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American Laurus Tinus, with oval 

 whole Leaves. 



Thefe Plants are greatly propaga- 

 ted in the Gardens near London for 

 their Beauty, the Leaves always re- 

 maining green ; and their Flowers are 

 producM in great Plenty in the Win- 

 ter-feafon, when few other Shrubs 

 flower. 



Thefe Plants we-e a few Years 

 fince preferved In Pots and Tubs, 

 and plac 1 d in the Green-houfe in 

 Winter, with Oranges, Myrtles, and 

 j other Exotic Trees ; but of late 

 Years they have been planted in the 

 open Ground, where they refill the 

 Cold of our ordinary Winters very 

 j well, and are rarely injured, except 

 in very fevere Frofts ; and then they 

 | are feldom deftroyed, though their 

 i Heads may be kill'd, as was the 

 Cafe with many of thefe Trees in the 

 I Years 1728. and 1740. yet thofe 

 which were left Mndiiturb'd mot out 

 freih again the following Summer, 

 I and have fince made good Plants ; 



which mould caution People from 

 j rooting out Plants too foon, when 

 I they may feem to be kill'd by Froil. 

 Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by laying down their tender Shoots 

 I in Autumn, which, if kept clear 

 from VVeeds, and duly watered in 

 dry Weather, w ill take Root by the 

 fucceeding Autumn, when they 

 Ihould be taken off, and tranfplanted 

 into a mellow loamy Soil, but not 

 too wet, at three Feet Diftance Row 

 1 from Row, and eighteen Inches afun- 

 i der in the Rows, obfening to lay 

 i fome Mulch upon the Surface of the 

 i Ground about their Roots ; and in 

 I dry Weather to refrefh them with 

 ' Water until they rnve taken Root. 

 There mould alfo be fome ftrait 

 Stakes fix'ddown by the Side of each 

 I Plant (if they are defign'd for Stand- 

 i ards), to which they mould be fatten- 

 ed, in order to render their Stems 



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ftrait, otherwife they will be crook- 

 ed and unfightly : but it is not pro- 

 per to have thefe Plants more than 

 two Feet high in clear Stems ,■ be- 

 caufe when their Heads are advan- 

 ced above Sight, the Beauty of the 

 Plants is loft, and they are in great 

 Danger of being deftroy'd in bad 

 Weather : therefore, when their 

 Stems are two Feet high, their up- 

 right Shoots ihould be llopp'd, in 

 order to force out lateral Branches ; 

 which may be fo pruned in the 

 growing Seafon, as to form them in- 

 to regular Heads ; but this mould 

 not be done with Sheers (as is the 

 common Practice, whereby their 

 Leaves are cut, and render'd very 

 unfightly), but rather Wilfully pru- 

 ned with a Knife, allowing their 

 Branches a proportionable Diihncc 

 to the Breadth of their Leaves, which 

 will be clofe enough to render them 

 beautiful, an J at the fime time will 

 encourage their Flowering : for 

 when they are continually clipp'd, 

 their Branches are very weak, and 

 often decay in the Middle ; and their 

 Flowers are never fo lage, nor pro- 

 duct in fo great Plenty, as when 

 they have a greater Diilance allow'd 

 to their Shoots. 



As the Flowers are produced at 

 the Extremity of their Shoots, if 

 they are clipp'd in the Summer, they 

 will not produce Flowers the follow- 

 ing Winter ; therefore when the 

 Shoots are pruned, it mould be done 

 early in the Spring, before they make 

 new Shoots ; otherwife the great 

 Beauty of the Plants will be loll. 



The fecond and third Sorts are the 

 bell for this Climate, becaufe they 

 are hardier, and will flower much 

 better, than either of the other 

 Kinds : Jthefe frequently begin to 

 flower about Michaelmas ; and if 

 they are not injur'd by fevere Froft, 

 will continue in Flower all the Win- 

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