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have fome Shelter in very hard Wea- 

 ther. 



I have not as yet feen any of 

 thefe Trees produce Flowers ; but 

 from fome which have been planted 

 fome time againft Walls, it is pro- 

 bable there may be Flowers and 

 Fruit in a few Years ; though it can- 

 not be expected, that the Fruit will 

 ever ripen in this Countrv. 



CERCIS, The Judas-tree. 

 The Characlns are ; 



// hath a papilionaceous Flower, 

 nubofe Wings are placed above the 

 Standard : the Keel is compofed of tivo 

 Petals : the Pointal, which rifes in 

 the Centre of the Flower-cup, and is 

 encompaffed with the Stamina, after- 

 ward becomes a long flat Pod, con- 

 taining federal kidnes-Jho.p^d Seeds : to 

 nvhich may be added, Roundtjb Leaves 

 growing alternately on the Branches. 

 The Species are ; 



J. Cercis foliis cordato-orbicula- 

 tis glabris. Lin. Horf. Cliff. The 

 common Judas-tree. 



2 . Cercis foliis cordatis pubefcen- 

 tibus. Lin. Hort. Cliff. The Ame- 

 rican Judas-tree, commonly called 

 Red-bud. 



3. Cercis foliis cordato-acumina- 

 tis glabris. The Carolina Judas-tree 

 with fmall Flowers. 



The firft of rhefe Trees is very 

 common in the South Parts of France, 

 Italy , and Spain, from whence it was 

 formerly brought into England, and 

 was long preferred as a Curiofity in 

 Green-houfes ; but of late Years they 

 have been transplanted into the open 

 Air, where they thrive very well, 

 and produce greatQuantities of beau- 

 tiful Flowers in the Spring, and in 

 favourable Seafons perfect theirSee is 

 extremely well. 



There are now many Trees of 

 this Kind in the Engltjh Gardens, 

 Bp wards of twenty Feet high, which 

 Jiayc very large Stems and Heads ; 



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and make an agreeable Variety in 

 Plantations of Trees of the fam£ 

 Growth. 



This Tree is by the Spaniards and 

 Portuguefe, called the Tree of Love : 

 there are two Varieties of this Tree, 

 one with white, and the other with 

 fleftVcoloured Flowers. 



The fecond Sort is very common 

 in Virginia, New-England, Canada, 

 and mod of the Northern Countries 

 of America, where it is called Red- 

 bud ; which Name, I fuppofe, it 

 received from the beautiful Colour 

 of its Flower-buds, which, when fully 

 expanded, are of a foft purple Co- 

 lour. Thefe Flowers are produced 

 in large Clutters from the old Wood 

 of the Tree ; and being opened be- 

 fore the green Leaves come out, they 

 make a beautiful Appearance, efpe- 

 cially when the Trees are old, and 

 productive of Flowers; when, many 

 times, the large Branches of theTree 

 are intirely covered with thefe beau- 

 tiful Flowers, fo as to afford as great 

 Pleafure as any Sort of Flowering- 

 tree whatever. Thefe Flowers are 

 commonly gathered in America, and 

 put into Sallads, to which they add 

 a quick poignant agreeable Flavour ; 

 and in England they are by fome cu- 

 rious Perfons ufed for the fame Pur- 

 pofe. 



The third Sort was brought from 

 Carolina, where it grows in the 

 Woods in great Plenty. This dif- 

 fers greatly in the Shape of its Leaves 

 from the other two Sorts, and the 

 Flowers are much final ler. At pre- 

 fent this is lefs common in the Eng- 

 lijb Gardens, and will not endure 

 the Cold of our Climate fo well, be- 

 ing fubjedl to have the voung Shoots 

 deltroyed in very hard Winters ; and 

 if the Plants are young, fometimes 

 they will die to the Ground. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by ("owing their Seed upon a Bed of 



light 



