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CHERVIL. Vide Chaere- 

 folium. 



CHESTNUT. Vide Caftanea. 



CHIONANTHUS, The Fringe, 

 ©r Snow-drop-tree. This Name was 

 given to this Plant by Dr. Linnaeus, 

 from the Whitenefs of its Flowers : 

 the Inhabitants of America, where 

 this Tree is^a Native, call it Snow- 

 drop tree, for the fame Reafon : 

 and the Dutch call it Sneebaum, I, e. 

 Snow-tree, on the fame Account. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Empalement of the Flower is 

 deeply cut into four Segments : the 

 Flower is of one Leaf which is cut 

 to the Bottom into four Farts : theje 

 grow in Bun Jjes: in the Centre of 

 the Flower is fituated the Germen, 

 attended by two Stamina : the Ger- 

 men afterward turns to a Berry hav- 

 ing one Seed. 



We hav.e but one Species of this 

 Plant ; w'z. 



Chionanthus. Lin. Hort. Cliff. 

 The Snow-drop or Fringe tree. 



This Shrub is comm6n in South 

 Carolina, where it grows by the 

 Side of Rivulets, and ieldom is 

 more than ten Feec high : the Leaves 

 are as large as thofe of the Laurel, 

 but are of a much thinner Subftance : 

 the Flowers come out in May, hang- 

 ing in long Bunches, and are of a 

 pure White, from whence the In- 

 habitants call it Snow- drop- tree ; 

 and, from the Flowers being cut 

 into narrow Segments, they give it 

 the Name of F.-inge^tree : after the 

 Flowers have fallen away, the Fruit 

 appears, which becomes a black 

 Berry, about the Size of Sloes, 

 having one hard Seed in each. 



This Tree is now more common 

 in the curious Gardens in England., 

 than it was a few Years fmce ; r here 

 having been many young Plants 

 raifed from the Seeds which have 

 been brought from America lately ; 



there have alfo been fome Plants 

 propagated by Layers, tho' there is 

 great Uncertainty of their taking 

 Root : and they feldom get Root in 

 lefs than two Years ; nor will they 

 ever take Root, unlefs they are well 

 fupplicd with Water in dry Wea- 

 ther. • 



The bell Way to obtain good 

 Plants is from the Seeds, which mull 

 be procured from America, for they 

 never hav* produced any Fruit in 

 this Country: the Seeds fhould be 

 fovvn in Pot? or Tubs of frelh loamy 

 Earth foon after they arrive, and 

 fhould be placed to the Sun, where 

 they mr.y remain till the Beginning 

 of April, when they muft be re- 

 moved to a Situation expofed only 

 to the morning Sun: in dry Weather 

 the Pots mult be watered, and kept 

 clean from Weeds : thefe Seeds lie 

 in the Ground a whole Year before 

 the Plants will come up : fo the 

 following Winter they fhould be re- 

 moved to a warm Situation, expofed 

 to the South Sun, and fcreened from 

 the cold Winds ; and if the Pots are 

 plunged into a moderate Hot-bed_ 

 the Beginning of March, it will 

 bring up the Plants much fooner 

 than they will rife in the open Air ; 

 by which means they will get more 

 Strength the firft Summer, and be 

 better able to refill: the Cold of the 

 next Winter: while thefe Plants are 

 very young, they will be in Danger 

 of fuifering by fevere Froft ; but, 

 when they have obtained Strength, 

 they will refill the greateft Cold of 

 our Climate in the open Air. 



The belt time to remove the Seed- 

 ling-plants, is toward the End of 

 March, when they may be trans- 

 planted into Nurlery-beds, or each 

 into a feparate fmall Pot : the latter 

 is the belt Method, becauie they 

 may fc>e removed into Shelter the 

 next Winter j and they may * fce 

 X twned 



