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\\\ beauty -, after the flowers fade, the germen becomes 

 an oblong comprelTed pod, which in warm fcafons 

 comes to pcrfetftion in England \ thefe ripen pretty late 

 in the autumn. 



The leaves of this tree do not come out till late in 

 the fpring, and they fall off pretty early in the au- 

 tumn, which renders it lefs valuable than it would 

 otherwifc be, were thefe leaves to come out early in 



the fpring. 



The fecond fort is lefs common than the firft. There 

 was a large tree of this kind fome years pad, grov/- 

 ing in the garden of the Bifliop of London at Ful- 

 ham, which produced plenty of feeds. The pods of 

 this fort are much fhorter, and clofely befet with 

 fhort prickles, but in other refped:s agrees with the 



firil fort. 

 rThe third fort grows naturally in Carolina, where it 



• fometimes rifes to the height of twenty feet, but in 

 England at prefent it feems to be of low growth ; the 

 branches fpread out near the ground, and produce 

 their flowers very young, whigh is a fure fign of its 



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alfo the foot-flalks of the flowers, are clofely armed 

 with fmall brown fpines, like fome forts of Rofes ; 

 the leaves are like thofe of the firft fort, but their 



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lobes are laro;er and rounder. The flowers come out 



in bunches like thoie of the former, but are larger and 



of a deep Rofe colour. It flowers about the fame 



time with the firft, but has not as yet produced any 



^ |)bds in England. 



ys y: v'-'^he fourth fort grows naturally at Campeachy, from 



'■■"'■^ " ^ whence the late Dr. Houftoun fent the feeds. .This 



. .,:\ 'V rifes with a ftrong woody ftem to the height of thirty 



'..'■■■ ^. ";■ or forty feet, fending out many ftrong branches on 



:*■*'' ^'^- every fide, which have large fwelling knots, and are 



: ; S-r' ,. clofely garnilhed with fingle winged leaves, compofed 



:;.%^-7'^-of eightor nine pair of oval Ipbes ending in points, 



^V'y^.-/' terminated by an odd one ; thefe arc curioufly marked 



^/^/■:"*'tyfi*^]?J^^^^P^^ ^po^s *^^ ^heir under fide, which appear 

 \^; "'. ^J^;?ajntTy on their upper. y;The flowers are produced in 



^*v ::5'''*J^^l'lpng clofe fpikes, ftanding almoft ereft ; they are 



'*^^'"Slf:k"*at)but'half the fize of the flowers of the laft fort, and 



: ^ '^-^'S^^^^^re of a fine Rofe colour. .r^ ;' *r. ^^ ■" :^t^^, •• v-r/ ' 



^-^^^.^ -The fifth fort was found growing naturally at Cam- 

 ^'?^^ J^* feachy, by the late Dr. Houftoun ; this rifes with; a 

 c^rVK. woody branching ftalk twelve or fourteen feet high • 

 \.';f^X' the old brandies are covered with a dark brown bark, 



cots and the foot-ftalks of the flow- 



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ers are covered with an iron-coloured down ; the I " fhaped feeds. 



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of the pods contain four or five oblong kidney-fl^ap- 

 cd feeds. 



The fcventh fort was difcovered by Plumier, in fome 

 of the French fettlements of the Weft-Indies, and it 

 was afterward found by the late Dr. Houftoun grow- 

 ing naturally at Campeachy. This rifes with a itrong 

 woody ftem near thirty feet high, fending out many 

 fpreading branches, which are covered with a licrht 

 gray bark fpotted with white, and garnilhed with 

 double winged leaves, whofe lobes are oval and fit 

 clofe to the midrib ; they are of a lucid green on 

 their upper fide, but of a pale green on their under. 

 The flowers are produced in long loofe pyramidal 

 bunches toward the end of the branches, thofe on the 

 lower part of the bunch having long foot-ftalks, 

 which diminifti gradually to the top, fo as to form a ' 

 pyramid 5 thefe bunches are almoft ered. The flow- 

 ers are^ of a fcarlet colour, fo make a fine appearance. 

 The eighth fort was found growing naturally at Cam- 

 peachy by the late Dr. Houftoun j this rifes with a 

 woody ftem to the height of twenty feet, dividing at 

 ' the top into feveral fpreading branches, which are 

 covered with a very light gray bark, and garnifhed 

 with equal winged leaves, compofed of ten or eleven 

 pair of oval lobes placed oppofite -, they are of a 

 lucid green on the lower part of the branches, but 

 thofe toward the end are covered with a foft iron- 

 coloured down. The flowers come out in 

 bunches from the fide of the branches, they are blue^ 

 and ftand upon long foot-ftalks ; thefe are fucceeded 

 by pods fliaped like thofe of the firft fort, but are 

 downv. 



