cerafus 

 humilis of Gerard, and other old writers, I find it to 



be the fame plant, for it alfo agrees exadly with their 

 defcriptions of it. 



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This IS a low ihrub, which feldom grows more than 

 three or four feet high, fending out many horizontal 

 branches, which fpread near the ground on every 

 fide ; and the lower branches are very fubjeft to lie in 

 the ground, v/here they will put out roots, and thereby 



multiply, 



bark, inclining toward red i 



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The young branches have a very fmooth 



the leaves are long, 

 narrow, very imooth, and entire, having the appear- 

 ance of fome forts of Willow leaves, of a light 

 green on their upper fide, but of a bluifh or fea-green 

 on their under : the flowers come out from the fide 

 of the branches, two, three, or four arifing at the 

 fame joint moft part of the length of the young 

 fhoots i thefe are maped like thofe of the common 

 Cherry, but are fmaller, (landing upon long flender 

 foot-flalks.' The fruit is like thofe of the fmall wild 

 Cherry, but hath a bitterifh flavour. It flowers 

 about the fame time as the other forts of Cherries, 



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thefe fruit are good 



food for birds, and the French plant them among 



their other fhrubl, to entice the birds to harbour 



there. 



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fcription. From this fort it hath been fuppofed many 

 pf the varieties which are cultivated in the Englilh 

 ^rdens, have been raifed 5 but as there are very 

 great difftrrences in the fize and ftiape of their leaves, 

 as alfo in the Ihoots of the trees from thofe of this 

 Ibrt, I think it is very doubtful, where the boun- 

 daries of their fpecific differences terminate : how- j It is eafily propagated by laying down the branches 

 ever, I fliall comply with the generality of ijiodern I early in the fpring, which will take root by the foU 

 r botanifts, in fuppofing the following forts to have I lowing autumn, when they may be taken off, and ei- 

 * been produced from the feeds of this, as we have hot J ther planted in a nurfery to get ft:rength, or to the 

 ' " ' ' ^ '""^ '^~ places where they are defigned to remain. Jt ipay 



alfo be propagated by fowing the ilones, in the fame 

 manner as other Cherries, ' , - 



All the forts of Cherries which are ufually cultivated 



fufficient experiments to determine o 



" Cherrv. The Ox" Heart 



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The Archduke Cherry. 

 * The Flemifh Cherry/ 

 i , The Red Heart. 



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The White Heart. 

 The Black Heart. 

 The Amber Heart. 



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The Lukeward, * 

 The Carnation, 



The Hertfordfhire Heart 



The Morello. / 



The Bleeding Heart. 



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Two foits with double flowers, one larger and fuller 

 than the other. Thefe are propagated for ornament. 

 The fccond fort above-mentioned is the Black Cherry, 



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grows to be a large tree, fit for timber, and is fre- 

 quently foun(J growing as fuch in the woods. From 

 this, the only varieties which I have ever known 

 '^raifed by* feeds, are "the Black Coroun, and the 

 ^ frnall Wild Cherry ; of which there arc two or three 



" varie tie v^^ which differ in the fize and colour of their 



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®Thefe Wild Cfiemes arc very proper to plant m parks, 



V tjccaufc the^' grow to a large fize, and make beautiful 



.^ ■ trees ;^ and in the fpring, when they are in flower, 



^^^^. ; .-will be very ornamental. The fruit of them will be 



^-"^'f good food for birds, and when the trees are cut down, 



• , ^ 519 wood is veiy ufeful for turflers; "Thefe trees will 



.■ thrive in poor land better than moft other forts, fo 



there IS an advantage in propagating them in thofe 



ptlaces. ^he French often plant them for avenues to 



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'^;their houfes, upon fuch land where they cannot get 



/* any otfier trees to thrive ; they alfo cultivate them in 



'^ their woods to cut for hoops, and greatly efteem 



" tHem for this purpofe. ' ■:'."■ 



■ '^^ The ftones of this fort are generally fown for raifing 



;^ocks to grift or bud the' other forts of Cherries iip- 



^ on, being of quicker growth, and of longer duration 



*',than either of the other, fo are verj^ juitly efteemed 



; arid preferred to them. . ' 



., The wood of the fourth fort, is by the Frehch greatly 



,*' ^^^c^'n^cl for makinp; of cabinets, becaufelt hath an 



'^ agreeable odour. This, and the wood of the Bird | Thofe trees where the buds have taken, mufl: be 

 '^ Cherry, arc often blended together, and pafs under 

 the appellation of Bois de Sainte Lucie ; but the Bird 



in fruit-gardens, are propagated by budding or graft- 

 ing the leveral kinds into ftocks of the Black or wild 

 Red Cherries, which are ftrong fliooters, and of 

 longer duration than any of the garden kinds, The 

 ftones of thefe two kinds are fown in a bed of light 

 fan4y ?arth in auturnn (or are preferved in fand till 

 fpring, and then lowed.) When thefe ftocks arife 

 they muft be carefully weeded, and if in dry weather 

 you refrefh them with water, it will greatly promote 

 their growth, Thefe ftocks fliould remain in the 

 nurfery-beds till the fecond autumn after fowing; at 

 which time you fliould prepare an open fpot of good 

 frelli earth, which ftiould be well worked ^ but if 

 pe foil is fVefli, it will be the better. In this ground, 

 in Odober, you ftiould plant out the young ftock 

 at three feet diftancc row from row, and about afoot 

 afunder in the rows, being careful in taking them 

 up from their feed-beds to loofen their roots well with 

 a fpade, to prevent their breaking, as alfo to prune 

 their roots ; and if they are inclinable to root down- 

 wards, you fl:iould ftiorten the tap-root to caufe it to 

 put out lateral roots ; but do not prune their tops> 

 for this is what by no means they will endure. 

 The fecond year after planting out, if they take to 

 growing well, they will be fit to bud, if they are in- 

 tended for dwarfs : but if they are for ftandards, they 

 will not be tall enough until the fourth year j for they 

 ftiould be budded or grafted near fix feet from the 

 ground, otherwife the graft will not advance mych 

 in height •, fo that it wift be impoflible to make a good 



tree from fuch as are grafted low, unlefs the graft h 



trained upward,. 



The ufual way with the nurfery gardeners is to bud 

 their ftocks in fummer, and fuch of them as mifcarry 

 they graft the fucceeding fpring (the manner of thefe 

 operations will be defcribe«l under their proper heads.) 



;■; Cherry IS tTie true fort. 



from 



where it 



grov/s naturally, to the gardens in France, wh^re it 



fMa 

 above the bud •, and when the bud hath ftioi in fum- 

 mer, if you fear its being blown out by the winds, you 

 may fallen it up with fome bafs, or any other fofi; 

 binding, to that part of the ftoqk which was left above 



