THE 



Gardeners Di&ionary. 



Vol. III. 



PA 



.pADUS, The Bird-cherry, or 

 JL Cherry-Laurel. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Empalemeni of the Tlnver is 

 hell- fhaped, con fifing of one Leaf 

 which expands at the Brim, where it 

 is fight ly cut into five Parts: the 

 Flower is comfofed of five roundfh 

 Petals, which are infer ted in the 

 Empalemcnt, and are fprcad open : in 

 the Centre of the Flower is fituated 

 the Point al y attended by a great Num- 

 ber of Stamina, which are inferted 

 in the Empalement : the Pointal af- 

 terward changes to a roundijh Berry, 

 inclojlng cne oval Xut. 



The Species are ; 



1. Padus, glandulis duahus ba(i 

 foliorum fubjedis. Lin. Hart. Cliff. 

 The common Bird-cherry. 



2. Pad us foiiis ovatis ferratis, 

 petiolis reclis, /pica forum brevier e. 

 The Cornifh Cherry. 



3. Padus foiiis lanceolatis glabris, 

 vix ferratis, frtitlu itt'gre. American 

 Bird-cherry. 



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4. Padus foiiis fempervirentibus 

 lanceolato-ovatis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. 

 The common Laurel, or Cherry- 

 buy. 



5. Padus fsliis fempervirentibus' 

 ovatis. Lin. Hort. Clff. The Por- 

 tugal Laurel ; by fome called the 

 Portugal Cherry ; and in Portuguefe, 



The two firft Species have been 

 generally rangM in the Genus of 

 Cherries, till Dr. Liun^us feparated 

 them from that Genus, and added 

 the two laft Species to them, and 

 applied this Title of Padus to them ; 

 which is an old Name given by Theo- 

 phraflus to one of the Species : but 

 the Doctor, in his laft Edition of his 

 Method, feems to join thefe to the 

 Cherries again. But as thefe produce 

 their Fruit in a long Thyrfe, or 

 Bunch, I think they may be fepa- 

 rated from the Cherry on that Ac- 

 count. 



The firft Sort is very common in 

 feveral Parts of Engla?id s but parti- 

 R r 1 4 cularly - 



