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their having done the leaft injury- ; and as to the ber- 1 bv^l andfpedr'J}:taped, 



Ties, I have known them eaten in great quantities 



without prejudice. 



There are fome perfons who have grafted the Laurel 



upon Cherry flocks, v/ith defign to enlarge the trees, 



but although they will take very well upon each other. 



yet they leidom make much pfogrefs when either the 



Laurel is grafted on the Cherry, or the Cherry upon 

 ' the Laurel -, fo that it is only a thing of ciiriofity, at- 

 • tended with no real ufe : and I would recommend to 



perfons who have this curiofity, to graft the Laurel 



upon the Cornifli Cherry, rather than any other fort 

 :.- of ftock, becaufe the graft will unite better with this ; 

 ■: and as it is a regular tree and grows laree, fo it will 

 ., better anfwer the purpofe of producing large trees. 



The Portugal Laurel may be propagated in the fame 

 -. way as the common Laurel, either by cuttings, lay- 

 ■ crs, or feeds. If the cuttings are planted at the fame 

 j, feafon, and in the fame way as hath been direfted for 

 ,• thecomriion Laurel, they will take fodl very fit ely •, 

 ^ or if the young branches are laid jn the autUmn, 



:they will take root in one year, and may then be re- 

 , moved into a nurfery, where thby may grow a year 



or two get ftrength, ahd then tranfpknted where mey 



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* But although both thefe methods are very expeditious 



' for the propagating thefe plants, yet I would recom- 



.'inendthe raiQng them from the berried, ^el^fecially 



'*.: where they ar^ deflgned for tall, ftandard^'j for the 



- ■ plants which are propagated by cuttings and layers, 



.4 put out more lateral branches and become butliy, but 



arc not fo ^Well Ifttlined to groiv tiprigK't, as thofe 



c which come from feeds : and as there are how many 



rl trees m theEnglifli gardens wiich produce plenty of 



'i' berries every year, fo if the^ are guarded frorti birds 



: till they are tipe; th"ere may be a fiii^ply of them fuf- 



'. X iicient to raife .plants enough without propagating 



them any otfier way. Thefe berries mull be fown in 



• the autumn, ^ifd treated in the fairie w^y as the com- 



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., This tree delights in a gentle loamy foil, which is 



* not too wet nor over dry, though it will grow upon 



"' V alfhoft any foil ; but the plants do hot make fo great 



V. progrefs, nor appear fo beautiful, v^rhen planted in 



;.^:t a very dry foil, or in ground that is too wet. ^^^ -l^he 

 ' y tirhe of tranfplahtihg this, is the fame as l^r the com- 



"^'This tree is mu£:h hardifer than the cothm'dH Laui-el, 



* " for* in the fevere froft of the year 1740; when great 



.: numbers' of Laurels were entirely killed, and mod of 



J them loft their verdure^ this f^mained uhhuFt in per- 



fed verdure, which renders it more valuable ; Ind as 



PsEonia folio nigricantc fplen- 

 X mas. C. B. P. 323. Peony xinth ^darkjbining 

 lea veSy olhenvife male Peony, 



2. PiEONiA {Fceminea) foliis difform.iter Icbatis. Hallen 

 Helvet. 311. Peony with di formed Mated leaves, ' Pse- 

 onia communis, vel foemina. C. B. P. 323. Common 



^ or feniale Peony. . ' . 



3. PiiiONiA (Pfr(?^r/?/tz) foliis difform.iter lobatis, lobis in- 

 cifis, petalis florum roitundioribus. Peony with dif- 

 formed lobated leaves which are cut, and rounder petals to 

 the flower. Pasonia percgrina, flore faturate rubente. 

 C. B. P. 324. Foreign Peony with a deep red flower, 



4. P^o'NiA {Hirfuta) foliis lobatis, lobis lanceolatis in- 

 tegerrimis. Peony iVith lohated leaves^ whofe lobes are 

 fpear-Jhaped and entire, Pa^onia foemina flore pleno 



. rubro majore. C. B. P. 324, Female Peony with a lar- 

 '^ g?r double red flower, ._[ . ' ; : , - . . 



