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cduU rubro. H. R. Par. Branching wild Bird-cherry 

 'witb a red fruity which is not eatable^ and commonly called 

 ly the gardeners^ Cornijh Cherry •. 



pADus {Virginiana) foliis oblongo-ovatis ferratis acu- 

 iTiinaris deciduls, bafi aniice glandulofis. Bird-cherry 

 with oblong-iOvalyfawed^ acute-pointed^ deciduous leaves^ and 

 glands en the fore part of the foot-Jlalk, Cerafi fimilis 

 arbufcula Mariana, padi folio, flore albo parvo race- 

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lato-ovatis. Hort, Cliff. 42. Bird-cherry with evergreen^ 

 fpear-Jhaped^ oval leaves. Laurocerafus. Cluf. Hift. 



1. p. 4- "^he common Laurel. . . 



Padus {hufitanica) foliis oblongo-ovatis femperviren- 



tibus eglandulofis. Bird-cherry with oblongs ovaly ever- 

 green leaves^ having glands. Laurocerafus Lufitanica 

 minor, Tourn. Inft. 628. Smaller Portugal Laurel^ called 

 jfareroby thePortuguefe. ■ ^ ^ 



6. Padus {Caroliniana) foliis lanceolatis acute denticu- 

 latis fempervirentibus. Evergreen Bird-cherry with 

 fpear-Jhaped leaves^ having fmall acute indentures^ called 

 in America Baftard Mahogany.. . -. -; . 



The firft fort grows naturally in the hedges in York-^ 

 Ihire, and many of the northern counties in England, 

 as alfo in fome few places near London, but it is pro- 

 pagated as a flowering-fhrub in the nurfery-gar- 

 dcns for falq. This rifes with feyeral woody ftalks 

 to the height often or twelve feet, which will grow 

 to have ftems nine or ten inches diameter, if they are 

 ermitted to ftand ; but as the fafhions of garden's nave 

 een frequently altering for fifty^ or fixty years paft, 

 io there are few places where any of the ornamental 

 ■ flowering trees have been fuffered to remain. The 

 ' branches of this tree grow wide and fcattering ; they 

 are covered with a purplifh bark, and garniftied with 



* oval fpear-fhaped leaves placed alternate, which are 

 nightly fawed on their edges, and have two fmall pro- 



, tuberances or glands at their bafe. The flowers are 

 .produced in long loofe bunches from the fide of the 

 ^'branches ; they have five roundifli white petals, which 

 are much fmaller than thofe of the Cherry, arid are in- 

 *^*ferted in the border of the empalement ; and within 

 /.thefe are a great number of ftamina, which alfo are 



• inferted in the empalement. The flowers fl:and each 

 •"upon a Ihort foot-ftalk, ^nd are ranged alternately 



along the principal foot-fl:alk ; they have a flrrong 

 ^ fcent, which is very difagreeable to moft perfons. 



Thefe flowers appear in May, and are fucceeded by 

 " fmall roundilh fruit, which are firft green, afterward 



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wood of this tree is beautifully veined witli black and 

 white, and will polifli very fmooth, fo is frequently 

 ufed for cabinet work ; as is alfo the wood of the 

 firft fort, which is much ufed in France, where it is 

 called, Bois de Sainte-Lucie. 



The fourth fort is the common Laurel, which is now 

 fo well known as to need no defcription. This grows - 

 naturally about Trebifund, near the Black Sea, and 

 was brought to Europe about tlie year 1576, but is. 

 now become very common, efpecially in the warmer 

 parts of Europe. 



The fifth fort was brought to England from Portugal, 

 but whether it is a native of that country, or was in- 

 troduced there from fome other country, is hard to 

 determine. The Portugueze call it Aferarb, or Aze- 

 rero. This was fuppofed to have been but a low 

 evergreen Ihrub, but by experience we find, that 

 when it is in a proper foil, it will grow to a large 

 fize. There are at prefent fome of the trees whofe 

 trunks are more than a foot diameter, and twelve or 

 fixteen feet high, which are not of many years ftand- 

 ing, and are well furniftied with branches, which when • 

 young have a reddifli bark ; the leaves are fhofter 

 than thofe of t|ie common Laurel, approaching nearer 

 to an oval form j they are of the fame confiftence, 

 and of a lucid green, which mixing with the red 

 branches, ' make a beautiful appearance. The flowers 

 are produced in long loofe fpikes from the fide of the 

 branches ; tTiey are white, and fliaped like thofe of 

 the common Laurel, appearing in June, and are 

 fucceeded by oval berries fmaller than thofe of the 

 common Laurel •, they are firft green,. afterward red, 

 and when ripe are black, inclofing a ftone like the 

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The feeds of the fixth fort were fent from Carolina^ 

