Or TREES, SHRUBS, PLANTS, FLOWERS, and FRUITS. 
ihrubbery, confifting of one ever-green, and the 
others deciduous flowering-fhrubs, from two or three, 
to four or five feet high in the different fpecies, gar- 
nilhed with fpear-fhape ovate and linear fimple leaves, 
and numerous, fmall flowers in fpring and fummer, 
produced moftly along the fides of thefhoots; com- 
pofed each of one fmall funnel-fhape, four-parted 
corolla, containing eight fhort ftamina, an oval ger- 
men fupporting one ftyle; and the germen grows a 
roundifh berry, furnifhed with one roundifh, flefliy 
feed, ripening in fummer and autumn, and by which, 
fowed in the autumn or fpring, the plants are propa¬ 
gated ; alfo fome, occafionally, by layers of the young 
lhoots and fuckers from the root. 
The Species of DAPHNE are, 
i. Daphne Laureola —(Laureola) or Common 
Wood Laurel. 
. A fmall, ever-green fhrub, with flender, upright 
ftems, two or three feet high—the leaves (long , nar¬ 
row ) fpear-fhape, fmooth; and racems of fmall, green- 
ifh flowers at the axillas or angles.—Native of Bri¬ 
tain, &c. in woods, Switzerland, France, and Mount 
Baldo. (Any lightijh foil.) , 
Variety. —Striped-leaved Laureola. 
2. Daphne Mczereum —(Mezereum) commonly cal¬ 
led Mezereon. 
A moderate, deciduous fhrub, of bufhy growth, 
three, to four or five feet high—the leaves ('fmallijh) 
ovate-fpear-fhape; and numerous, fmall, purple and 
other coloured flowers, along the fides of the fhoots, 
by threes together, fefiile or fitting clofe; February 
and March.—Native of England and the northern 
parts of Europe, in woods. (Light, or any foil.) 
Varieties. —Purple-flowered Mezereon; red berries. 
Red-flowered Mezereon; red berries. 
Crimfon-flowered Mezereon; red berries. 
White-flowered, Yellow-berried Mezeron. 
Variegated-leaved Mezereon. 
3. Daphne Cneorum —(Cneorum) Clufter-flowercd, 
Narrow-leaved Daphne. 
A fmall, beautiful, deciduous fhrub, one or two feet 
growth—the leaves (fmall) fpear-fhape, naked; and 
clufters of purple flowers, terminating the branches, 
feflde or clofe-fitting.—Native of Switzerland, Hun¬ 
gary, Pyrenean Mountains, &c. (Any common foil.) 
4. Daphne alpina, Alpine Downy-leaved Daphne. 
A fmall, deciduous fhrub, of two or three feet— 
the leaves ( fmall) fpear-fhape, fomewhat obtufe. 
hoary on the under fide; and clofe-fitting flowers in 
aggregates at the fides of the branches.—Native of 
the Alps of Switzerland, Geneva, Italy, and Aullria. 
(Any light foil.) 
5. Daphne Tarton-raira —(Tarton-raira) or Sil¬ 
very-leaved Daphne. 
A low, fpreading, deciduous Ihrub, of one or two 
feet — the leaves {fmall, whit if) ovate, nervous, 
both fides downy, filky, and filvery-like; and clofe- 
fitting white flowers in aggregates at the fides of the 
branches.—Native of France. ( Lightif, rich foil, or 
any.) 
6. Daphne Thymel<ea —(Thymekea) or Milkwort¬ 
leaved Daphne. 
A moderate, deciduous fhrub, of three or four feet 
growth—the Item Angle; leaves {fmall) fpear-fhape; 
and clofe-fitting greenifh flowers at the axilla6.—Na¬ 
tive of Spain. {Light, or any common foil.) 
7. Daphne Gnidium —(Gnidium) or Flax-leaved 
Daphne. 
A fmall, deciduous fhrub, two or three feet—th® 
leaves {fmall, narrow) linear-fpear-fhape, pointed; 
and flowers in panicles at the end of the branches.— 
Native of Spain, Italy, and France. {Lighti/h, or 
any common foil.) 
8. Daphne njillofa, Villofe or Hairy-leaved Daphne ) 
A fmall, deciduous fhrub, two or three feet growth— 
the leaves {fmall) fpear-fhape, plane, ciliated, hairy,, 
crouded; and clofe-fitting lateral flowers, fingly.— 
Native of Portugal, Spain, &c. {Any light, com¬ 
mon foil.) 
All thefe fpecies of Daphne are proper furniture to 
introduce in fhrubberies for ornament and variety; 
the firft fort, Laureola, is a curious hardy, little ever¬ 
green; and the Mezereon is a defirable flowering- 
fhrub, Angularly beautiful in its early flowers, in Ja¬ 
nuary or February, when but very few others appear, 
produced mimeroufly along the upper part of the 
fhoots, and impart a fragrant odour; the Cneorum and 
Tarton-raira are alfo delightful, little fhrubs, as alfo 
the Alpine Daphne; and which three laft-mendoned 
fpecies, and the Laureola and the Mezereon, are the 
moft noted, and defervingof culture; the other three 
forts are eligible to admit for variety, are all hardy 
enough to grow in any common, iightifh foil, or 
where they may be required; difpofed principally to- 
wardsthe front of fhrubbery compartments, and in 
K borders. 
