L A 



L A 



Flowers, but rather be placed in 

 Beds in the Phyfic-garden. Thefe 

 Plants producetheir Flowers in June 

 and July ; at which time they mould 

 be gather'd, and dry'd in a fhady 

 Place, and preferved dry for Ufe. 



The fifth and fixth Sorts are com- 

 monly town every Spring on Borders 

 or Beds of frem light Earth ; and 

 when the Plants come up, they may 

 be tranfplanted into other Borders 

 of the Flower-garden, or into Pots, 

 to remain for good ; where they will 

 produce their Flowers in July and 

 Auguf, and their Seeds are ripe foon 

 after. Thefe are pretty Plants to 

 place in large Borders, amonglt other 

 Plants, for Variety ; but they are 

 never ufed with us : they may alfo 

 be preferved over the Winter, if 

 placed into a Green-houfe in Autumn: 

 but they feldom continue longer 

 than two Years with us, and many 

 times (if they have produced Seeds 

 the firft Year) they will not continue 

 longer. Thefe Plants will fome- 

 times. grow from Cuttings ; but then 

 the Cuttings muft be iliong, and in- 

 clinable to be woGdy ; for if they 

 are very foft and fpongy, they fel- 

 dom fucceed ; and they mould alfo 

 be placed upon a moderate Hot-bed, 

 which will greatly promote their 

 taking Root. This Method is fome- 

 times neceiTary to preferve the Sorts, 

 which might othervvife be- in Dan- 

 ' ger of being loft. 



The feventh Sort is tenderer than 

 either of the former ; fo the Seeds of 

 this mult be fown on a moderate 

 Hot-bed in the Spring ; and when 

 the Plants come up, they mould be 

 each planted into a feparate fmall 

 Pot filled with light Earth, and 

 plunged into another Hot-bed, to 

 bring the Plants forward ; and in 

 the Beginning of June, they mould 

 be inured to the open Air, where 

 they mould be placed in a Wel- 



tered Situation toward the Er.d 

 of that Month : in July the Plants 

 will flower, and if the Autumn 

 proves warm, the Seeds will ripen in 

 September : but when they do not 

 perfect Seeds, the Plants may be pre- 

 ferved through the Winter in a goad 

 Green-houfe; where '.hey will pro- 

 duce Flowers molt Part of that Sea- 

 fon, and the next Seafon good Seeds 

 may be obtained. 



The Leaves of this Sort are much 

 finer cut than thofe of the other; 

 and there are feveral Spikes of 

 Flowers growing clofely together at 

 the Extremity of the Branches ; by 

 both which it is eafily diftinguimed 

 from the other Sort, tho' fome Per- 

 sons have fuppofed they were not 

 different Plants. 



LAUREOLA. Vide Thymetea. 



LAUROCERASUS. ftoPadus. 



LAURUS, The Bay-tree. 

 The Characlers are ; 



// bath a Flower confifiing of one 

 Leaf, which is fbaped like a Tunnel, 

 and divided into four or Jive Segments: 

 the Mule Flowers ( which are pro- 

 duced on feparate Trees from the Fe- 

 male ) have eight Stamina, which ar$ 

 branched into Arms : the O vary of 

 the Female Flowers becomes a Berry, 

 inclofing a Jingle Seed within an horny 

 Shell which is cofuered with a Skin* 

 The Species are; 



g. Laurus vulgaris. C.B. The 

 common Bay, with Male Flowers. 



2. Laurus vulgaris farming. 

 Boerh. Ind. The common fruit- 

 bearing Bay-tree. 



3. Laurus vulgaris, folio elegan- 

 tijjime variegato aureo. Boerh. Ind. 

 The Gold-ftriped Bay-tree, vulgo. 



4. Laurus vulgaris, folio undu- 

 lato. H. R. Par. The common Bay- 

 tree, with waved Leaves, and Male 

 Flowers. 



5. Laurus vulgaris, folio undu- 

 lato, fcemina. Boerh. Ind. The 



B b b 4. Berry- 



