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^f/ppcrt:rfg a f.cuacr flyle the length of the Jlaminn^ crcivn- 

 . ed iy ^ thick Jligma. Ihe germcyi afterward turns to a 

 'globular berry with one celly incloftng one large rotmdiflj 



feed. 



• -This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl feftion of 



• Linna^us's fecond clafs, which contains thofe plants 

 ' whofe flowers have 'two ftamina and one ftyle. 



The Species are, 

 i, Phillyrea (LatifoUa) foliis ovato-lanceolatis inte- 

 . gerrimis. Phillyrea with oval^ fpear-fhaped^ entire leaves, 

 ■ Phillyrea latifolia Isevis. C. B. P. 476. Broad-leaved 



• fmocth Phillyrea^ ccmmonly called the true Phillyrea, . 

 2. Phillyrea {Media) foliis ovatis fubintegerrimis. 



• Lin. Sp. 10. Phillyrea with oval leaves^ which 



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aJmoft entire. Phillyrea folio leviter ferrato. C. B. P. 



€'' Phillyrea with a leaf lightly fawed^ called broad-leaded 



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^, Phillyrea {Spinofa) foliis cordato-ovatis ferratis. 



- Hort. Cliff. 4. Phillyrea with oval heart-fhaped leaves^ 

 which arefawed. Phillyrea latifolia fpinofa. C. B. P. 

 »rV'-r'476. Broad-leaved prickly Phillyrea, '' '-.:- ,- .' * ' vi 1 i- " 

 >gsi4. Phillyrea {LiguJirifolia\ foliis lanceolatis integerri- 

 •'"niis. Hort, Cliff. 4. Phillyrea with fpear-floapcd entire 

 r /f^-^jirj.. -'Phillyrea folio liguflri. C. B. P. 476; Privet- 

 t leaved Phillyrea.'- ^"■■' "■■ ' ■■• w- : ,\^.-: 

 j: Phillyrea {Olc^foUa) foliis lanceolato-ovatis inte- 

 ' gerrimis, fioribus confertis axillaribiis. Phillyrea with 

 fpear-fhaped^ oval, entire leaves, and flowers growing 

 t in clufters from the fides of the branches. Phillyrea 

 > blse Ephefiacse folio. Pluk. Aim. 295. Phyt. tab. 310. 

 ■v.^ ficr. %. Olive-leaved Phillyrea. - 'r, : :^-: :-hv',\.j «i\\ 



€. Phillyrea {Anguflifolia) foliis lineari-lanceolatis 

 • integerrimis,' floritSUs confertis axillaribus. Phillyrea 

 "^^ with narrow^-^ear-fbapedy ejttite^ leaves^ and flowers 



< growing in clujiers from the fides of the branches. Phil- 

 t lyrea anguftifolia prima. C. B. P. 476. Firfl narrow- 

 ^'- leaved Phillyrea.\}' k ■■'-■■■ 



y. Phillyrea {Rofmarinifolia) foliis linearibus integer- 

 rimis. Phillyrea with very narrow entire leaves. Phil- 



V, lyrea anguftifolia fecunda. C. B. P. 476. Second nar- 

 fdw-leaved Phillyrea-, commonly called Rofemary -leaved 

 ^'Phillyrea. ■ ■ % -"-■ ' •' ^ . -^ 



The firfl; fort here mentioned is the moft common in 

 " the Englifh gardens, where it is known by the title of 



< true Phillyrea ; fo called, to diftinguifh it from the 

 ' 'Alaternus, which is called fimply Phillyrea by the 



gardeners; uThis rifes with a ftrong upright ftem to 



the height of eighteen of twenty feet, dividing into fe- 

 ^ >veral branches, covered with a fmooth grayifh bark, 



and garnifh^d with oval fpear-fiiaped leaves placed op- 

 *r pofite, which are entire, firm," and of a light green, 

 i'j.about an inchand a half long, and an Jnch broad, 



ftanding upon fliort foot-ftaIks.l_The flowers come 



< out from the wings of the (talk on each fide ; they are 

 t-^olF an Herbaceous white colour, and grow in fmall cluf- 



^ ters. ^Thefe appdar in March, but as thexare/mall 

 !t--^^3fnake no great appearance j they are fucceeded by glo- 

 VA.bular berries with one'^cen^ inclofing"a fingle feed of 

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* -tThe fecond fort rifes, to an equal height; with the 

 .^-'firft, but the branches are more diffufed, and have a 



' Vw darker bark j the leaves are oval, and of a darker 



- ..green V they are more than two inches long, and al-" 



1" inoft an inch and a half broad, a little f^wcd on their 



•j'^cdges, placed oppofice, and have fhort foot-ftalks. 



" . The flowers come out from the wings of the branches," 



■ - ■ ' growing in long bunches ;' they are of an Herbaceous* 

 ."*^;'white colour, appear about the fame time as.^the for- 

 ^v.'fhfr, and are fucceeded by berries of the fame form.. 

