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eduli rubro. H. R. Par. Branching wild Bird-cherry 
with a red fruit , which is not eatable , and commonly called 
by the gardeners , Cornijh Cherry - 
3. Padus ( Virginiana ) foliis oblongo-ovatis ferratls acu- 
minatis deciduis, bafi antice glandulofis. Bird-cherry 
with oblong , oval$ J awed , acute-pointed, deciduous leaves , <3^ 
glands on the fore part of the foot-fialk. Cerafi fimilis 
arbufcula Mariana, padi folio, fiore albo parvo race- 
mofo. Pluk. Mant. 43. Catefb. Car. 1. p. 28. Ame- 
rican Bird-cherry. 
4. Padus {Laurocerafus) foliis fempervirenti bus lanceo- 
lato-ovatis. Hort. Cliff. 42. Bird-cherry with evergreen , 
fpear-jhaped , oval leaves. Laurocerafus. Cluf. Hift. 
1 . p. 4. Tbi? common Laurel. 
5. Padus ( Lufitanica ) foliis oblongo-ovatis femperviren- 
tibus eglandulofis. Bird-cherry with oblong , <nw/, ever- 
green leaves , having glands. Laurocerafus Lufitanica 
minor. Tourn. Inft. 628. Smaller Portugal Laurel, called 
Afarero by the Portuguefe. 
6 . Padus ( Caroliniana ) foliis lanceolatis acute denticu- 
latis fempervirentibus. Evergreen Bird-cherry with 
fpear-jhaped leaves , having fmall acute indentures , called 
in America Baftard Mahogany . 
The firft fort grows naturally in the hedges in York- 
{hire, and many of the northern counties in England, 
as alfo in fome few places near London, but it is pro- 
pagated as a flowering-fhrub in the nurfery-gar- 
dens for fale. This rifes with feveral woody ftalks 
to the height of ten or twelve feet, which will grow 
to have Items nine or ten inches diameter, if they are 
permitted to Hand ; but as the fafhions of gardens have 
been frequently altering for fifty or fixty years paft, 
fo there are few places where any of the ornamental 
flowering trees have been buffered to remain. The 
branches of this tree grow wide and fcattering •, they 
are covered with a purplifh bark, and garnilhed with 
oval fpear-fhaped leaves placed alternate, which are 
flightly fawed on their edges, and have two fmall pro- 
tuberances or glands at their bafe. The flowers are 
produced in long loofe bunches from the fide of the 
branches ; they have five roundifh white petals, which 
are much fmaller than thofe of the Cherry, and are in- 
fer ted in the border of the empalement -, and within 
thefe are a great number of ftamina, which alfo are 
inferred in the empalement. The flowers (land each 
upon a fhort foot-ftalk, and are ranged alternately 
along the principal foot-ftalk ; they have a ftrong 
feent, which is very difagreeable to moft perfons. 
Thefe flowers appear in May, and are fucceeded by 
fmall roundifh fruit, which are firft green, afterward 
turn red, and when ripe, are black, inclofing a round- 
ifh furrowed ftoneor nut, which ripens in Auguft. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Armenia, from 
whence I have received the feeds; but it has been many 
years ago propagated in the nurfery-gardens about 
London, where it is generally called Cornifh-cherry. 
This fort has been often confounded with the firft ; 
many of the late writers in botany have fuppofed it 
was the fame lpecies, but i have raifed both forts 
from feeds, and have always found the young plants 
to retain their difference. This riles with a ftrait up- 
right item more than twenty feet high ; the branches 
are iliorter, and grow clofer together than thofe of the 
firft, fo naturally form regular heads ; the leaves of 
this are (horter and broader than thofe of the other, 
and are not lb rough •, the flowers grow in clofer 
Ihqrter fpikes, which ftand more erebt ; the fruit is 
larger, and red when ripe. This flowers a little af- 
ter the firft fort. - 
The third fort grows naturally in Virginia, and other 
parts of North America. This rifes with a thick ftem 
from ten to thirty feet high, dividing into many 
branches, which have a dark purple bark, and are 
garnilhed with oval leaves placed alternately on fhort 
foot-ftalks ; they are cf a lucid green, and flightly 
fawed on their edges, continuing in verdure as late 
in the autumn as any of the deciduous trees. The 
flowers come out in bunches like thofe of the fecond 
fort, and are fucceeded by larger fruit, which is black 
when ripe, and is foon devoured by the birds. The 
wood of this tree is beautifully veined with black and 
white, and will polifh very ftnooth, fo is frequently 1 
tiled for cabinet work ; as is alfo the wood of the 
firft fort, which is much ufed in France, where it is 
called, Bois de Sainte-Lucie. • ' 
The fourth fort is the common Laurel, which is now 
fo well known as to- need no defeription. This grows 
naturally about Trebifond, near the Black Sea, and 
was brought to Europe about the year 1576, but is 
now become very common, efbeciallv in the warmer 
parts of Europe. 
