_ ‘wooden cuts are copied from one another, and not unfrequently, 
to illuftrate the works of different authors, the fame blocks 
were ufed indifcriminately, where the fame bookfellers were 
employed, fo that it would often be a. very difficult tafk to 
find out to whom the original drawings belonged. There are 
no lefs than fix different wooden cuts of this tree, without 
reckoning the one of Castor Durante, which is in fatt 
copied from Loser, with the addition of the figure of Jupas 
fufpended from one of the branches, thus announcing the 
origin of its name of Arbor Judz, from the popular tradition, 
that it was on this tree that the traitor fought to rid himfelf 
of the remorfe his crimes had occafioned. Of thefe figures, 
that of Doponzus, though far from being the beft, has been 
the moft frequently copied. 
In its wild ftate, Crusrus informs us that it is ufually feen 
as a fhrub, but by cultivation readily aflumes the form of a 
tree; and it may certainly be reckoned amongft the moflt orna- 
mental, growing in a compa form, with elegant and uncom- 
mon foliage, which is very little fubje& to be defaced by 
infeéts. In the {pring its bright crimfon flowers, with which 
the flems of the branches are fometimes almoft covered, are a 
very pleafing obje&, and are faid, from their fweetifh acid 
_tafte, to.make an agreeable addition to falads at that feafon. 
The wood is hard, beautifully veined, and takes a high polifh. . 
In fome fituations and in favourable feafons the flowers are 
fucceeded by long flat pods of a reddifh colour. With us, 
however, the flowers more ufually drop off, without being 
fucceeded by any fruit; which Mriver attributes efpecially (0 
the birds pecking them to pieces for the fake of the honey 
they contain, es : 
Contrary to what generally takes place in the papilionaceous 
corolla, the ale are larger than the other petals and. ftand 
above the vexillum. ets ec ee 
Varies with white and pale flowers, but thefe varieties are — 
far lefs defirable than the one here figured. 
Native of the. South of France, Italy, Spain, ‘and Portugal. 
Bloffoms with us early in May, in the open ground ; at which 
time our drawing was made in the Botanic Garden at Bromp- 
ton. Propagated by feeds, many of which will lie till the 
fecond year in the ground before they germinate. Culti- 
_ vated by Gerarp in S90. <> 6 oa 
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