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vided it is well made, and the poles are ftrong which 
are fet upright •, nor will they anfwer the purpofe 
better, though they are vaftly more expenfive for 
the greateft beauty confifts in the difpofing of the 
branches of tree •, which, efpecially in fummer, when 
the leaves are on, will entirely hide from the fight 
the frame of the Efpalier •, therefore all expence in 
erefting thefe is needlefs, farther than making provi- 
fion to feeure the branches of the trees in a regular 
order. 
Fruit-trees thus planted, and well managed, are 
much preferable tothofe trained up in any other figure, 
upon feveral accounts •, as firft, thefe take up very lit- 
e room in a garden, fo as not to be hurtful to the 
plants which grow in the quarters y and, fecondly, the 
fruit upon thefe are better tafted than thofe which 
grow upon dwarfs, the fun and air having freer ac- 
cefs to every part of the tree y whereby the damp- 
nefs arifing from the ground is fooner difiipated, which 
is of fingular advantage to fruit-trees (as hath been 
already fhewn.) And as the trees againft an Efpa- 
lier are kept low, and the branches being faftened to 
the Efpalier, the fruit will not be blown down fo 
foon by the wind y fo that upon the whole, Efpaliers 
muft be allowed to be of great ufe and beauty. 
EVER-GREEN THORN. See Pyracantha. 
EVERLASTING PEA. See Lathyrus. 
EUGENIA. Michel. 10S. 
The Characters are. 
The flower hath a permanent empalement of one leaf, cut 
vito four fegments : the flower hath four oblong obtufe 
petals, twice as large as the empalement. It hath many 
flamina which are inferted in the empalement, terminated 
by fmall fummits , and a turbinated germen fituated under 
the flower , fupporting a fimple ftyle the length of the 
flamina, crowned by a Jingle fligma. "The germen af- 
terward becomes a quadrangular plumb-Jhaped fruit 
crowned, having one cellinclofmg one fmooth roundiflo nut. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedtion 
of Linnaeus’s twelfth clafs, intituled Icofandria Mono- 
gynia, the flower having many ftamina inferted in 
the empalement, and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Eugenia ( Malaccenfis ) foliis integerrimis, peduncu- 
lis racemofis lateralibus. Flor. Zeyl. 187. Eugenia 
with entire leaves and branching foot-flalks of flowers. 
Jambofa domeftica. Rump. Amb. r. p. 121. 
2. Eugenia ( Jamboo ) foliis integerrimis, pedunculis 
racemofis terminalibus. Flor. Zeyl. 188. Eugenia 
with entire leaves, and branching foot-flalks of flowers 
terminiating the branches. Jambofa fylveftris alba. 
Rump. Amb. 1. 127. 
There are fome other fpecies of this genus which 
grow naturally in India, but thofe here mentioned 
are the only forts which I have feen in the Englifh 
gardens. Some plants of the firft fort I received 
from Dr. Heberden with fome other plants, which 
were lent by his brothef from the Brafils, where 
it is cultivated for the table y fo that the plants of 
this kind are common in moft parts of the Eaft-In- 
dies. 
This rifes with a tree-like ftem, covered with a brown 
bark, which, in the countries where it grows natu- 
rally, rifes from twenty to thirty feet high, fending 
out many branches, garnifhed with oblong entire 
leaves, ending in acute points : thefe are placed op- 
polite, and when young, are of a bright purple co- 
lour y but as they grow older, become of a light 
green. The flowers are produced on the fide of 
the branches, each foot-ftalk branching into three or 
four others, each fupporting one flower. Thefe are 
fucceeded by irregular-lhaped fucculent fruit, in- 
clofing one nut. 
The ibcond fort rifes to the fame height as the firft, 
but the leaves are longer and narrower. The flowers 
do, for the moft part, terminate the branches, though 
there are fome which come on their fides. The 
fruit of this is fmaller, rounder, and not fo much ef- 
teemed as thofe of the firft. 