The fifth fort was brought to England from Portugal, 
but whether it is a native of that country, or was in- 
troduced. there from fome other country, is hard to 
determine. The Portugueze call it Aferaro, or Aze- 
rero. This was fuppofed to have been but a low 
evergreen fhrub, but by experience vve find, that 
when it is in a proper foil, it will grow to a large 
fize. There are at prelent fome of the trees whole 
trunks are more than a foot diameter, and twelve or 
flxteen feet high, which are not of many years Hand- 
ing, and are well furnifned with branches, which when 
young have a reddiih bark ; the leaves are fhorter 
than thole of the common Laurel, approaching nearer 
to an oval form ; they are of the fame conference, 
and of a lucid green, which mixing with the red 
branches, make a beautiful appearance. The flowers 
are produced in long loofe fpikes from the fide of the 
branches they are white, and ftiaped like thofe of 
the common Laurel, appearing in June, and are 
fucceeded by oval berries fmaller than thofe of the 
common Laurel ; they are firft green, afterward red, 
and when ripe are black, inclofing a Hone like the 
Cherry. 
The feeds of the fixth fort were fent from Carolina, 
by the title of Baftard Mahogany, from the colour of 
the wood, which is fomewhat like Mahogany. This 
feems to be little more than aftirub, if we may judge 
from its growth here; the ftalk does not rife more than 
three feet high, but fends out lateral branches, which 
fpreaon every fide, covered with a brown bark, and gar- 
nilhed with fpear-lhaped leaves near two inches long, 
and three quarters of an inch broad, with fmall acute in- 
dentures on the edges; they ftand alternately upon very 
fhort foot-ftalks, and are of a lucid green, continuing 
their verdure all the year. This has not as yet flowered 
in England, lo I can give no account of it ; but by the 
feeds and defeription which I received of its flowers, 
it belongs to this genus. 
This plant will live in the open air here, if it is 
planted in a warm fituation, and flickered in fevere 
froft, to which, if they are expofed, often deftroys 
them, efpecially while the plants are young ; but when 
they have acquired ftrength, there is no doubt of their 
thriving very well in the open ground in fheltered 
fituations. It may be propagated in the fame man- 
ner 'as the Portugal Laurel from the berries ; and if 
the branches are laid down they will take root, but 
the cuttings will not grow, fo far as I have experienced. 
The three firft forts are eafily propagated, either by 
the feeds or layers ; when they are propagated by the 
feeds they fhould be fown in the autumn, for if they 
are kept out eff the ground till fpring, they feldorrr 
grow till the fecond year. Thefe may be fown upon 
a bed or border of good ground, in the fame way 
as the Cherry-ftones which are defigned for frocks ; 
and the young plants may be treated in the fame 
manner, planting them out in a nurfery, where they 
may ftand two years to get ftrength, and then they 
may be tranfplanted to the places where they are to 
remain. They are ufually intermixed with other 
flowering fhrubs, in wilderaefs work, where they add ' 
to the variety. 
If they are propagated by layers, the young fhoots 
fhould be laid down in the autumn, which wall have 
good roots by that time twelvemonth, when the? 
may be feparateb from the old plants, and tranfplanted 
into a nurfery for a year or two to get ftrength, and 
may then be removed to the places where they are to 
grow. 
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