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quire to be tranfplanted every year, in order to have 

 tliem handfonie ^ for they foon grow out of form, and 

 arc fubjcfl alio to decay in patches; fo that there is 

 not any plant wliich fo completely anfwers the dcfign 

 as Dwarf Box, which nuift be preferred to all others 



for this purpofe. 

 EFFLORESCENCE, Lat. the blowing out of a 



flower. 

 To E G E R M I N A T E, Lat. to bud or fpring out. 



E H R E T I x'\. I'rew. tab. 24. 



The Characters are, 

 It hath a jmall, permanent, belljhapei empalement of one 

 leaf cut into five points \ the flower hath one petal, 't^hofe 

 ttile is longer than the empalement, cut into five fegments; 

 it hath fi.ve awl-fioaped fpreading^ ftamina the length of 

 the corolla, tenninated by rcundijh incumbent fummits, and 

 a roundifJj get men, fupporting aflenderftyle the^ length of 

 the ftamina, cro^^ned by an obtufe indented ftigma \ the 

 germen afterivard becomes a round berry with one cell^ in- 

 clofing four angular feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft order of 

 Linnj^us's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogynia, 

 the flower having five fl:amina and one ftyle. 



The Species are, 



1. Ehretia {Tinifolia) foliis oblongo-ovatis integerrimis 

 glabris, floribus paniculatis. Amcen. Acad. 5. p. 395. 

 Ehretia with oblong, ovaly entire, fmooth leaves^ and flow- 

 ers growing in panicles, 



2. Ehretia (Bourreria) foliis ovatis integerrimis laeyi- 

 bus, floribus fubcorymbofis, calycibus glabris. Lin. 

 Sp. 275. Ehretia with oval entire leaves, flowers growing 

 in a fort of ccrymhus, andfmcoth empalements. Bourreria 

 fruclibus fucculentis. Jacq. Amer. 



The feeds of the firfl: fort were fent me from Jamaica 

 in the year 1734, which fucceeded in the Chelfea 

 garden, where the plants have grown to the height 

 of eight or nine feet, with ftrong woody Items, and 

 have feveral times produced their flowers, but have 

 not perfected their feeds as yet in England. This is 

 by Dr. Linnasus fuppofed to be the fame plant men- 

 tioned by Sir Hans Sloane, under the title of Cerafo 

 affinis arbor baccifera racemofa, flore albo pentape- 

 talo, fruftu flavo monopyreno eduli duke. Hill. 

 Jam. 2. p. 94. But I differ in my opinion from him, 

 for the lea\es of our plant are fmoother, longer, and 

 more pointed, and the corymbus of flowers is much 

 longer than in Sir Hans's plant. 

 This hath a rough woody fl:alk, which divides into 

 feveral irregular branches, garniflied with oblong, 

 oval, fmooth leaves, nine inches long, three broad 

 in the middle, ending in acute points j the flowers are 

 white, and produced in an oblong corymbus toward 

 the end of the branches ; they have one petal in each, 

 which is cut at the top into five fegments which are 

 reflexed. Thefe appear toward the end of July, but 

 fall away without being fucceeded by feeds. 

 The feeds of the fecond fort I received from Surinam, 

 which fucceeded in the Chelfea garden. This hath 

 a woody upright ftem, covered with a brown bark, 

 fending out branches regularly toward the top, gar- 

 niflied with fmooth oval leaves placed alternate, 

 having Ihort foot-fl:alks; the leaves are fix inches long, 

 and more than two broad, ending with blunt oval 

 points. As this fort hath not produced flowers here, 

 fo I can give no farther account of them. This 

 Doftor Linn^us fuppofes to be the fame with a plant 

 figured by Mr. Catefl3y, under the title of Pittonia 

 fimilis laurcote foliis, floribus albis, baccis rubris. 

 But in this he is alfo mifl:aken, for there are plants 

 in the Chelfea garden, which were raifed from feeds 

 fent from the Bahama Iflands, which are very different 

 ■ from the former. 



Thefe plants are too tender to thrive abroad in Eng- 

 land, where they require a moderate warm fliove in 

 winter i but when the plants have acquired fl:rength, 

 they may be placed in the open air during the heat 

 of fummer ; but it fliould be in a fl-icltcrcd fituation, 

 and when tlie evenings ^row cold in the autumn, 

 they nuifl: be removed into flicker. 

