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ided i: is well made, and the poles are ftrotig which 



anfwcr the 



.aright 



nor will they 



purpofe 



better, though they arc vailly more expenfive ; for 

 the'^i-eatcft beauty confiits in the diipofing of the 

 branches of tree ; which, efpecially in fummer, when 

 ihe leaves are on, will entirely hide from the fight 

 the frame of the Efpalier; therefore all expence in 

 ereftino- thefe is necdlefs, farther than making provi- 

 fion tolecure the branches of the trees in a regular 



thus planted, and well managed, are 



The fcones fnouid be planted in fmali pots 

 1 light earth, and plunged into a hor-bed, 



and 



order. 



Fruit-trees 



much preferable tothoie trained up in anyother figure, 



uponfeveral accounts -, as firft, thefe take up very lit- 

 e room in a garden, fo as not to be hurtful to the 



plants which grow in the quarters •, and, lecondly, the 



truit upon thefe are better tafted than thofe which 



grow upon dwarfs, the fun and air having freer ac- 



cefs to every part of the tree •, whereby the damp- 



nefs arifing from the ground is fooner difTipated, which 



IS of fino-ular advantage to fruit-trees (as hath been 



already fiiev/n.) And as the trees againft an Efpa- 



lier are kept low, and the branches being faflened to 



the Efpalier, the fruit will not be blown down fo 



foon by the wind ; fo that upon the whole, Efpaliers 



muft be allowed to be of great ufe and beauty, 

 EVER-GREEN THORN. See Pyracantha. 

 EVERLASTING PEA. See Lathyrus, 

 EUGENIA. Michel. loS. 



The Characters are, 



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^be flower hath a permanent empalemnf of one leaf^ cut I ed by an ohtufe ft:igma, The germen afterwerd becomes a 

 into four fegffients : the flower hath four oblong obtufe I fucculent four-Cornered coloured capfule, having as many 



twice as large as the empalement. It hath many I cells as angles^ each containing one oval feed. 



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rious for the fake cf variety, though there is lit- 

 tie hopes of their producini:^ fruit in England. They 

 may^ be propagated by their (lones, if tiiey can be 

 obtained trcili rrom the countries of their natural 

 grovv'th. 



filled v/iti 



obierving to keep the earth moiit but not wet -, m 

 about fix weeks the plaius v/ill appear- ajid v/hen 

 grown four inches high, they fiiould be carefully fe- 

 parated, planting each into a finall pot, pluncrin^r 

 them into t::C hot- bed again, being careful to {hade 

 them till they have taken new root ^ after which, 

 they fhould be treated in the fame way as other 

 tender plants from the fame country, always plung- 

 ing them into the tan-bed in the ftove ; and in winter 

 be fparing in water to them,, for much wet will kill 

 them. 



E U O N Y M U S. Lin. Gen. Plant. 240. Tourn. Inft. 

 R, H. 617. tab. 388. [EJw>i>-u(^, of £L', good, 

 oi/OjUa, a name j fo called by way of antiphrafis, becaufe 

 it is hurtful to animals.] The Spindle-tree, or Prick- 

 wood ', in French, Fufain, 



T\\t Characters are, 

 // hath a fl^ort empakment to the flower of one leaf^ 

 which is divided into four or five fegments. 'The flower 

 hath four or five oval petals ^ which fpread open. It hath 



■ five fhort ftamina^ which are joined at their bafe to 



the germen^ terminated by twin fummits. In the center is 



fttuatedalarge oval germen^fupportinga fhort ftyle^ crown- 



\ 



petals^ *w 



ftamina which are inferted in the empakment^ terminated 



by fmall fummits^ and a turbinated germen fituated under 



the flower^ fupporting a fimple ftyle the length of the 



flamina^ crowned by a fmgle fligma. The germen af- 



. terward becomes a quadrangular plumb-fhaped fruit 



crowned^ having one cell inclofing one fmooth rcundifi nut. 

 ■ -. This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion 

 ■ of Linn^us's twelfth clafs, intituled Icofandria Mono- 



gynia, the flower having many ftamina inferted in 



the empalement, and one ftyle. 



.. The Species are, 

 I. EuGEN'iA {Malaccenfts) foliis integerrimis, peduncu- 



\\% racemofis lateralibus. Flor. Zeyl. 187. Eugenia 

 • with entire leaves and branching foot-ftalks of flowers. 



Jambofa domeftica. Rump. Amb. i. p. 121. 

