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testimony, who was more than somewhat doubtful of such alliances; CHAP. \^ 

 though something like it in Palladius speaks it not so impossible : s-*-v-«w 



Inseritur Lauro Cerasus, partuque coacto 

 Tingit adoptivus virginis ora pudor. 



A Cherry graft on Laurel stock, does stain 

 The virgin fruit in a deep double grain. 



They are raised of the seeds, or berries, with extraordinary facility, 

 or propagated by layers, talese, and cuttings, set about the latter end 

 of August, or earlier at St. James's tide, wherever there is shade and 

 moisture. Besides that of the wood, the leaves of this Laurel, boiled 

 in milk, impart a very grateful taste of the Almond ; and of the berries, 

 or cherries rather, (which poultry generally feed on,) is made a wine, to 

 some not unpleasant. I find little concerning the uses of this tree ; of the 

 wood are said to be made the best plough-handles. Note, that this rare 

 tree was first brought from Civita Vecchia into England by the Countess 

 of Arundel, wife to that illustrious patron of arts and antiquities, Thomas 

 Earl of Arundel and Surry, great great grandfather to his Grace the pre- 

 sent Duke of Norfolk, whom I left sick at Padua, where he died, highly 

 displeased at his grandson Philip's putting on the friar's frock, though 

 afterwards the purple, when cardinal of Norfolk. After all, I cannot 

 easily assent to the tradition, though I had it from a noble hand : I rather 

 think it might first be brought out of some more northerly clime, the 

 nature of the tree so delighting and flourishing in the shady and colder 

 exposures, with an abhorrence of heat. 



B A Y~T BEE. 



LAURUS VULGARIS The BAY-TREE. The learned Isaac 

 Vossius and etymologists, are wonderfully curious in their conjectures 



^ Of the LAURUS there are no less than eleven species enumerated by Linn<3eus, but it 

 will be unnecessary in this place to take notice of more than one, viz. 



LAURUS fNOBiLis J foliis venosis lanceolatis pei'ennantibus, floribus quadrifidis dioecis, 

 Liiii Sp. PI. 529- Laurus Vulgaris. B. P. 460. The bay-tree. 



It is of the class and order Enneandi'ia Monogyn ia. 



This shrub is propagated by seeds, cuttings, layers, and suckers, in a manner well known 

 to every gardener. As this beautiful plant Will grow under the dripping of trees, it is 

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