 Tlicy .irc both propagated by feeds when they can 



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be obtained, which fliould be fovvn in fmall pots 

 plunged into a hot-bed ; they may alfo be propagated 

 by laying down their branches, but thefe are lon» 

 before they put out roots. 

 EL-S; AGNUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 148. Tourn. Cor. 

 53. tab. 489. [from'Exa;a, an Olive, and 'Ayvi? Vitex ' 

 becaufe this plant hath leaves like thofe of the Chafle* 

 tree, and a fruit like an Olive.] Oleafter, or wild 

 Olive. 



The Characters are, 



'I^he flower hath a bell-fhaped empalement of one leaf 

 which is quadrifid, rough on the outfide, but coloured 

 within. It hath no petals, but four fhort ftamina which 

 are inferted in the diviftons of the empalement, and are 

 terminated by oblong proftrate fummits. At the bottom is 

 fttuated a roundifh germen fupporting a fiyigle ftyle, crowned 

 by a Jingle ftigma -, the germen afterward becomes an oh- 

 tufe oval fruity with apun5lure at the top, inclofing one 

 obtufe nut. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feclion of 

 Linnseus's fourth clafs, intided Tetrandria Mono- 

 gynia, from the flower having four ftamina and one 

 ityle. 



The Species are, 



1. ELi^AGNus {Spinofus) aculeatus, foliis lanceolatis. 

 Prickly wild Olive with fpear-floaped leaves, Elasagnus 

 Oricntalis latifolius, fruftumaximo. Tourn. Cor. App. 

 52. Eaftern broad-leaved wild Olive with a large fruit. 



2. ELiEAGNus {Inermis) inermis, foliis lineari-lanceola- 

 tis. Wild Olive without thorns, and narrow fpear-Jhapei 

 leaves, Elseagnus Orientalis anguftifolius, fruftupar- 

 vo oliv^formi fubdulci. Tourn. Cor. App. 52. Eafitrn 

 wild Olive with narrow leaves^ and a fmall, fweet^ 

 Olive-Jhaped fruit, 



3. El^agnus {Latifolia) foliis ovatis. Prod. Leyd. 

 250. fVild Olive with oval leaves, Elasagnus foliis ro- 

 tundis maculatis. Burm, PL Zeyl. 92. JVild Olive with 



round fpotted leaves. 



The firft and fecond forts Dr. Tournefort found 

 growing naturally in the Levant, and the firft I take 

 to be the common fort, which grows naturally in Bo- 

 hemia, of which I faw fome trees growing in the cu- 

 rious garden of the late Dr. Boerhaave, near Leyden, 

 in Holland. The leaves of this fort are not more 

 than two inches long, and about three quarters of an 

 inch broad in the middle ; they are white, and have 

 a foft cottonny down on their furface •, at the foot- 

 ftalk of every leaf, there comes out a pretty long 

 fliarp thorn ; as the leaves are placed alternate on the 

 branches, fo the fpines come out on each fide the 

 branches ; juft below the foot-ftalks of the leaves, 

 they are alternately longer : the flowers are fmall, the 

 infide of the empalement is yellow, and they have a 

 ftrong fcent when fully open. 



The fecond fort hath no thorns on the branches, the 

 leaves are more than four inches long, and not half 

 an inch broad -, they are very foft, and have a Ihining 

 appearance like fattin. The flowers come out at the 

 foot-llalks of the leaves, fometimes fingly, at other 

 times two, and frequently three at the fame place j 

 the outfide of the empalement is filvery and ftudded, 

 the infide of a pale yellow, having a very ftrong fcent. 

 This flowers in July, and fometimes the flowers are 

 fucceeded by fruit. ThisMs the fort which is moft 

 commonly preferved in the Englifli gardens. 

 Thefe plants may be propagated by laying down the 

 young ftioots in autumn, which will take root in one 

 year, when they may be cut off from the old trees, 

 and either tranlplanted into a nurfery for two or three 

 years to be trained up, or into the places where they 

 are to remain. The beft feafon for tranfplanung or 

 thefe trees is in the latter end of February, or the be- 

 ginning of March ; though they may be removed at 

 Michaelmas, provided the roots are mulched, to pro- 

 teft them from fevere froft in winter. Thefe plants 

 Ihould be placed where they may be fcreened from 

 ftrong winds, for they grow very freely, and are very 

 fubjedt to be fplit down by the wind, if they are too 

 much expofed. 



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