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4en, or into Pots, to remain for 

 good, where they will produce 

 their Flowers in Juh and Augufi, 

 and their Seeds are ripe ibon after. 

 Thefe are pretty Plants to place in 

 large Borders amongft other Plants 

 for Variety, but they are never 

 us'd with us : They may alio be 

 prelerv'd over the Winter, if plac'd 

 into a Green -houfe in Autumn^ 

 which is the fureft Method to ob- 

 tain good Seeds from the feventh 

 Sort, which rarely ripens Seeds the 

 firfl Year ; but they feldom conti- 

 nue longer than two Years with 

 uz, and many Times (if they have 

 produc'd Seeds the firil Year) they 

 will not continue longer. Thele 

 Plants will Ibmetimes grow from 

 Cuttings, but then the Cuttings 

 muft: be ftrong and inclinable to be 

 woody, for if they are very fbft 

 and fpungy, they feldom fucceedj 

 and they fhould alfb be plac'd upon 

 a moderate Hot-bed, which will 

 greatly promote their taking Root. 

 This Method is fometimes necef^ 

 fary to preferve the Sorts which 

 might othervvife be m Danger of 

 being loft. ^ 



LAUREOLAh^-r/V^ Thymelea. 

 LAUROCERASUSj The Laurel 

 or Cherry-Bay.' 



The Characlers are; 

 It hath broad, thick, fljinlng, e- 

 ver-green Leaves, fometohat like thofe 

 of the Bay-Tree: The Cup of the 

 Flor»er is hollonf and ^unnel-fliafd, 

 fpeading -open M the Top, and is 

 divided into five Tarts : The FloTver 

 confijls of five Leaves, which expand 

 in Torm of a Rofe, having many 

 Stamina in the Center: Ihe Iruit 

 (mhich are like thofe of the Cherry- 

 Tree) are produced in Bunches, and 

 the Stone is longer and narrower 

 than that of the Cherry. 

 The Species are j 

 i* Laurocerasvs 7 Cluf, B'ljl, 



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The common Laurel or Cherrv- 

 Bay. ^ 



i. Laurocerasus ; foUis ex alho 

 variegatis. Cat. Plant, Angl. The 

 White-ftrip'd Laurel. 



3. LAyRocERAsvs; foliis ex luteo 

 variegatis. Cat. Flant. Angl, The 

 Yellow-ftrip'd Laurel. 



4. Laurocerasus ,• Lufitanlca, 

 minor, Tourn, The Dwarf Portu- 

 gal Laurel, calVd Afarero. 



The firft Sort is very common 

 in moft Englijh Gardens, and was 

 formerly in greater Requeft than 

 it is at prefent, when thefe Trees 

 were planted againft North-walls 

 to cover them ; as alfo in the Par- 

 terre-Garden, where they were fre- 

 quently Iheer'd up to form Pyra- 

 mids and Globes, for which Pur- 

 pofe, this was one of the moft 

 improper Trees; for the Leaves 

 being very large, they were cut in 

 divers Places by the Sheers, which 

 render'd them unfightly : But though 

 this Plant is very improper for 

 fuch Ufes, yet it is valuable for plan- 

 ting upon the Sides of cold barren 

 Hills, where it will grow to a 

 large Magnitude, and make a fine 

 Appearance through th^ whole 

 Year, and in fuch Situations it will 

 rife to a large Tree. 



They are eafily propagated by 

 planting Cuttings in July, in a (ha- 

 dy, moifl Border, where they will 

 foon take Root ; and in the Spring 

 following may be removM into the 

 Nurfery, planting them three Feet 

 diftance Row from Row, and two 

 Feet afunder in the Rows, obferv- 

 ing to clear them from Weeds, 

 and to dig the Ground annually be- 

 tween the Rows, and prune ofF 

 their under Branches, to make 

 them afpire in Height; and when 

 they have remain'd in this Place 

 three Years, they will be fit to 

 tranfplant^ into the Places where 

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