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^^», ////>^ tfpon a flender fiyle, crovjned by an tkufi 

 Jiima •, the germen afterward becomes an oblong pod with 

 an oblique point, having one cell, inchfing [evcYal roundiflj 



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This genus of plants is ranged in the firit feftion of 

 Linn^us's tenth clafs, intitled Decandria Mpnogynia, 

 the flower having ten ilamina and one ftyle. This 

 genus is by all the writers placed with the papilio- 

 naceous flowers, before Linnasus's Syftem,^ which 

 feparates it from them, becaufe the fl:amina in thefe 

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1. Cercis {Siliquajirum) foliis cordato-orbicuktis gla- 

 . . bris. Hort. Cliff. 156. Cercis with round, heart-Jhaped, 

 - fmoctb leaves. Siliquaflrum. Caft. Duran. 415. and 

 ^ the Arbor Judas. Dod. Pemp. 786. I^he common Ju- 

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2. Cercis {Canadenfis) foliis cordatis jpiibefcentibus. 



. Hort. Cliff. 156. Cercis with downy heart-fhaped leaves. 



: Siliquaflrum Canadenfe. 1 ourn. Init. R. H. 647. 



•^' Canada Arbor Jud^, or Red Bud-tree, . 



The firftfort grows naturally in the fouth of France, 

 Spain, and Italy, and is by the Spaniards and Por- 

 tugucfe, titled the Tree of Love : this rifes with an 

 upright trunk to the height of tv/enty feet, covered 

 with a dark brown bark, dividing upward into many 

 irregular branches, garniflied with round, heart-fhap- 



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are weaker than tliofe of the firfl fort; the leaves are. 



downy, and terminate in points •, whereas thofe of 



the firft are fmooth, and round at the end where they 



are indented. I'he flowers of this are alfo fmallcr, fo 



do not make fo ^\i\i^ appearance a^ thofe of the firtl ; 



butthe trees are equally hardy, and will thrive in the > 

 open air very well. 



The flowers of this fort are fi'cquently put into falkds 

 by the inhabitants of America ; and the French ia 

 Canada pickle the flowers, but thefe have little fla- 

 vour. The wood of tliis tree is of the fame colour 

 and texture as that of the firft. 



Thefe plants may be propagated by fowing their feeds 

 upon a bed of light earth, towards the latter end of 

 Marchj or the beginning of April (and if you put a 

 little hot dung under the bed, it will greatly facilitate 

 the growth of the feeds ;) when the feeds are fown, 

 fift the earth over them about half an inch thick ; 

 and, if the feafon prove wet, it will be proper to 

 cover the bed with mats, to pfeferve it from great 

 rains, which will fometimes burfl:the feeds, and caufe 

 them to rot ; the feeds will often remain till the fpring , 

 following before they come up, fo the ground muit 

 not be difl:urbed till you are convinced that the plants 

 are all conie up \ for fome few may rife the firit year, 

 andao-reater number the fecond. 

 When the plants are come up they fliould be care- 

 fully cleared from weeds, and in very dry weather 

 muil be now arid then refreflied with water, which 



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cdjfaooth leaves, placed irregularly on the branches, j . will greatly promote their growth. The winter fol- 

 having long foot-Oralks -, they are of a pale green on 

 their upper, and of a grayifli colour on their under 

 fide, and fall off in autumn. The flowers come out 



lowing, if the weather is very cold, it will be proper 

 to ftielter the plants, by covering them either with 

 mats or dry ftraw in hard frofts, but they fliould 



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on every fide the branches, and many times from the j Confliantly be opened in mild weather, otherv/ife they 



ftem of the tree in large clufl:ers, ariiing from the j v^ill grow mouldy and decay. 



fame point, having fhort foot-ftalks ; they are of a j About the beginning of April, you Ihould prepare a 



very bright purple colour, fo make a fine appearance, J . fpot of good frefli ground, to tranfplant thefe out 



