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but generally soon recover, excepting where catch- 

 ing the full north blast. It should be planted 

 under partial shelter from the keen winds. The 

 Caucasian variety has been found to be hardier 

 than the common one. Levant, 1629 ; evergreen. 

 Some of the varieties of the Common Laurel are 

 worth noticing, as angustifolia (narrow - leaved), 

 camellisefolia (camellia leaved), Caucasica (Cau- 

 casian), colchica (Colchican), rotundifolia (round- 

 leaved), and variegata (variegated). 



Cerasus lusitanica, Portugal Laurel. Also a 

 well-known shrub, and will do better in heavier 

 and dampersoils than the Common Laurel, although 

 it will grow well in almost any good soil. On the 

 Fyling estate covered drains have been found 

 filled with its roots. It thrives exceedingly well 

 by the sea, under shelter from the north and 

 north-east. Under such conditions of exposure 

 it loses its foliage on the windward side. Ever- 

 green ; Portugal, 1648. The variety myrtifolia 

 grows pyramidally like a bay. 



Cerasus Padus (syn. Prunus Padus), Bird 

 Cherry or Hagberry. This is very pretty in 

 spring, with its long hanging racemes of white 

 flowers. It will grow well under the shade, of 

 other deciduous trees, and therefore is well worthy 

 of note. Deciduous ; Britain. There are numerous 

 forms of this species, named after the shapes and 

 colours of their leaves. 