The ninth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. Houf- 

 toun, growing naturally at Campeachy. This fort 

 rifes with a ftrong woody ftem^ upward of thirty 

 fctt high, dividing^ at the top into many ftrong 

 branches, covered with a dark grayifti bark, fpotted 

 ^.with.white, and are garniftied with winged leaves, 

 compofed of fix or fevcnpair of lobes, terminated 

 Tby an odd one 5 they are two inches and a half long, 

 and an inch and a half broad, ending in a point, of 

 i lucid green oh their upper fide, but pale on their 

 finder.'^- The flowers are produced in long loofe 

 bunches from the fide of the branches ; they are of 

 a pale Rofe colour, and have very long foot-ftalks; 

 thefe are fucceeded by oval pods two inches and a 

 half long, and one inch and a half broad, fwelling 

 in the middle, where is lodged one or two kidney- 



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' ^.^^!.-..;^^'leaves are unequally winged -, the lobes are oblong, 

 y^ -''■b.\ Qbtufe, and of a pretty thick confiftence ; they are 

 ;^";V*{^.tfmooth on their upper fide, but have feveral tranf- 

 r'-^V-'^.'^verfe veins on their under. The flowers are produced 



.fA:-''.i*v.at the end" of the branches in long clofe bunches: 



ere are fix or feven or them gathered together in 



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The tenth fort grows naturally in Siberia and Tartary ; ^ 

 this grows with a ftirubby ftalk eight or ten feet highv 

 fending out feveral branches which gr'ow ereft, cover- 

 ed with a fmooth yellowifti bark ; the leaves have each 

 two pair of oval pointed lobes, which ftand upon fbprt 

 foot-ftalks. The flowers ^are produced upon fingle 

 are but fmall,' and are of a I r foot-ftalks which come outatthejointsof the branches; 



they afeyellow, and fliaped like thofe of the Labur- 

 num, but are fmaller ; thefe appear in May, and if 

 the plants ftand in a moift foil and Ihady fituation, their 



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j<^,inhabitants^ive it the appellation of Dogwood. Thi^ I J pods will fucceed the flowers, and the feeds will ripen 



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^'X^ ^\land di^^^ branches, whirh are covered 







ij^^^^fV with a dark brown fpotted bark, aodT srarniflied" with 



^' wt-^*^ pair of obverfe oval lobes, terminated bv an odd one : 



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v*'^i|^:''9f a buff* colour. - The flowers come out in branch- 

 '2"'-:; C.'inp; bunches from the fide of the iDranches ; thefe ^t- 

 ■..;- "^^*.*rerally appear at a time when the trees are deftitute 

 i^]}^'%}i^^^ Jind as'th^y have large" clufters "of flowers 

 wv'xS'^l^^^^^^^^y joint, fo tlVe trees feem covered with them. 

 ,^f /,t*.!The banches^at the extremity of the branches are 

 ' - .,'^".A^, lafgell, and are formed pyramidally. The flow- 

 ^,- -^-^^ and do hot open fo fully as thofe 



; It; >i:-;6f 'the "firft fort, but are of a pale Rofe colour, fo 



'^^yy^^^^'^^ appearance; thefe^are fucceeded by pod 

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The eleventh fort grows naturally in Siberia, from 



. whence the feeds were fent to the Imperial Gardeh at 

 'PeterftDurgh, where they fucceeded and perfedled 



. feeds, which were afterward trarifmitted to many parts 

 <)f Europe.' This rifes with a tree-like ftem near 

 twenty feet high, fending out many fide branches, 

 garnilhed with abrupt winged leaves compofed of four 



. or five pair of oyal lobes placed oppofite ; the flowers 

 are produced from th^ wings of the leaves, each 

 foot-ftalk havine: one yellow Pca-bloflbmed flower, 

 which in a moift feafon is fucceeded by oblong taper 

 pods, containing three or four feeds in each. 

 The twelfth fort is alfo a native of Siberia ; this is a 

 weak low Ihriib, feldom rifing more than three feet 

 high in England. The branches are flender, and 

 have alight bark, garniftaed with leaves compofed of 

 four oblong lobes which fit clofe to the branches ; 

 the flowers are produced fingly upon foot-ftalks which 

 arifc.from the wings of the leaves •/ they arV yellow, 

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