5. PitoNiA (Tartarica) foliis difformiter lobatis pube- 

 fcentibus. Tab. 199. Peorry with difl^ormed lobated leaves, 

 which are downy. ■ .' -r^;^"'" 



6. Pi^ONiA {Lufitanica) foliis lobatis, lobis ovatis in- 

 -'ferne incanis. Peony with lobated leaves, whofe lobes 

 :* are ovat and hoary on their under Jide, Pseonia Lufita- 



V nica, flore fi'mplici odoro. JuflT. Peony of Portugal with 

 ^■-"a Jingle fweet flower . " '^ ■ '■ , . ' 



V The firft fort here enumerated, is the common male 

 . Peony, which grows naturally in the woods on the 



,-^Helveliah mountaih§: 5^The root of this is cohipofed 

 ;*of feveral oblong knobs, Ihaped like the dugs of a 

 '- cow, which hang by ftrings, fattened to the main 



.-■ heafl V the ftalks rife about two feet an^ a half high, 

 V'which lirS garnifHgd ^ith leaves^'compofed of feveral 

 . oval lobes, fome of which are cut into two or three 

 'Tfegments 5 they arfc or a lucid green on their upper 

 fide, but are hoary on their under. The ftalks are 



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tferhiinated by Mge fingle flo^^rs, Coitipbfed of five 



or fix large roundilh red petals, inclofing a great num- 

 ber of ftamina, terminated by oblong yellow fum- 

 mits. In the center i^ fituated two, three, of fome- 

 times five gebmeh, which join together at their bafe; 

 they are covered with a whitifh hairy down ; thefe af- 

 tei-ward fpread afunder, and open longitudinally, ex- 

 pofing the roUhdifti feeds, which are firft red, then 

 purple, and when _ petfeftly ripe turn black. The 



^flowers appear in .May, and the feeds ripen in the 



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: There is one variety of thii with pale,*' and anotlier 



"■ipith white flowers, as" alfo one whofe leaves have 



larger lobes- but as thefe are generally fuppofed to 



. be only feminal variations^ To I have not enumerated 



thi^tfthere. > . * 



The fecond fort is called the female Peony ; the roots 



f* by the appearance of fome trees now erowine: in the I of this are compofed of feveral roundifli thick knobs 



- r"" gardens, they feem as if they will grow to a large 

 ' '/ ■ fiziy fo it i^ likely to bt bne of the moft orhariiehtal 



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P-SONI A. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 273. tab. 146. Lin.' 

 . .t Gen. Plant. 600. [fo called from Pseoh the phyfician. 



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: becaufe he is faid to ha^t^'ciired Pluto, wtldft bounded 



,^w The Characters are^ -^vS*- ' ^v^-hrJ-^^e^ V.V5>-.; 

 ."■ The flower has a permanent mpaumeHt, cqMphfea of 



^ lS''^ec6ncWbt reflexed leaves, unequal in fizt'apd pojition, 



The flower hath jive large, roundijh, concavi petals which^ 



:/ fpread open, and a great number of Jhbrt h'aii^ flamina, 



t^ tirmmated by large, oblong, fout-iorntred fummits, with 



\ two, three ^ ' or fouf Wal, lere^, hairf'*gmnin M the ten- 



i- ter, haying m ftyles, ' hut haye^ oblong, compreffed, '^btufe, 

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or tubers, which hang below each other, fafteried 

 rwith ftrings ;■ the ftalks are green, and ^ rife about 

 '- the fam.e heieht as the former ; thefe are earniftied with 



* leaves, compofed of feveral unequal lobes, which 

 *' are varioufly cut into mafiy fegments ; they are of a 

 fapftler grfeeh fhSh thalHbf the firft, and are hairy on 



thfeir under fide; the flowers are fmaller, and of a 

 deeper purple colour.- It flowers at the fame time as 



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ThereafefevfefaJ vat-Teflts of.this fort with double' 

 flpwfcrs, which are cultivated in the Englifti gardens ; 

 thefe difitr in the fizeVncf colour of their flowers, but 

 are fuppofed to have been accidentally obtained from 

 leeds. . 



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_ The germen afterward become fo many 



t: cval^ oblong, reflexed, hairy capfules, having one cell, 



'.open longitudinally, containing fevirdl oijdt, Jbinlfi'^^ cd- 



V- loured feeds, fixed to the furrow: '<•■- 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 



•ofLinniius's thirtcentJi clafs, which contains thofe 



< plants whQfe flowers have many ftamina and two ger- 

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I. P^ONiA (Mafcula) foliis lobatis ex ovato-lanceolatis. 

 Haller, Helv. 311. Peony with lobated leaves which are 



The third fort grows naturally in the Levant j the 

 -'': roots 6f thisare compofed of roundifti knob's like 

 •^%'thofe'of the fecond fort, as are alfo the leaves, but are 



Jof a ihtcker fubftahde V t^e ftalks do not rife fo high, 

 4 and the flo'wefs hSve a greater number of petals. This 

 ' flowSH' a little after the other. The large double pur- 



■ pie Peony, I fufpe<5t is a variety of this fort. 



. The fourth fort hath foots like the fecond -, the ftalks 



are taller, and bf^a purplifti colour j the leaves are 



■'^^ Mich longer, the lobes are fpear-ftiaped and entire ; 



^ the flowers are large, and of a deep red colotm Thb 



r flowers at the fame time as the two fixft fortsV ''^ ' 1 " . 



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