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a dry Seafbn, will be rooted enough 

 by the next Spring to tranfplant. 



Thefe Trees produce fmall yel- 

 lowifli Flowers out of the young 

 Wood, at two Seafons, viz,, in 

 Marc/) and O5iober, but I never 

 faw any Fruit fucceed them. This 

 Tree is kept in curious Gardens of 

 Trees amongft many other of the 

 fame Country, but I don't know 

 any extraordinary Beauty or Ufe 

 that belongs to it : Indeed, when 

 it was firfl introduc'd, it was gene- 

 rally believ'd, that the Benjamin of 

 the Shops was an Exudation from 

 this Tree, but it is now thought 

 to proceed from a very different 

 Tree. 



An. ARBOR Zeylanica, Cotini 

 foliis, fubtus lanugina 'villoJJs, fiori' 

 bus albis, cuculi modo laciniatis. 

 Tluk. Vhp. The Snow-drop Tree, 

 njulgo. 



This Tree is very hardy in refpe£t 

 to Cold, ftanding abroad in the open 

 Air, without iiiffering from our 

 fevereft Frofts, but is difficult to 

 increafe, the Layers being com- 

 monly two Years before they ftrike 

 Root, nor will they root at all, 

 unlefs the Branches are very young, 

 and they are flit at a Joint, as is 

 pradtis'd in laying of Carnations. 

 When thefe Layers are rooted, they 

 may be tranfplanted into fmall Quar- 

 ters of flowering Shrubs, where, 

 amongft thofe of a middling ' 

 Growth, this Tree will add to the 

 Variety. 



ARBOURS. Thefe were for- 

 merly in greater Efteem with us 

 than at picfent j few Gardens were 

 without cover'd Arbours and fhady 

 Seats, but of late they have been 

 much rejefted, and that not with- 

 out good Reafoni for befldes the 

 great Expence in their firft ered:- 

 ing, they were a continual Charge 

 in keeping them repair'd, for the 



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Wet foaking thro* the Leave? of 

 the Trees to the Wood-work, was, 

 by the continual Shade, and for 

 Want of free Air, detain'd ib long 

 as to rot the Wood (which if 

 wholly expos'd to the Weather, 

 would have lafted fevcn or eight 

 Years) in two or three i beflde, the 

 Seats are continually damp, and un- 

 healthy i for which Reafon, cover'd 

 Seats or Alcoves are every where 

 at this Time preferr'd to them. 



Arbours are generally made of 

 Lattice-work, either in Wood or 

 Iron, and cover'd with Elmsy Limes, 

 Horn-bea?n, or with Creepers, Ho- 

 ney-fuchdes, Jafmines, or Fa/jlcn- 

 floyi>ers, cither of which will anfwer 

 the Purpofe very well, if rightly 

 manag'd. 



ARBUTUS; The Strawberry- 

 Tree. 



The Cbaraciers are ; 



It is ever-green y the Leaves are 

 roundijhy and ferrated on the Edges -, 

 the Flowers conjifi of one Leaf and 

 are JJjafd like a Pitcher ^ the Fruit 

 is of a fiefJjy Subjiance, and, in its 

 outward Appearance, very like a 

 Strawberry, but is divided into five- 

 Cells, in -which are contain d many 

 fmall Seeds. 



The Species are, 



1. Arbvtvs ; folio ferrato. C, B^ 

 The common Strawberry-Tree. 



2. Arbutus i folio ferr at q ^ flore 

 oblongo, fruciuovato. Michel. Hort. 

 Fif. Strawberry-Tree, with longer 

 Flowers and Egg-fliap'd Fruit. 



3. Arbutus j folio ferratoj flora 

 duplici. Strawberry-Tree, with 

 double Flowers. 



This Tree has its Name from 

 the Refemblance the Fruit bears to 

 that of a Strawberry, but it is of an 

 auftere four Taile; tho' I have 

 been inform'd, that in Ireland, 

 where this Tree abounds, the Fruit 

 is fold, and eaten. In England they 



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