LAUREL. 
Ivy-tree of America, 
KALMIA, 
Class 10.—DECANDRIA. Order.—MONOGYNIA. 
at. ine Linn. at. Ord, Juss. 
BIco Es. RHODODENDRA. 
aaa pu m4 “Peter Kalin, D. D., Professor of gab at the 
University of Abo, He spent several years in North America, 
omnes whatever was worthy of eet and on his 
paca pe wy ted a botan ‘ical garden, ote nie OF expense, for 
er it 
ned 
in his circumsta 
Pe cea E. —Sp. Laure. Fr, Laurier. It. L Lat. Lau- 
ith flower, past Floreo, to 
Pinoy to bear flowers, to blosso: 
There are many species of the Kolm mia, indigenous in North 
America. The ni hole genus is remarkable for its elegant 
flowers and foliage ; a Bg the sides of hills, and some- 
w 
my wdiggied-fo-w, a shrub of from 
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two to six feet high, pro duces the most brilliant flowers, in 
loose lateral clusters, and in the greatest abundance, of a 
bright red color, when they first open ; but afte: rwards fading 
to a blush or peach c lor, t beautifully crimson ; 
of the for fa d dged sa salv rer, protruding aging ten 
prominent conve» in ie concealed for 
a arr when eee ted, fl is th Leaves 
of a shining gree ako e, sf ‘beneath, ‘caentite: on short 
foo t-stalks, placed “without aniey. All the species are said to 
_ The t j-leaved | Laurel K. Latifolia, rises to the height of 
1 Blossoms like the first, in clusters of 
se or rosaceous flowers, seotied at the base with a deeper 
red. 
K. Scar or enh leav yok ane dew: purplish flowers: 
mie Ld 
ossy swamps; 
i by its paroord 
white taideati with the margin 
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There isa tbe of celebrity, a of the Lev: ant, the Lauro 
cerassus, cherr tg rel, well k in the Materia Medica, as 
furnishing one of the n most nd er ate “ee narcotics, sind if of suffi- 
praryaee beng ost deadly poison. -The leaves and flowers 
have the flavor of bitter almonds ; 1-lik lit 
ommended them 
hat exalta 
ehich goa ok to Saree hae peccerd 8 response 
suppliant a 
Visi fine neély mianssy the 7 maniac fury of the 
n the following line 
Now raves the Sibyl in her res rd 
By Phebus raging i ving breast 
Eneid B. IV. 
Avaunt, ye vulgar! from her sacred groves, 
e sow ‘ury in her 
Wi th words unwiill’d, and wisdom not her own. 
Loves of the Planta. 
LAURUSTINUS 
VIBURNUM TINUS, 
Class 5.—PENTANDRIA. Order.—TRIGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. Nat. Ord. Juss. 
MOS. CAPRIFOLIA 
Viburnum—reckoned by Linneus among the Latin na 
whose origin cannot be ascertained. It is traced by Ainswor ae 
en er and Martyn, to the ee — 0, to bind. 
Tin LF eesags of bay-tree, a stinus.— Ainsworth. 
Lau oh nm evergree — which flowers raat Mi- 
chipsunion: suse holds its Dover through the winter.—Johnso 
ees tells us that itisa nN word, meaning Lau 
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labl of Tinus is long: “Et bleaibe myrtus, et baccis cerula 
‘inus. 
abc is a name Ale in Pliny, B, 15, chap. 30, for hie he 
says rmed a sort of wild laurel, and is distin- 
sulshes i by a ive color of its berries. This descri i 
universally agree apply to our Laurustinus, or Vi 
Tinus of Linnzeus.—See Rees. 
Vv. ti ft to be f Texico, etc 
>, are ncgthnnaet rer over the 
yeral an with white fl 
vues si 
Thec n Laurustinus of our green-houses, is a native of 
Spain, Po orbs. and Italy. A shrub neverabove five feet high, 
g wid twig: h, da 
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rk-red ; esse ovate, en tire, 
ith gian ndular h of 
each large aoe flowers iaaed with red, of one petal, "bell 
shaped, cut half way down; berries blue 
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LAVENDER. 
LAVANDULA. 
Class 14.—DIDYNAMIA. Order.—GY¥MNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. 
VERTICILLATE. 
Lavandula, fro e Latin word lavo, to wash, 01 
preety = its once use oA oe wee or F fomentaions or to 
istille: sai in m 
gen Town per $s and green. 
ouses, "All are chr with ae or parish occasionally 
Their wise 
ei 
e leaf; corolla mon opeta- 
mt, rev ae ica, Europe, etc. 
ommon Lavender, t yok s is cultivated for the sake 
hen and the essenti wee oil and distilled 
dup in lavender,” is 
become prov verbial for any thing's stored up with peculiar care. 
She sent him lavender, owning her love. 
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