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Thcfe plants were formerly In ufc to make edgings 

 ro borders in gardens, for v/liich piirpofe they are 

 by r o incans proper, for they will grow too large for 

 fiieh defigns ^ and if they are often cut in very dry 

 wearl:er, they are fubjeft to decay ; and in hard 

 winters t!vjy are very often killed, fo that the edging 





will not be complete : befides, thefe plants greatly 

 xhaiiiL the goodnefs of the foil, whereby the plants 

 in the borders will be deprived of their nourifliment ; 

 fo that they raould never be planted in a fine gar- 

 den amongli other choice plants and flowers, but 

 rather be placed in beds in the phyfic-garden, or 

 in any part of the kitchen-garden, if tHe foil is dry. 

 Tiie third fort grows naturally in Andalufia •, this is 

 an annual plant, which rifes with an upright branching 

 ftalk tvvo feet high -, the ftalks are woolly, and gar- 

 nllh.ed with hoary leaves grov/ing oppofite, v/hich are 

 cut into many divifions to the midrib ^ thefe fegments 

 are a^-^ain divided on their borders tov/ard the top, 

 into three obtufe fegments, fo that they end in many 

 points. The foot-iialk of the flower is continued 

 from the end of the branches, which is naked, and 

 about fix inches long, having four corners or angles, 

 and is terminated by a clofe fpike of flowers about 

 one inch long; the fpike has the rovv^s of flowers 

 twifted fpirally : ulidtr this fpike there are commonly 

 tv/o fmall ones proceeding from the fide of the ftalk, 



n inch diftance from the middle fpike. 

 This fort flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in au- 

 tumn. There are two varieties of this, one with blue, 

 and the other with white flowers. " ^ ' : 



This fort is fown every fpring on borders or beds of 

 light frefu earth, and when the plants come up, they 

 may be tranfplanted into other borders of the flov/er- 

 garden, or into pots, to remain for good ; where they 

 will require no farther care, but to keep them clean 

 ' from weeds. Thefe are pretty plants to place in large 

 ' borders, amongfl other plants, for variety, but they 

 ' arc never ufcd with us ; they niay alfo be preferved 

 over the winter, if placed in a green-houfe in au~ 

 ■ tumn j but they never continue longer than two years 

 ' with us, and many times (if they have produced feeds 

 the firfl: year) they will not continue longer. Nor do 

 thofe plants which are thus preferved, appear hand- 

 fonie the following fummer, fo that, unlefs in bad 

 feafons, when the feeds do not ripen in the open 

 air, it is not worth while to preferve the plants. If 

 the feeds of this fort are permitted to fcatter, the 

 plants will come up the following fpring with- 

 out care, and may be treated in the manner before 



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The fourth^ fort grows naturally in the Canary Iflands, 

 from v/hence the feed s were fent to the Bifliop of Lon-' 



- don, which were fown in his Lordfliip's garden at 

 Fulham, v;here this plant was firfl: raifed. ' This 'fifes 

 with dn upright, branching, fquare ftalk four feet 

 high, crarniflied with leaves which are longer, and cut 



•' into narrower fegments than thofe of the third fort. 



' They are of a lighter green anH almoft fniootfi • the 



* naked flower-flalk is alfomucfi longer tlian thofe of 



the former, and terminated with a clufter of fpikes 



of blue flowers -, at two or three inches below^ thefe, 



are two fmall fpikes of flowers, flanding one on each 



fide the ftalk. The flowers are^ fmaller than thofe 



of the common Lavender, Biit are" of the fame fhape. 



This fort is t^enderer'tHari 'either of the former, fo 



the feeds of this muft be fown' oil a moderate hot-bed 



. in the fpring-, and when the plants come up, they 



fhould be each planted into a feparate fmall pot filled 



with light earth, and plunged into another hot-bed, 



to bnng the plants forward •, and in the beginning 



; of June, they fhould be inured to the open air, 



[ when they fhould be placed in a fheltered fitua- 

 tion toward the end of that month -, in July the plants 

 will flower, and if the autumn proves warm, the feeds 

 will ripen in September -, but when they do not per- 

 feft feeds, the plants may be preferved through the 

 winter in a good gTeen-houfe, where they will pro- 

 duce flowers mofl: part of that feafon, whereby good 

 feeds may be obtained.' -'■.. .■ , ,- 



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L A U R E O LA. See THVMELyr.A. 

 LAUROCERASUS. See Padus. 

 LAURUS. Tourn. Infl:. R. H. 597. tab. i^j. Lin. 

 Gen. Plant. 452. Tl;e Bay- tree ; in French, Laurier. 

