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old trees throw up in great abunlance. The situation where the tree is finally 
planted should be sheltered; and, in the North of England and in Scotland, 
to insure fine foiiage, it should be planted against a wall. 
gs 5. LZ. Benzor1n L. The Benzoin Laurel, or Benjamin Tree. 
Identification. Lin. Hort. Chiff., 154.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 2. p. 485. ; Pursh, 1. p. 276. 
Synonymes. Arbor virginiana citree vel limonii folio, benzoinum fundens, Comm. Hort. 1. p. 189. 
t.97.; Ladrus estivalis Wangh. Amer. 87. ; L. Pseddo-Benxdin Mich. Fl. Amer. 1. p. 243.5 L. 
Eudsmus Benzdin Nutt. Gen. 1. p. 259.; Benzdin sp. C. G. Nees Fon Esenbeck ; Spice Bush, 
Spice Wood, or wild Allspice, Amer., according to Nuttall; Laurier faux Benzoin, Fr.; Benzoin 
Lorbeer, Ger. 
Engravings. Comm. Hort., |. t.97.; Pluk. Alm., t. 139. f. 34. ; and our fig. 1934, 
Spec. Char:, §c. Leaves cuneate-obovate, 
entire, the under side whitish and partly 
pubescent, deciduous. Sexes polygamous. 
Flowers in umbels. Buds and pedicels 
of the umbels glabrous. Leaves without 
nerves, ovate, acute at both ends. ( Willd.) 
A deciduous shrub, Virginia. Height 
10 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1688. Flow- 
ers yellowish green; March and April. 
Berries scarlet ; seldom or never seen on 
the plants in Engiand. 
In British gardens, it forms a rather 
tender peat-earth shrub, handsome from its 
large leaves, but seldom thriving, except 
where the soilis kept moist and the situa- 
tion sheltered. It is propagated from im- 
ported seeds, which require to be treated 
like those of Zaurus Sdssafras ; by layers ; 
or, with difficulty, by cuttings. 1354, L. Benxoin. 
a 6. L. (B.) Diospy’rus Pers. The Diospyrus-like Laurel, or Bay. 
Identification. Pers. Syu., 1. p. 450. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 276. a 
Synonymes. L. Eudésmus Diospyrus Nutt. Gen. 1. p. 259. ; L. diospyrdldes Michz. Fl Bor. Amer. 
1. p. 243.3; ?L. melissefolia Walt. Fl. Car, 134. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1470. ; and our fig. 1335, 
Spec. Char., §c. Habit low, surculose, twiggy. 
Leaves oblong-oval, and entire, the under side 
veiny and pubescent, deciduous. Flower buds 
and pedicels villous. Sexes dicecious. (Nutt.) A 
running, twiggy, deciduous shrub. Virginia and 
Carolina, in swamps. Height 2 ft. to 3ft. Intro-, 
duced in 1810. Flowers greenish yellow; April. 
Berries scarlet or purple ; rarely seen in England. 
Leaves opaque, oblong-oval, attenuated towards S 
the base, entire, the under side veiny and pubescent, 
deciduous. Scales of the buds purple, villous. 
Younger branches villous. This species so closely 
resembles L. Benzoin, as to leave no doubt in our 
mind that it is only a variety of it. 1335. (B.) Diospj rus. 
gw 7. L. centcutata Michr. The knee-tlexed-branched Laurel, or Bay. 
Identification. _Michx. F1. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 244.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 276. 
Synonymes. L. Euésmus geniculata Nutt. Gen, 1. p. 259.3 L. wstivalis Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 484., 
according to Pursh. ; 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1471.3; and our fig. 1336. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches divaricate and flexuous, Leaves cuneate-oblong, 
mostly obtuse, about 14 in. long, in many instances less than half an inch 
wide, entire, giabrous, except upon the under side near the base. Flowers 