 by the title of Baftard Mahogany, from the co|our of 

 the wood, which is fomewhat like Mahogony. This 

 feems to be little more than a fhrub, if we may jii^gc 

 from its growth here; the ftalk does not rife more than 

 three feet high, but fends out lateral branches, which 

 Ipreaon every fide,covered with a brown bark, and gar- 

 nilhed with fpear-fliaped leaves near two inches long, 

 and three quarters of an inch broad, with fmall acute in- 

 dentures on theedges; theyftand alternately upon very 

 fhort foot-ftalks, and are of a lucid green, continuing 

 their verdure all the year. This has not as yet flowered 

 in flngland, fo I c^n give no account of it j but by the 

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This plant will live in the open air here, if it is 

 turn red, and when ripe, are black, inclofing a round- I - planted in a warm fituation, and fheltered in fevere 



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froft, to which, if they are cxpofed, often deftroys 

 r *7therni efpecially while the plants are young ; but when 



ilh furrowed ftone or nut, which ripens in Auguft,- . 



The fecond fort grows naturally in Armenia, from 



whence I have received the feeSsV but it has been many [; ' they have acquired ftrength, there is no doubt of their 



vears aao nrnmaared in the nurferv-sardens about r 'thriving very well in the open ground in {hdtered 



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, London, where it is generally called Cornifh-cherry. 

 ' This fort has been often confounded with' the firft ; 

 ' many of the Tate writers in botany have fuppofed it 



was the fame' fpecies, but I have raifed both forts 



from feeds, and have always found the young plants 



toVetain their difi'erence. Thi^ 



right ftcm more than twenty feet high ; the branches ]' ieeds they Ihould be fown in the autumn,^ for if they 



are fhorter, and grow clofer together than thofe of fhe 



firft, fo naturally form regular heads ; the leaves of 



this are ftiorter and broader than thofe of the other, 

 ' and are not fo rough ; the flowers ■ grow in clofer 

 ...fhprter fpikes, "which ftand more ereft ; the fruit is 

 ■ larger, and red when ripe. This flowers a little af- 

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The third fort grows naturally in Virginia, ah3^ other 

 • parts of North America, This rifes with a thick ftem 

 from ten to thirty feet high, dividing into many 

 branches, which have a dark purple bark, "an3" are 

 garnifhed with oval leaves placed alternately on fliort 

 foot-ftalks ;" they are of a lucid green, and flightly 

 fawed on their edges, continuino; in verdure as late 

 in the autumn as any of the deciduous trees. The 

 flowers come but in Dunches like' thofe of the Tecond 

 .fort, and are fucceeded by larger fruit, which is black 

 when ripe, and is foon devoured by the birds. The 



thecuttings will not grow, io far as I have experienced* 

 , The three firft forts are eafily ^propagated, either by 

 therfeeds or layers T when they are propagated by the. 



fown in the autumn, for if they 



;^, are kept out of the ground till fpring, they fcldpm 



.-.grow till tlie fecond year. Thefe maybe fown upon 



-a bed or border of good ground, m the fame way, 



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and the young plants may be treated in the fame 

 .'manner, planting thern out in a nurfeiy, where they 

 , mayftahdtwo years*' to get ftrength, and then tKey 

 If 'may be' tfanfplanted to the places where they are 'to 

 ' remainl .,; They are ufually intermixed with other 

 " flowerino; ftirubs, in wildernefswork, where they add 



yif they arcprbpagated^^by'lay^^^^ young (hoots 



Ihould be laid down in the autunin, which will have 

 good roots by that time twelvemonth, when they . 

 mayTje feparated from the old plants, arid tranfplarited 

 into a nurfery for a year or two to get ftrength, "and- - 

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