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the Purple-Cherry , the ' 
Black-Orleance, and the 
common Black-Cherry , 
Luke Ward's Cherry , the 
Clufier-C berry fheDivarf- 
Cherry } and the Adorello- 
Cherry. 
Cljefauktree, in Latin 
Cajlanea , It is a great and 
ftately Tree, as thick as an 
old Oak j To very large 
fometimes,that three Men, 
with their Arms extended, 
can fcarce encompafs the 
Trunk of it. It has many 
Branches, the fmali Twigs 
are of a Crimfon Colour. 
It has a fmooth Bark,fpot- 
ted, and blackifh , anc 
fometimes of an Alli-co- 
lour, but chiefly the Extre- 
mity of the Branches : And 
when the Tree is young, 
the Wood of it is ftrong 
and lafting; but yet it 
bends with a Burthen, and 
cracks much in the Fire, 
and its Coals are foon cx- 
tinguilh’d. It has large 
Leaves, about two Inches 
broad, and in length about 
Eve ; they are thin, wrink- 
ly, and indented like aSaw, 
with many tranfverfeVeins 
fticking on the Back, ex- 
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tended from the Middle- 
rib that is moft remarkable. 
Long hanging Buds pre- 
cede the Fruit, having yel- 
low Tufts. The Cups are 
prickly, and like a Bur ;| 
within they are hairy, and 
as foft as Silk : They con- 
tain two or three Nuts, 
fomebut one, ending fliarp, 
from a broad Bads ; they 
are about an Inch long, flat 
on one fide, and bellying 
out on the other, and are 
in fliape fomething like the 
Heart. The Nut is white,! 
folid and hard, fweet and 
palatable ; efpecially when 
it is roafted. It chiefly 
grows on Mountains, and 
Rifing Grounds. There 
are Abundance of them in 
Italy , where the People 
that live on the Mountain; 
eat little elfe. They buc 
at the Beginning of Spring 
and foon after flower. The 
Fruit is ripe about the Lat- 
ter End of September. The 
goodNuts are known frorr 
the bad, by putting then 
in Water ; for, if they an 
found and good they fink 
but ifotherwife they fwim 
We in England make o 
this Wood Bcdfteads i 
Chairs , Tables, Chcfts 
an 
