Plate 
XXII. callin 
Fig. 
_ is confiderable enough to atone for the Smallnefs 
of the Account, and they cloath the Head of | 
the Tree very handfomely. There is a Merit in — 
2s J U D A. 
We Fallees here our Grtt eftablith’d Gitriersce 
e@ Trees, known to the common Gardeners, 
*: by the Names under which they areus’d to hear of - 
them; but we fhall not leave the Student un- 
inform’d of the more-proper.. | 
The Name Fudas Tree has been given to this from 
a Fancy of one of the Fathers, that it was upon one 
of them Fudas hang’d himfelf. The Vulgar give that. 
Diftinétion to the common Elder; but that is 
more unreafonable.. All there-is for the Founda- 
tion of this being the Tree, is, that fome of the- 
earlieft Writers fay he hang’d himfelf upon a 
Cercis. 
Linn Aus, has. indeed. attributed the Name 
— Cergis to it; but ’tis from THEOPHRASTUS 
we are to learn what Cercis is; and all he tells. 
us of it, is, that the Seeds, are held in Pods, 
_ So uncertain is the Propriety of {cientific as... 
well as vulgar Names ,; but when they are appro- 
priated and receiv’d this creates no Error. » 
All the old Writers call. it Arbor Jude, and 
Judaica. —C. Bauvuine, Siliqua Sylveftris: and — 
Linnaus, to the Term Cercis, which: he has 
made generical for it, adds, as a DiftinGtion. of 
the Species, foliis cordato orbiculatis klabris : Cercis, 
with {mooth rounded Leaves, -heart-fhap’d: at the 
Bafe. : — 
It is a Tree of moderate Growth when properly’ 
train’d into Shape; but in its native Wildnef 
rather is of the Shrub Form. | 
The Root fpreads far: the Trunk. iS covered: , 
with a deep brown Bark, and the young Twigs 
are purplifh. SU ie ee oe — . 
The Branches are not numerous, nor do the 
Leaves ftand thick upon them; but their Breadth 
this ftanding fo diftinét, becaufe their Form is the 
more accurately feen, and is very regular and 
agreeable. : hs | 
Each has its own long and tender Footftalk, 
and this is purplifh. : 
The Leaf itfelf is nearly round; indented a 
little for the Reception of the Footftalk; and at | 
the oppofite Part terminated often by a kind of 
Point: this is the extreme Part of the Middle Rib. 
The Colour of the Leaf is a deep green, with 
a Linge of blueifh: and the Veins and Ribs in 
the new Leaves are red. ss ae 
Thefe elegant Leaves the Tree fhews long 
in all their Beauty; and as the Winds fport 
among them, their under Sides occafionally 
turn up, and by their greyifh Hue diverfify the 
Scene. | 
The Flowers appear early in Spring, and the 
Leaves not till fome Time after their firft fhooting. 
They are extreamly pretty. They rife on divided 
Footftalks from the lower Parts of the Branches ; 
and their Colour is a beautiful red with a Tinge 
of Crimfon and of purple. Their Form refem- 
bles that of the papilionaceous Kind; and the | 
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in the Yetradynamina naturally only fix, 
- Superiority of four feems to refer it thither. 
_ Linus, from the Number and diftin& Growth 
of the Filaments, refers it to the Decandria: and 
| its fingle Style places it among the Monogynia, the 
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Fruit which fucceeds them is 4 Pod. This is. 
long, flat, thin, broad, and of a purplifh Hue, 
with feveral brown Seeds. 
_ . This is the general Afpect of the Flowers, and 
Fruit; but the Student, in this pleafing Science; 
will not be fatisfy’d till he has examined them 
more ftriGly. : = 
He will find the Cup that receives each Flower; 
hollow, and rifling on one Side; fhort, and di- 
vided at the Rim into five obtufe Segmetits, 
Into this Cup are inferted the Petals, 
forming the Body of the Flower; and by 
their Form and Difpofition they {trongly mimic 
the papilionaceous Kind, There are two Ale 
_turn’d upwards, and fix’d to the Cup by flender 
Bottoms: one Petal fhorter than the Ale, and 
plac’d under them; forms the Vexillum. Its 
Shape is roundifh, with a: little hooked End: 
and below thefe ftand two others, forming toge- 
ther aCarina of a heart-like Shape, in which are 
plac’d the Organs of Impregnation, rifing from 
its Bottom. gs 
«The Filaments afe ten: they are diftin@ from. 
_ the Bafe, and they are bent with the Carina: four 
_ are longer than the others, and the Style is fingle: . 
There is not a Plant in all the Courfe of the 
_ Science, which fo much as this mimics the Cha- 
_ tatters of the Claffés to which it does not belong. 
The papilionaceous Form of the Flower would 
Filaments aré loofe: and altho’ thefe are tén, and 
yet the 
firft fubordinate Diftin@ion in that Tribe. 
_ The Student, in his ftri@ Examination of the ~ 
Flower, will find a flender Body fupporting the — 
Rudiment of the Pod: this is the Necarium. 
Its Place and Office is fingular, but’ it is nothing 
- more. | meme 
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Culture of the Judas Trex. 
Tt is a Native of the-warmer Parts of Europe: 
Spain and Italy abound with it; and there are many” 
Trees of it wild in the South of France, 
‘It loves a rich and mellow Soil : it will very 
well endure our coldeft Weather in the open Air ; 
and, under good Management, will ripen Seeds 
with us which will produce good Trees. : 
This is the beft Way of propagating them; 
for a great deal of the Beauty depends upon 
the regular Growth ; and as the Tree naturally runs 
out into great Wildneffes, there is no Way to be 
_ fecure of this, but in having it to manage from a 
Seedling. : . 
‘Let the Gardener dig up a Piece of Ground in 
the Seminary, where the Soil is light and not over 
rich ; for the Seeds will very well grow in this, and 
the Trees will thrive the better for it when they ate 
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-tefer it to the diadelphous Clafs; but that all the 
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