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then in a very thriving Condition ; 

 and Sir Thoma,$ Broron mentions one 

 of thefe Trees which grew in Nor- 

 folk, that was lixtecn Yards in Cir- 

 cuit a Foot and half above-ground, 

 in Height thirty Yards, and in the 

 leaft Part of the Trunk it was eight 

 Yards and an half, 



TINUS: LaurusTinus, 'uulgo. 

 The Characters are j 



The Tlowers grow in Cluflers^ and 

 conjifi of one Leaf, vphich is divided 

 into five Parts towArd the Top-, thefe 

 4ire fiicceeded by fmall Fruity flmp'd 

 fome-what like an Olive-, but are urn- 

 bilicated, each containing one Vear- 

 Jliap'd Seed. 



The Species arej 



I. TiNus; prior. Cluf. Hifl. The 

 Baftard ihining-Ieav'd LaurusTinusy 

 vulgo. 



a. TiNus ; II. Cluf Hifl. The 

 rough-leav'd Laurus Tinus, vulgo. 



3. TiNus ; III. Chif Hift. The 

 fm all-lea v'd LaurusTinus, vulgo. 



4. TiNUSi prior Clufii, folio atr o- 

 viridi fplendentc. The Ihining-lcav'd 

 Laurus Tinus, vulgo. 



5". TiNus i prior Clufii, foliis ex 

 albo variegatis. The ftrip'd fliining- 

 Icav'd Laurus Tinus, 



6. Tinus 5 II, Clufii, foliis ex 

 luteo variegatis. The ftrip'd rough- 

 leav'd Laurus Tinus. 



Thefe Plants are greatly propa- 

 gated in the Gardens near London 

 for their Beauty, the L'.aves always 

 remaining green, and their Flow- 

 ers are produced in great Plenty in 

 the Winter Seafon, when few other 

 Shrubs do flower. 



Thefe Plants v/ere a few Years 

 fince prefer ved in FvOts and Tubs, and 

 placed in the Grcen-houfe in Win- 

 ter, with Oranges, Myriles, and other 

 exotick Trees ; but of late Years 

 they have been planied in the open 

 Ground, where they relifl the Cold 

 of our ordinary Winters very well, 



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and are rarely injured, except in 

 very fevcre Frofts, and then they 

 are feidom deftroy'd, though their 

 Heads may be kill'd (as was the 

 Caie with many ot thefe Trees in 

 the Yc?r 1728.) yet thofe which 

 were let. undifhurb'd, fliotout frefli 

 again the following Summer, and 

 have fince made good Plants ; which * 

 fhould caution People from rootinp* 

 out Plants too foon, when they may 

 feem to be kill'd by Frolf. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by laying down their tender Shoots 

 in the Spring, which if kept clear 

 from Weeds, and duly water'd in 

 dry Weather, will take Root by 

 the fucceeding Spring, when they 

 lliould be taken off and tranfplanted 

 into a mellow, loamy Soil, (but not 

 too wet) at three Feet di (lance 

 Row from Row, and eighteen 

 Inches nfunder in the Rows, ob- 

 ferving to lay fome Mulch upon 

 the Surface of the Ground about 

 their Roots, and in dry Weather to 

 refrefh 'em with Water until they 

 have taken Root. 



There fliould be alfo fbme flrait 

 Stakes ftx'd dov/n by the Side of 

 each Plant, to which they fliould 

 be faftcn'd, in order to render their 

 Stems ilrait, otherwife they will be 

 crooked and unlightly. But it is 

 not proper to have thefe Plants 

 more than two Feet high in clear 

 Stems, becaufe when their Heads 

 are advanced above Sight, the Beauty 

 of the Plants are loft, and they are 

 in greater Danger of 'being deftroy'd 

 in bad Weather : Therefore, when 

 their Stems arc two Feet high, 

 their upright Shoots fliould be 

 flopp'd, in order to force out la- 

 teral Branches, which may be ib 

 prun'd in the grovying Seafbn, as 

 to form 'em into regular Heads; 

 but this fliould not be done with 

 Sheers (as is ths common Pradtice, 



whereby 



