THE CHERRY. 



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shrubs^ but none of them have any pretension 

 to be admitted among British Trees. My notice 



FRUIT OF THE BIRD-CHERRY. 



of them therefore must be very brief. Cerasus 

 lauroccrasus^ the Laurel-Cherry ^ or^ as it is now 

 almost exclusively called, Laurel, was introduced 

 into Europe from Trebizond, in Asia Minor, in 

 1576 ; consequently, it is a mistaken notion to 

 identify it with the famed Laurel of the ancients. 

 This error is the more frequent, from our having 

 given to the true Laurel, Laurus nohilis^ the 

 name of Bay. Laurel leaves abound in prussic 



