Plate 
XXIL. 
Fig. 5. 
aadece COMPLEAT BODY 
The Seeds a i famed beon a fine {trong 
Plant, and-they fhould be laid three Weeks up- 
on a papered Shelf to harden. 
After this, they mul{t be fcattered over the | 
Mould. in the Box, and half a quarter of an 
Inch of the fame Compoft fifted over them. 
_ The Heap of Compoft muft be formed in- 
to a Bed for the Reception of the Roots, 
when of a Sizes to be ready for their firft Flow- 
ering ; and by this Management, the Gardener | 
will fee, inftead of the fimple violet Pulfatilla 
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of others, his new Bed decorated with vat Feb, 
Flowers, red, white, crimfon and purple, dou- 
bled within, ‘and fring’d at the Edges. — 
From the beft of thefe he fhould fave Seeds } 
for his fucceeding Sowing; and by a Succef- 
fion of Care in this Kind, he may depend up-. 
-on a Number of new. Flowers; and thefe be- 
ing raifed from a Stock too much neglected 
by others, his Produee will have Novelty as well 
as Beauty. 
ie 2 Seat CORNET TE 
The Gardener who has taken up the Names 
of Trees frorn ignorant Cuftom, is to be told 
we write here of that he knows, by the Ti- 
tle of Cornelian Cherry. : 
Its large red Fruit has obtained it that Name, 
but the i cieablance is only fuch as could have 
affected the Ignorant, for the Fruits are altoge- | 
ther different i in Structure, 
’Tis only in common Acceptation it has this 
Nathe: no Author calls it Cerafus. It ftands re- 
corded in them all, under the Title Cornus, 
with the Addition of mas and bortenjis. 
, The proper Englifh of this Word is Cor- 
nell, and it obtained the firft Epithet from 
Fancy, the latter, from its having a common 
Place in Gardens. 
Linn aus more accurate in his Diftinétions, 
calls it, Cornus arborea umbellis involucrum e- 
quantibus. “Tree Cornell, with Umbels equaling 
the Involucrum.: they always at leaft do this, 
_and when well manag’d, far exceed them. 
| The Tree grows to a moderate Height, and 
naturally fpreads into a Multitude of irregular | 
Branches. 
Thefe it is the Gardener’s Bufinefs to re- 
{train while young, and it will make a good 
Head, and whether in Flower or Fruit no ifcon- 
fiderable Figure, fa: 
The Trunk is covered with a pale brown Bark, 
and the young Twigs are of a bloody Purple. 
~ On “thefe early in Spring appear the Flow- 
ers, before the Leaves burft forth, and they co- 
ver them at fmall-Diftances in n agreeable Tufts, 
like Umbells. 
Each of thefe is a Clutter of Twenty, or 
more Flowers, fupported on a flender Stalk, 
and fpread out handfomely. 
The Flowers have alfo each its feparate Foot- 
ftalk ; and at the Bafe of thefe, where they ad- 
here to the Top of the main Stalk, ftands the 
Involucrum, or general Cup. 
This is compofed of four oblong, broad: 
and fomewhat oval Leaves, thin in their Sub- 
ftance, and i in Colour naturally yellowith, but 
ftain’d in various Degrees with Purple. — 
Two of thefe four Leaves are {maller, a 
Cup, and two larger, and the Pairs ftand oppo- 
fite. The Flowers themfelves rife from the Hol- 
low of this Cup, on very flender Footftalks. _ 
Each has befide this general Involucrum, a 
Cup, and this is very fmall and divided by 
five Dents upon the Edge : ‘this refts upon the 
Rudiment of the Fruit. 
The Body of the Flower is . formed of four 
oblong Petals; their Colour is naturally a fains. 
yellow, but they are alfo fometimes ting’d with 
Purple. 
/ 
After thefe are fallen, appear the Leaves, 
and the Fruit gradually ripens. 
~The Leaves are oblong, confiderably broad, 
and undivided at the BAe and ribb’d with 
high Veins. 
The Fruit is oblong, and winbienéa, in Co- 
Tour, naturally red ; “Bit fometimes yellow, and 
fometimes whitifh. 
When ripe, it is of a fub-acid and fome- 
what auftere Tafte, but not unpleafant. 
To know the Clafs to which this Tree be- 
longs, the Student muft examine a Flower fepa- - 
rately. He will findin it four F iharhahies and a 
fingle Style, and he will thence know i it is one 
of the tetrandria monogynia. ; 
Culture of the Cornett. 
It is a native of the warm Parts of Europe, 
and will grow freely in our Gardens. The beft 
Way of propagating it is by Layers;  thefe 
_take Root readily, and in one Seafon will be fit to | 
remove, and in a few Years more will bear 
Fruit. ; 
The Colour and Singularity of this, are its 
greateft Recommendation ; but fome are fond of 
it in Tarts, the Sugar much isuprovine its au- 
{tere Flavour. 
6 TREE 
