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tqu 1 re to be tranfplanted every year, in order to have 
them handfome j for they foon grow out of form, and 
are fuhjeft alio to decay in patches ; fo that there is 
not any plant which fo completely anfwers thedefign 
as Dwarf Box, which mull be preferred to ail others 
for this purpofe. 
EFFLORESCENCE, Eat. the blowing out of a 
flower. 
To EGERMINATE, Lai. to bud or fpring out. 
EHRE T I A; Trew. tab. 24. 
The Characters are. 
It hath a [mall , , -permanent , bell-JIoaped empalement of one 
leaf cut into five points the flower hath one petal, whofe 
tube is longer than the empalement , cut into five figments 
it hath five awl-Jhaped fpreading flamina the length of 
the corolla, terminated by roundifib incumbent fimmits , and 
a round'iflo get men , fupporting a J lender ftyle the length of 
the flamina , crowned by an obtufe indented ftigrna the 
germen afterward becomes a round berry with one cell, in- 
clojing four angular feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the Aril order of 
Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, mtitled Pentandria Monogynia, 
the flower having five flamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Ehretia ( Lmifolia ) foiiis oblongo-ovatis integerrimis 
glabris, floribus paniculatis. Amoen. Acad. 5. p. 395. 
Ehretia with oblong, oval, entire , fnooth leaves , and flow- 
ers growing in panicles. 
2. Ehretia ( Bourreria ) foiiis ovatis integerrimis lsevi- 
bus, floribus iubcorymbofis, calycibus glabris. Lin. 
Sp. 275. Ehretia with oval entire leaves, flowers growing 
in a fort of corymbus , and flmooth empalements. Bourreria 
fructibus fucculehtis. Jacq. Amer. 
1 he feeds of the firfl: fort were fent me from Jamaica 
in the year 1734, which fucceeded in the Chelfea 
garden, where the plants have grown to the height 
of eight or nine feet, with ftrong woody Hems, and 
have feveral times produced their flowers, but have 
not perfedted their feeds as yet in England. This is 
by Dr. Linnaeus fuppofed to be the fame plant men- 
tioned by Sir Hans Sloane, under the title of Cerafo 
aflinis arbor baccifera racemofa, flore albo pentape- 
talo, frudtu flavo monopyreno eduli dulce. Hift. 
Jam. 2. p. 94. But I differ in my opinion from him, 
for the leaves of our plant are fmoother, longer, and 
more pointed, and the corymbus of flowers is much 
longer than in Sir Hans’s plant. 
This hath a rough woody ftalk, which divides into 
feveral irregular branches, garnifhed with oblong, 
oval, fm.ooth leaves, nine inches long, three broad 
in the middle, ending in acute points-, the flowers are 
white, and produced in an oblong corymbus toward 
the end of the branches ; they have one petal in each, 
which is cut at the top into five fegments which are 
reflexed. Thefe appear toward the end of July, but 
fall away without being fucceeded by feeds. 
The feeds of the fecond fort I received from Surinam, 
which fucceeded in the Chelfea garden. This hath 
a woody upright ftem, covered with a brown bark, 
fending out branches regularly toward the top, gar- 
nifhed with fmooth oval leaves placed alternate, 
having fliort foot-ftalks; the leaves are fix inches long, 
and more than two broad, ending with blunt oval 
points. As this fort hath not produced flowers here, 
fo I can give no farther account of them. This 
Doctor Linnaeus fuppofes to be the fame with a plant 
figured by Mr. Catefby, under the title of Pittonia 
fimilis laureolae foiiis, floribus albis, baccis rubris. 
But in this he is alfo miftaken, for there are plants 
in the Chelfea garden, which were raifed from feeds 
fent from the Bahama lilands, which are very different 
from the former. 
Thefe plants are too tender to thrive abroad in Eng- 
land, where they require a moderate warm ftove in 
winter , but when the plants have acquired ftrength, 
they may be placed in the open air during the heat 
of fum’mer ; but it fhould be in a flickered fituation, 
and when the evenings grow cold in the autumn, 
they muft be removed into ffielter. 
