XXVI. KosA^cE.'E : ce'uasus. 



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4S-I. Cerasus lusltiinica. 



iserves, is its being " so very hardy as to defy the severest cold of this country ; 

 r, in the hard frost of 1740, when almost every other evergreen tree and shrub 

 IS severely pinched, the Portugal laurels retained their verdure, and seemed 

 have felt no injury." In the winter of 1837-8, it was severely hurt in all 

 iv moist situations in the climate of London ; but in dry gravelly soil, there, 

 d in most parts of England, it escaped uninjured. In British nurseries, it is 

 Jpagated by seeds, which, before and after sowing, are treated like those of 

 common wild cherry (C. sylvestris), or those of the bird cherry (C Padus). 



29. C. Lauroce'rasus Lois. The Laurel- Cherry, or common Laurel. 



^iification. Lois, in Du Ham., 5. p. 6. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 540. ; Don's Mill., 2, p. .516. 

 onymes. jprdnus Laurocerasus Lin. Sp. fi78. ; Cherry Bay, Cherry Laurel ; Laurier au Lait, 

 jnurier Cerisier, Laurier Amandier, Fr. ; Kirsche Lorbeer, Ger. ; Lauro di Trebisonda, Itnl. 



i^ravings. Blackw. Herb., t.512. ; Du Ham. Arb., I. p. 346. t. 133. ; and our^^'. 485. 



'c. Char., Sfc. Evergreen. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, remotely 



errate, bearing upon the under surface of the disk 2 + glands. Racemes 

 jhorter than the leaves Fruit ovate-acute. (Dec. Prod.) A large, ram- 

 bling, evergreen, sub-prostrate shrub. Trebisond in Asia Minor ; and found 

 n Caucasus, Persia, and the Crimea. Height 6 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 



629. Flowers white; April and May. Drupe dark purple j ripe in Oc- 



aber. Young shoots of a light green. 



' ieties. 



I C. L. 2 variegata Hort. Leaves variegated with either white or ycilow. 

 ! - C. L. 3 angustifolia Hort., with leaves about a third part of the width of 

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