VII, LIST OF SHRUBS. 



barrenest of all spots, Bagshot Heath, there are laurels 

 of eight-and-twenty feet high ! I never saw them any 



where so large as there. PORTUGAL LAUREL. Lat. 



Prunus Lusitanica. Fr. Cerisier Azarero. Another ever- 

 green, and common enough in England. It is from Portu* 

 gal, and blows a white flower in June and July, and then 

 produces blackish berries, thinly disposed on its flower- 

 stalk. It will grow to twelve or fifteen feet high (and much 

 higher when raised from seed,) forming a round full head 

 like an apple-tree, and having a no inconsiderable, though 

 very short, trunk. Propagated, from layers or seed, the 

 seed should be sown as soon as ripe in beds. Any soil al- 

 most will suit it, but it likes a good deep one best. 



LAUREL ALEXANDRIAN. Lat. Ruscus racemosus. Fr. 

 Fragon d grappes. An evergreen shrub from the south of 

 Europe, which is about two feet high, blows, in June and 

 July, a flower of a yellowish colour, and the fruit is a beau- 

 tiful red berry. It is propagated by seed but most com- 

 monly by separating the roots (which should be strong) 

 in February or March. It likes a sandy earth, and will 

 thrive in a shady situation. 



367. LIME TREE, Lat. Tilia europcea.Fr. Til- 

 leuls de Hollande. A hardy tree of England, France^ 

 Sweden, and other parts of Europe. It would grow to a 

 good height, except that it is generally kept short in 

 gardens, that the branches may grow thicker and form a 

 shade. Blows a yellow flower in May and June. Pro- 

 pagated by cuttings, and sometimes by seed, and likes a 

 soil of good depth. 



368. LILAC, common. Lat. Syringa vulgaris. Fr. 

 Lilas commun. A shrub from Constantinople, about 