They are both propagated by feeds when they can 
be obtained, which fhould be fawn in finall pots 
plunged into a hot-bed ; they may alfo- be propagated 
by laying down their branches, but thefe are long- 
before they put out roots. 
ELfE AGNUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 148. Tourn. Cor. 
53. tab. 489. [from ’Ea ala, an Olive, and 'Ayvoq Yitex ; 
becaufe this plant hath leaves like thofe of the Chafte- 
tree, and a fruit like an Glive.l Oleafter, or wild 
Olive. 
The Characters are, 
Lhe flower hath a bell-Jhaped empalement of one leaf \ 
which is qua dr if d, rough on the out fide , but coloured 
within. It hath no petals, but four jhort flamina which 
are inferted in the diviflons of the empalement, and are 
terminated by oblong profir ate fummits < At the bottom is 
Jituated a roundifh germen fupporting a Jingle ftyle, crowned 
by a Jingle ftigrna \ the germen afterward becomes an ob- 
tufe oval fruit, with a pundlure at the top , inclofing one 
obtufe nut. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feetion of 
Linnaeus’s fourth clafs, intitled Tetrandria Mono- 
gynia, from the flower having four flamina and one 
ftyle. ^ 
The Species are, 
1. Elaeagnus ( Spinofus ) aeuleatus, foiiis lanceolatis. 
Prickly wild Olive with fpear-Jhaped leaves. Elaeagnus 
Orientalis latifolius, fructumaximo. Tourn. Cor. App. 
52. Eaftern broad-leaved wild Olive with a large fruit. 
2. Elaeagnus ( Inermis ) inermis, foiiis lineari-lanceola- 
tis. Wild Olive without thorns, and narrow. fpear-Jhaped 
leaves. Elaeagnus Orientalis anguftifolius, fructu par- 
vo olivaeformi fubdulei. Tourn. Cor. App. 52. Eaftern 
wild Olive with narrow leaves, and a flmall, fweet ,- 
Olive-Jhaped fruit. 
3. Elze agnus ( Latifolia ) foiiis ovatis. Prod. Leyd. 
250. Wild Olive with oval leaves. Elaeagnus foiiis ro- 
tundis maculatis. Burm. PI. Zeyl. 92. Wild Olive with 
round [potted leaves. 
The firft and fecond forts Dr. Tournefort found 
growing naturally in the Levant, and the firft I take 
to be the common fort, which grows naturally in Bo- 
hemia, of which I faw fome trees growing in the cu- 
rious garden of the late Dr. Boerhaave, near Leyden, 
in Holland. The leaves of this fort are not more 
than two inches long, and about three quarters of an 
inch broad in the middle 5 they are white, and have 
a foft cottonny down on their furface ; at the foot- 
ftalk of every leaf, there comes out a pretty long 
fharp thorn •, as the leaves are placed alternate on the 
branches, fo the fpines come out on each fide the 
branches ; juft below the foot-ftalks of the leaves, 
they are alternately longer. : the flowers are fmall, the 
infide of the empalement is yellow, and they have a 
ftrong fcent when fully open. 
The fecond fort hath no thorns on the branches, the 
leaves are more than four inches long, and not half 
an inch broad ; they are very foft, and have a fhining 
appearance like fattin. The flowers come out at the 
foot-ftalks of the leaves, fometimes fingly, at other 
times two, and frequently three at the fame place j 
the outfide of the empalement is filvery and ftudded, 
the infide of a pale yellow, having a very ftrong fcent. 
This flowers in July, and fometimes the flowers are 
fucceeded by fruit. This is the fort which is moil 
commonly preferved in the Engliih gardens. 
Thefe plants may be propagated by laying down the 
young flioots in autumn, which will take root in one 
year, when they may be cut off from the old trees, 
and either tranfplanted into a nurfery for two or three 
years to be trained up, or into the places where they 
are to remain. The beft feafon for tranfplanting of 
thefe trees is in the latter end of February, or the be- 
ginning of March j though they may be removed at 
Michaelmas, provided the roots are mulched, to pro- 
tedft them from fevere froft in winter. Thefe plants 
fhould be placed where they may be fcreened from 
ftrong winds, for they grow very freely, and are very 
fubjefl to be fplit down by the wind, if they are too 
much expofed, 
Thefe 