 The third fort rifes with an iipright fterii zs high as* 



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and are covered with a light brown bark, and garniflis.l 

 with ftiff fpear-fliaped leaves almoft two inches long, 

 and half an inch broad in the middk\ drawing to a 

 point at both ends ; th-y are of a light green, and 

 fit clofe to the branches oppofite. The flowers are 

 produced in fmall clufters at the v/ings of jhe 

 branches; they are fmall, and whiter than thofe of 

 the former, appearing about the f;zirie time, and are 

 fucceeded by fmall berries v/hich ripen in autumn. -. 

 The fifth fort rifes about the fame height as the 

 fourth ; the branches are llronger, and fpread out wi- 

 der i the bark is of a lighter colour ; the leaves are 

 ftiff, fmooth, and entire, ftanding oppofite on very 

 fhort foot-ftalks ; they are of a lucid green, and ter- 

 minate in a point. The flowers come out in clufters 

 upon pretty long, foot-ftalks, at the wings of the 

 young branches; they are fmall, white, and appear 

 at the fame time with the other forts, and have round 



■ berries fuccecding them, which ripen in autumn. 

 The fixth fort rifes with a woody ftalk ten or twelve 

 feet high, fending out branches oppofite, which are 

 covered with a brown bark fpotted with white, gar- 

 niflied with fmooth, ftiff", narrov/., fpcar-fhaped leaves, 

 which are entire, fitting clofe to the branches ; they are 

 about an inch and a half long, and half an inch broad 

 in the middle, drawing to a point at both ends, of a 

 light green, and point upward. The flowers come 

 out in large clufters at each joint of the branches, 

 to which they fit clofe like the whorled flowers, al- 

 moft furrounding the ftalk -, thefe are fmall, white, 

 and appear at the fame time as the former, and are 



' fucceeded by fmall berries, which ripen in autumn. 

 The feventh fort is of humbler growth than cither of 

 the former, feldom .rifing: more than four of five 



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feet high, fending out flender branches oppofitv, 

 which areTpar{edly difpofed \ the leaves are of a dark 

 green, ftiff, and entire ; 'they are about an inch long, 

 and not more than one eighth of an inch broad, fit- 

 ting clofe to the branches. The flowers are fmall, 

 white, and grow in clufters from the fide of the 

 branches. The berries of this fort are very fmall, and, 

 rarely ripen in England. r ■ • 



Thefe plants all grow naturally in the fouth of France, 

 Spain, and Italy, but are hardy enough to thrive in 

 the open air in England, and, are never injured ex- 

 cept the winters are very fevere, wMch fometimes. 

 caufes their leaves to fall, and kills a few of the 

 weaker branches, but thefe are repaired by ne>v fhodts 

 the following furnmer;;io that there are but fev^ of 

 ^ the evergreen-trees which are hardier than thefe^ or 

 . that deferve more to be cultivated for pleafure. 





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Formerly thefe were either planted againft walls'; Co" 



which they were trained to cover them ; or if jchey 



' were placed as ftandards, their branches were {heared 



^5 'either into balls or pyramids, like moft of the ever- 



.= ereen-trecs ; fo that when the forpier old tafte of lav- 



'■:" ing out gardens was exploded, the evergreens were 



•^ generally baniftied ; and for fome years there were but 



:'- ' few forts cultivated, whereby feveral valuable kinds 



■^ of evergreen-trees were almoft entirely^ loft in Ejig- 



..' land, and have been with difficulty retrieved fin ce ; 



: . for in the manner which the evergreen-trees and fhrubs 



;vr.are now difpofed in gardens, they have a very fine ef- 



;;^fe6t, efpecially during tiie winter^ feafon, when the 



-' other trees are deftitute of leaves. ,. " 





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- There are fome other forts mentioned to grow n^tu- 



, rally in Spain and Italy, but thofe |iere mentioned 



,are aU.,|hat I have feen growing in the Englilh gar- 



.-! dens ; andTcveral of thefe have been fuppofed only 



*v /accidental varieties, which have been produced from 



'the two former, fending out feVeral ftrong branchesi feeds; but I am more inclined to believe they are 



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which grorw erc6t, covered with a gray bark, and gar- 

 .niflied Vv^ith oval heart-fiiaped leaves, about an inch 

 and a half long, and one inch broad ; they are firm, 

 of a lucid green, and fawed on their edges, each 

 ferrature ending in a fpine. ' The flowers and feeds of 

 ' this are like thole of the two former forts; v . 

 . The fourth fort is'of humbler growth than either of 

 . , the former, feldom, fifing more than eight or ten 

 V iecchigh; the branche3,are.weaker,_ and fpread wider. 



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fpecifically different, fori have raifed moft of thefe 

 from feeds which were fent m.e from Italy, where the 



: Ibrts were carefully gathered diftincl, and have never 

 yet found them vary from the kinds the feeds v/ere 



. taken ; fo that I imagine thofe feeds from which two 

 or three kinds have been raifed, were fathered from 

 different plants without care; ; ; .- ; ,, :• .-•- 



vT'he tlir^e firft forts are very proper to intermix; with 



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