 The Characters arc, 



// hath male and hermapkrodite flo-jjcrs en different plants, 

 the male flowers have no empalement : they have one pe- 

 tal, which is cut into JJx fegments at the top^ and nine fin- 

 mina which are jhorter than the petals flanding by threes, 

 terminated hyfl^ender fumynits. "The hermaphrodite flowers 

 have noempalement \ they have one petals which is fli^hth 

 cut into fix fegments at the top. In the bottom isfitu- 

 ated an oval ger men ^ fiipp or ting ciflngle flyle of the fame 

 length with the petals crowned by 



tended by Jtx or eight flamina : there are two glcbuhr 

 glands^ flanding upon very fljcrt foct-flalks^ fixed to the 

 bafe of the petal. The gerracn afterward becomes an 

 oval berry with one cell, indcfing one feed of the fame 

 form. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl feftion of 

 Linna;us's ninth clafs, intitled Enncandria Monogy- 

 nia, which includes thofe plants whofc flowers hav& 

 nine ft-amina and one ftyle; but it fnculd be ranged, 

 in his twenty-fecond clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe male and female flowers are upon different 

 plants. 



, The Species are, 



1. Laurus {Nobilis) foliis lanceolatis venofis perennan- 

 tibus, floribus cjuadrifidis diceciis, Hort. Cliff. 105. 



Bay- tree with evergreen^ fpear-fljaped^ veined leaves, and 



flowers cut into four points^ which are male and female 



en different plants. l^^.utVi% latifolia Difcoridis. C. B. 



P. The broad-leaved Bay of Diofcorides^. '"'•' 



2. Laurus (Undulatis) foliis lanceolatis venofis peren- 

 nantibus, marginibus tindatis. Bay-tree with evergreen 

 fpear-fljaped leaves, which are veined and waved on their 

 edges. Laurus vulgaris folio undulato. H. R. Pan 

 Common Bay-tree with waved leaves. 



3. Laurus (Tenuifolia) foliis lineari-lanceolatis venofis 

 perennantibus, floribus quinquefidis dioeciis. Bay-tree 

 with narrow fpear-fldi^ped leaves which are evergreen and 



veined, flowers cut into five points^ which are male and fe* 

 male on different plants. Laurus tenuifolia. Tab. Icon- 

 925. Narrow-leaved Bay. 



4. Laurus (Tndica) foliis venofis lanceolatis perennanti- 

 bus planis, ramulis tuberculatis cicatricibus, floribus 



• racemofis, Hort. Cliff. 154. Bay-tree with evergreen^ 

 veined, fpear-floaped, plaAn leaves, . branches having tu- 

 bercles and dcatrices, and flowers growing in bunches^ 

 Laurus Indica. Aid. Hort. Farnef 61. The Indian Bay ^. 



5. Laurus {Borbofiia) foliis venofis laiiCeolatis calyclbus 

 fru6tus baccatiS: Lin. Sp. 529.'*^ Bay-tree with veined, 

 fpearfhaped leaves,- and the empalement becomes berries. 

 Laurus Carolinienfis, fofiTs acuminatls, bacciscairuleis, 



I. 

 lp\ 6^y Carolind Bay-tree with poi^tted leaves, and blui 



pedicuKriohgis riibris infidentibu5. Catefb. Carol. 



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berries ft ting upon long red foot-fialks, 



6. Laurus {Benzoin) foliis ovato-lanceolatis oStuHs in- 

 ' tegris annuls. Bay-tree with oval, obtufe, fpear-fhaped^ 



entire leaves, which are annual. Arbor Virginiana, ci- 

 treae vel limonii folio, Benzoinum fundens. Hort, 

 Amfl:. I. p. 168. The Benjamin-tree, 



7. Laurus {Saffafras) foliis integris trilobifque.' Hort. 

 Cliff. 154. Bay-tree with entire leaves, or having three 

 lobes. Cornus mas odorato, folio trifido,margine piano, 

 faffafras dida. Pluk. Aim. 120. The Saffafras, 



8. L. AUKVs' (Enervius) foliis venofis oblongis acumina- 

 'tis annuls, fubtus rugofis. Bay-tree with oklcng, acute- 

 pointed, veined, annual leaves, which are rough on their 

 under fide. Laurus foliis lanceolatis encrvibus annuls. 



'^ Flor. Virg. 159.' Bay-tree with fpear-fhaped, winged, 



unveined, annual leaves. ' "' " ' -' - ' 



9. Laurus {Camphcra) foliis trinerviis lanceolato-ovatis, 

 nervis fupra bafin unitis. Lin. Mat. Med. 192. Bay- 

 tree with oval fpear-fhaped leaves, having three veins 

 which unite above the bafe. Camphora officinarum, C. 

 B. P. 500. The Camphire-tree. ^ ... 



10. Laurus {Arhefkaria) foliis ovatis planis integerri- 

 mis, pedunculis racemofis, floribus in capitulum col- 

 leftis. Bay-tree with plain, ovaly entire leaves^ branching 



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