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efpecially when the branches are covered pretty thick 



with them : for they come out in the fpring with the 



leaves, {o are in full beauty before the leaves have 



obtained to half their fize. The fhape of the flower 



is the fame as other papilionaceous (or butterfly) 



flowers J thefe have an agreeable poignancy, fo are 



frequently eaten in fallads. When the flowers fall 



off, the germen becomes a long flat pod with one 



cell, containing one row of roundifh feeds, a little 



i compreffed ; but thefe do not often fucceed the flow- 



- ers in this country upon fl;andard trees, for the birds 



pick off the flowers when fully open ; but where they 



^ , .have been planted againfl: good afpedted walls, I have 



^..: -feen great plenty of the pods, which, in warm fea- 



, ). Tons, have ripened very well. • 



Thefe trees are ufually planted with other flowering 



\ trees and fhrubs for ornaments to .pleafure-gardens, 



;. and for their fingular beauty, deferve a place as well 



..'/■as moft other forts J for when they are arrived to a 



.^0 good fize, they are productive of flowers, fo as that 



v^i: the branches are often clofely covered with them ; and 



■;.:,the fingular fliape of their leaves make a 'very pretty 



. ^ variety in the fummer, and are feldom damaged by 



. infefts, fo that they are often entire, when many other 



7' trees have their leaves almofl: eaten up. -.This tree 

 . flowers in May, when planted in the full air, but 

 againfl: warm w^alls it is a fortnight or three weeks 

 ; :■ earlier. > ■ - . 



. V The wood of this tree is very beautifully veined with 

 ^ j .black and green, and takes a fine polifh, fo rnay be 

 .converted to many ufes. - .. , 



There are tv/o other varieties of this tree, one with 

 . a \vhite, and the other hath a flefli-coloured flower, 

 ; ^ but thefe have not half the beauty of the firfl:. Tour- 

 nefort alfo mentions one with broader pods and 



■ pointed leaves, which I believe is only a variety of this. 



■ The fecond fort grows naturally in moft parts of North 

 America, where it is called Red Bud, I fuppofe from 



. the red flower-buds appearing in the fpring before 

 the leaves come out \ this grows to a middling fl:ature 

 in the places where it is a native, but in. England 

 rarely rifes with a ftem more than twelve feet high, 



■ but branches out near the root. The branches of this 



(for the beft feafon to remove them is juft before they 

 begin to flioot ;) then you Ihould carefully take up 

 the plants, being careful not to break their roots, 

 "and plant them as foon as poffible, becaufe if their 

 roots are dried by the air, it will greatly prejudice 

 them. 



The diftance thefe fhould be planted, muft be pro- 

 portionable to the time they are to remain before they 

 are again tranfplanted ; but commonly they are plant- 

 ed two feet row from row, and a foot afunder in tlie: 

 rows, which is full room enough for them to gt*ow 

 two or three years, by which timae they fhould be 

 tranfplanted where they are defigned to remain ; for 

 if they are too old Vv^hen removed, they feldom fuc- 

 ceed fo well as younger plants. 



The ground between the plants fliould be carefully 

 kept clean from weeds in fummer, and in the fpring 

 fhould be well dug to loofen the earth, that their 

 roots may extend themfelves every w^ay-, at that fea- 

 fon prune off all ftrong fide branches (efpecially if 



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you intend to train them up for ftandard trees,) that 

 their top branches may not be checked by their fide 

 fhoots, which often attract the greateft part of the 

 nourifliment from the roots ; and if their liems are 

 crooked, you muft place a ftrong ftake down by the 



fide of each plant, and fafcen the ftem to it in feveral 

 places, fo as to bring it ftrait, which direction it will 

 foon take as it grows larger, and thereby the plants 

 will be rendered beautiful. 



When they have remained in this nurfery two or 

 three years, they fliould be tranfplanted in the Ipring 

 where they are defigned to remain, which may be in 

 wildernefs quarters among other flowering trees, ob- 

 fervingto place them with trees of the fame growth, 

 fo as they may not be overhung, which is a great pre-* 



judice to moft plants. 

 E R E F O L I U M. See Ch/erefolium. 

 CEREUS. Par. Eat. 122. Loerh. Ind. alt. i. 292. 

 Juff. A6t. R. Par. 1716. Cadus. Lin. Gen. Plant- 

 539. The Torch Thiftlc. 

 The Characters are, 

 It hath an oblong fcaly empalement, -ivhich is covered with 

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