Thefe plants are preferved in the gardens of the cu- 
rious for the fake of variety, though there is lit- 
tle hopes of their producing fruit in England. They* 
may be propagated by their ftones, if they can be 
obtained frefli from the Countries of their natural 
growth. The ftones- fhould be planted in fmall pots 
filled with light earth, and plunged into a hot-bed, 
obferving to keep the earth moift but not wet ■, in 
about fix weeks the plants will appear •, and when 
grown four inches high, they fhould be carefully fe- 
parated, planting each into a fmall pot, plunging 
them into the hot-bed again, being careful to fhade 
them till they have taken new root y after which, 
they fhould be treated in the fame way as other 
tender plants from the fame country, always plung- 
ing them into the tan-bed in the ftove •, and in winter 
be fparir.g in water to them, for much wet will kill 
them. 
EUONYMUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 240. Tourn. Infix 
R. H. 617. tab. 388. [Evcowp<&, of eu, good, and 
ovofxx, a name y fo called by way of antiphrafis, becaule 
it is hurtful to animals.] The Spindle-tree, or Prick- 
wood y in French, Fufain. 
The Characters are, 
It hath a floort empalement to the flower of one leaf, 
which is divided into four or five fegments. The flower 
hath four or five oval petals, which fpread open. It hath 
five floort flamina , which are joined at their bafle to 
the germen, terminated by twin fummits. In the center is 
fituated a large oval germen, fupporting a floort ftyle , crown- 
ed by an obtufe fligma. The germen afterword becomes a 
fucculent four-cornered coloured capfule, having as many 
cells as angles, each containing one oval feed. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedtion of 
Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have five ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Euonymus ( Vulgaris ) foliis lanceolatis, floribus te- 
trandriis, fructu tetragono. Spindk-tree with fpear- 
fhaped leaves, flowers having four ftamina, and qua- 
drangular fruit. Euonymus vulgaris, granis ruben- 
tibus. C. B. P. 428. The common Spindle-tree. 
2. Euonymus ( Latifolius ) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, flo- 
ribus pentandris, frudtu pentagon©, pedunculis lon- 
gifllmis. Spindle-tree with oval fpear-fhaped leaves , 
flowers having five flamina, a five-cornered fruit , and 
very long foot-flalks. Euonymus latifolius. C. B. P. 
428. Broad-leaved Spindle-tree. 
3. Euonymus ( Americanus ) floribus omnibus quinque* 
fidis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 197. Spindle-tree whofe flower s 
are all divided into five points. Euonymus Virginia- 
nus, pyracanthse foliis, fempervirens, capfula verru- 
carum inftar afperata rubente. Pluk. Phyt. 115. f. 5. 
Virginian evergreen Spindle-tree with rough , wanted , red 
feed-veffels. 
4. Euonymus ( Pinnatis ) foliis pinnatis, frudtu racemofo 
trigono. Spindle-tree with winged leaves, and three-cor- 
nered fruit growing in bunches. Euonymus caudice 
non ramofo, folio alato, frudtu rotundo tripyreno. 
Sloan. Cat. Jam. 171. Spindle-tree with an unbranching 
ftalk, a winged leaf, and a round fruit having three feeds. 
The firft fort grows naturally in England. It is very 
common in hedges, and is fometimes found growing 
in woods. This, when growing in hedges, is feldon* 
feen of any confiderable fize, but rather appears like 
a flirub •, but if planted Angle, and trained up like 
other trees., will have a ftrong woody ftem, and rife 
more than twenty feet high, dividing into many 
branches, garnilhed with fpear-fhaped leaves about 
three inches long, and one inch and a quarter broad 
in the middle, gradually diminifhing to both ends y 
they are entire, of a deep green colour, and are placed 
oppofite. The flowers come out in fmall bunches 
from the fide of the ftalks, ftanding upon ilender foot- 
Italics y they are compofed of four whitifh petals, which 
are expanded in form of a crofs. The empaLm^nt 
is divided into four parts. The flowers have four 
ftamina, and the fruit is four-cornered, and opens 
into four cells. This tree flowers the latter part of 
May and the beginning of June, and the fruit ripens in 
Odtober, at which time the feed-yeflels fpread open 
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