 4. Eugenia {Jamboo) foliis integerrimis, pedunculis 



racemofis terminalibus. Flor. Zeyl. 188. Eugenia 



with entire leaves^ and branching foot-ftalks of flowers 



termini ating the branches. Jambofa fylveftris alba. 



Rump. Anib. 



There are fome other fpecies of this genus which 



grow naturally in India, but thofe here mentioned 



; are the only forts which I have Teen In the Englifh 



ardens. Some plants of the firft fort I received 



rem Dr. Heberdcrt with fome other plants, which 



were fent by his brother from the ' Brafils, where 



it is cultivated for the table i fo that the plants of 



this kind are common in moft parts of the Eaft-In- 



dies. " . ' 



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This rifes with a tree-like ftem, covered with a brown 

 bark, which, in the countries where it grows natu- 

 rally, rifes from twenty to thirty feet high,- fending 

 out many branches, garniftted with oblong entire 

 leaves, ending in acute points : thefe are placed op- 

 poiite, and when young, are of a bright purple co- 

 lour j but as they grow older, become of a light 

 green. The flowers are produced on the fide of 

 the brandies, each foot-ftalk branchino; into three or 



I. 127, 



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four others, each fupporting one flower. Thefe are 



fucceeded by irregular-lhaped fucculent fruit, 

 ciofins one nut. 



T he iecond fort rifes to the fame height as the firft, 

 out the leaves are longer and narrower. The flowers 

 GO, for the moft part, terminate the branches, though 

 tnere are fome which come on their fides. The 

 n-uit of this is fmaller, rounder, and not fo much cC 

 teemed as thofe of the firft. — 

 A Me plants are prcferved in the gardens of the cu- 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linnseus's fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have five ftamina and one iftyle. " 

 The Species are, 



1. EuoNYMus (^2^/^^m) foliis lanceolatis, floribus te- 

 trandriis, fruftu tetragono. Spindle-tree with fpear- 

 fhaped leaves^ flozvers having four flamina^ and qua- 

 drangular fruit, Euonymus vulgaris, granis ruben- 

 tibus. C. B. P. 428. The common Spindle-tree. 



2. Euonymus {Latif alius) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, flo- 

 ribus pentandris, fruftu pentagono, pedunculis lon- 

 giflimis. Spindle-tree with oval fpear-fhaped leaves, 

 flowers having five ft aminUy a five-cornered fruity and 

 very long foot-ftalks, Euonymus latifolius. C. B. P. 

 42 8 . Broad-leaved Spindle-tree, 



3. Euonymus (y^;;?^nV^w^i) floribus omnibus quinc^ye- 

 fidis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 197. Spindle-tree whofe flozvers 

 are all divided into five points. ' Eudnyrpus Virginia- 

 ntis, pyracanthae foliis, fempefvircns, Hapfula verru- 

 carum inftar afperata hibente. Pluk. Phyt. 115. f. 5. 

 Virginian evergreen Spindle-tree with roughs wartedy red 

 feed-veffels. ,. ., ■ ^ 



4. Euonymus {Pinnatis) foliis pintiatis, frudlu racempfo 

 trigono. Spindle-tree with winged leaves.^ and three-cor- 

 nered fruit growing in lunches. Eiionymus caudice 

 non ramofo, folio alato, fru6tu rotundo tripyreho. 

 Sloan. 'Cat, Jam. 171. Spindle-tree with an iift^ranching 

 ftalk^ a winged leaf and a round fruit having three feeds. 



The firft fort grows naturally in England, it is very 

 common in hedges, and is fometimes found growing 

 in woods. This, when growing in hedges, is feldom 

 feen of any confiderable fize, but rather appears like 

 a flirub; but if planted fingle, and trained up like 

 other trees, will have a ftrong woody ftem, and rife 

 ■ more than twenty feet high, dividing into many 

 branches, garnift^ed with fpear-ftiaped leaves about 

 three inches long, and one inch and a quarter broad 

 in the middle, gradually diminiftiing to both ends ; 

 they are entire, of a deep green colour, and are placed 

 oppofite. The flowers come out in fmall bunches 

 Trom the fide of the ftalks, ftanding upon flender foot- 

 ftalks i they are compofed of four whitifh petals, which 

 are expanded in form of a crofs. The empalement 

 is divided into four parts. The flowers have four, 

 ftamina, and the fruit is four-cornered,' and opens 



into four cells. This tree flowers the latter paft^of 

 May and the beginning of June, and the fruit ripens in 

 October, at which time the feed-veflcls fprcad open 



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