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and the Trees are proper to inter- 

 mix with the fecond Growth of flow- 

 ering Trees. 



The wild Northern Cherry is of 

 no Ufe or Beauty, and is only pre- 

 ferved by the Curious, in Collections 

 of the different Sorts of Trees ; as 

 is alio the Mahaleb, or perfum'd 

 Cherry ; which is a free Shooter, and 

 perhaps may ferve for Stocks to im- 

 prove the other Kinds of Cherries, 

 as growing well in almoft any Soil ; 

 but there is neither Ufe nor Beauty 

 in the Flowers or Fruit of it. The 

 itrip'd-leav'd Cherry is proper in a 

 Collection of variegated Trees, as 

 adding to the Variety. 



CERASUS RACEMOSA. Vide 

 Padus. 



CERATONIA, The Carob-tree, 

 commonly called, St. John's Bread. 

 The Characters are ; 



7/ hath Male and Female Flowers 

 on dijlincl Plants : the Male Flowers 

 have an Empalement of one Leaf, 

 which is cut into f-ve Parts : the 

 Flower is of one Leaf and divided 

 into f-ve ftnall Parts : the Female 

 Flowers conffl of one Leaf having a 

 Jingle Style, which afterward turns 

 to a fiejhy hard Pod, including kidney- 

 foafd Seeds ; each being divided by an 

 Jjihmus, in the Pod. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; which is, 



Ceratonia. H. L. The Carob- 

 tree, or St. John's Bread. This is 

 the Siliqua edulis of Caffar Bauhin ; 

 and the Caroba of Dale. 



This Tree is very common in 

 Spain, and in fome Parts of Italy, as 

 alio in the Levant ; where it grows 

 in the Hedges, and produces a great 

 Quantity of long flat brown-colour'd 

 Pods ; which are thick, mealy, and 

 of a (vveetiih Taiie. Thefe Pods are 

 many times eaten by the poorer Sort 

 of Inhabitants, when they have a 

 Scarcity of other Food : 'put they 



are apt to loofen the Belly,and caufe 

 Gripings of the Bowels. 



Thefe Pods are directed by the 

 College of Phyficians to enter fome 

 medicinal Preparations ; for which 

 Purpofe they are often brought from 

 Abroad. 



In England the Tree is preferved 

 by fuch as delight in Exotic Plants, 

 as a Curiofity : the Leaves always 

 continue green ; and being different 

 in Shape from moft other Plants, af- 

 ford an agreeable Variety, when in- 

 termix'd with Oranges, Myrtles, lSc. 

 in the Green-houfe. 



Thefe Plants are propagated from 

 Seeds, which, when brought over 

 frefh in the Pods, will grow very 

 well, if they are fown in the Spring 

 upon a moderate Hot-bed ; and 

 when the Plants are come up, they 

 fhould be carefully tranfplanted,each 

 into a feparate fmall Pot fill'd with 

 light rich Earth, and plunged into 

 another moderate Hot-bed ; obferv- 

 ing to water and fhade them until 

 they have taken Root ; after which 

 you muft let them have Air in pro- 

 portion to the Heat of the Weather. 

 In "June you muft inure them to the 

 open Air by degrees, and in July 

 they fhould be removed out of the 

 Hot-bed, and placed in a warm Si- 

 tuation, where they may remain un- 

 til the Beginning of Otlober, when 

 they fhould be removed into the 

 Green-houfe, placing them where 

 they may have free Air in mild Wea- 

 ther : for they are pretty hardy, and 

 require only to be fhelter'd from hard 

 Frofts. 



When the Plants have remained 

 in the Pots three or four Years, and 

 have gotten Strength, fome of them 

 may be turned out of the Pots in the 

 Spring, and planted into the full 

 Ground, in a warm Situation, where 

 they will endure the Cold of our or- 

 dinary Winters very well , but mmt 



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