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The Species are ; 



1. EuoNYMus 5 -vulgaris, grmis 

 rubentibus. C, B. The Common 

 Spindle-Tree. 



2. EuoNYMus y latifoUus. C. B. 

 Broad-leav'd Spindle-Tree. 



3 . EuoNYMUs ; Africanus, Lycii 

 crajjicribus foliis, fempervirens, cap- 

 fuld triloculari, afperata, rubente. 



Boerh. hid. Ever -green African 

 Spindle-Tree, commonly caWd Afri- 

 can Barberry. 



4. EuoNYMo; adfinis-t JJLthiopJca, 

 femper'virens, fruciu globofo, fcabro, 

 foliis falicis, rigidis, ferratis. H. L. 



Ever-green Ethiopian Spindle-Tree, 

 with a globular Fruit, and fliff fer- 

 rated Willow-Leaves, 



The firft of thefe Species h very 

 common in Hedges in divers Pans 

 of EngLrnd, where it feldom rifcs 

 to any conliderable Stature : But if 

 planted amongft other Trees in 

 Wildernefs Quarters, may be train'd 

 up fo as to become a large hand- 

 fome Tree; and in Autumn -feaibn 

 when the Fruit is ripe, doth make 

 a very handfome Shew. The Wood 

 of this Tree is us'd by the Inftru- 

 ment-makers, for Toothing of Or- 

 gans and Virginal-Keys, Tooth- 

 pickers, Spindles, and to make 

 Scures, <^c. The broad-lcav'd Sort, 

 tho' very common in moft Parts 

 of Europe J yet is rarely to be found 

 in England, except in curious Col- 

 Icdions of Trees and Shrubs : 

 Thefe two Plants are very hardy, 

 in refpeft to Cold, and may be 

 propagated either by fowing the 

 Seeds, or laying down the Branches : 

 But the firft being a tedious Me- 

 thod, is feldom pradlis'd j for the 

 Seeds remain in the Ground until 

 the fecond Year before the Plants 

 come up, and afterwards make but 

 kittle Progrefs during the three or 

 iDur firft Years, whereas thofe rais'd 

 by Layers will make handfome 



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Trees in three or four Years 

 Time. 



The other two Sorts being Na- 

 tives of a warm Country, will not 

 endure the Cold ot our CUmate in 

 the open Air, and muft therefore 

 be preferv'd in a good Green-houie 

 in Winter. Theie may be propa- 

 gated by planting Cuttings any 

 Time in May, which fl-iould be fet 

 into Pots fiird with frefli light 

 Earth, and plung'd into a moderate 

 Hot-bed, and carefully water'd and 

 ftiaded until they have taken Rootj 

 after which, they may be tranf- 

 planted each into a leparate Pot, 

 and expos'd to the open Air till 

 September, when they fhould be re- 

 mov'd into the Green-houie, where 

 during the Winter-feafon, they 

 muft have as much free open Air 

 as the Weather will admit of, as 

 alfo frequent, but gentle Waterings : 

 In other refpecls they may be ma- 

 nag'd as Orange Trees, obferving to 

 Ihift the Plants into frefh Earth 

 every Year. 



The third Sort grows to be a 

 Shrub of five or fix Feet in Height, 

 and will produce great Quantities 

 of Fruit, which ripen in V/inter, 

 and make a very sood Appearance 

 in the Green-houfc at that Seaibn. 

 This is the tendereft Plant of them all. 



The fourth Sort arifes with us 

 to the Height of ten or twelve 

 Feet, and may be train'd up to a 

 regular Head ; and when grown to 

 be large, will annually produce 

 Flowers and Fruit ; which altho' 

 th'-7 have no great Beauty, yet the 

 Tree, for Variety, defervcs a Place 

 in every good Colledtion of Plants. 

 This is pretty hardy, and only re- 

 quires to be flieker'd from extreani 

 Frofts in Winter, and therefore 

 fhould be early expos'd to the open 

 Air in Spring, and fuffer'd to re- 

 main abr-oad late in Autumn. 



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