Of TREES, SHRUBS, PLANT 
Hafts, or ftiarp frofts often prevail, and the fruit in 
its embrio ftate, liable to be greatly injured, or cut 
off by inclement weather; the trees, &c. therefore 
in molt of the varieties, require the protection of warm 
walls, both to defend the bloffom and young fruit 
more effectually in its early growth, to obtain a more 
certain, tolerable crop, and to forward them to ma¬ 
turity in the beft perfection of growth and flavour; 
they will likewife fucceedon efpaliers, orfome forts on 
ft mdards, efpecially the Bredas and Bruffels Apricots, 
all as hereafter fully explained in their general culture 
of the trees.— See culture of the Apricot. 
Laurel Kinds. 
Which, being alfo fpecies of the Prunus, agreeable 
to the fyftem of botany, confifts of two fpecies, both 
very eminent and beautiful ever-greens, viz. 
II. Prunus Lauro-Cerafus — (Lauro-Cerafus) Cherry 
Laurel, or Common Laurel Tree. 
A large, ever-green Ihrub, or middling tree, grow¬ 
ing twenty feet high, or more—the leaves (large, 
Jhining-green ) oblong-ovate, continuing always green, 
two glanded on the back; flowers in racemous cluf- 
ters, fucceeded by cherry-lhape black berries, ripe in 
autumn; not eatable.—Native of Trebifend, Alia; 
brought to Europe 1576. ( Any foil and fttuation.) 
Varieties. —Broad-leaved Laurel Tree. 
Narrow-leaved Laurel Tree. 
Silver-flriped-leaved Laurel Tree. 
Gold-ftriped-leaved Laurel Tree. 
12. Pr-UNUS lufitanica —Portugal Laurel, or fmaller 
Laurel Tree. 
A large, ever-green Ihrub, or fmall tree, of bufhy 
growth, eight or ten, to fifteen feet high—the leaves 
(fmaller or middling, dark-green) ovate-oblong, fome- 
what doubling, continuing always green, englandu- 
lous, or without glands; and flowers in racemous cluf- 
ters, fucceeded by fmall, berry-like fruit, ripe in au¬ 
tumn.—Native of Portugal and Pennfylvania. (Any 
common Joil, tSc.) 
The laft two fpecies are moll elegant ever-greens, 
of principal eftimation, to plant, for ornament, in 
pleafure-grounds, See. 
This numerous family of Prunus affords a valuable 
collection of eminent trees and fhrubs, for ufe and or¬ 
nament in gardens and plantations, in a comprehcnfive 
variety; and particularly in fome principal fruit-trees 
cf different fpecies, furnifhing many fine varieties of 
their refpeCtive fruits, as in the Plum, Cherry, and 
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Apricot; fome alfo to cultivate as foreft-trees, and 
many forts principally 1 for ornamental planting in 
fhrubberies and other diftriCts, in pleafure-grounds: 
five or fix fpecies may be ranked in the fruit-tree col¬ 
lection, confiding of the common Plum and Cherry 
Trees, in their numerous varieties; the great Wild 
Cherry Tree, and Apricot; alfo occafionally the Bul- 
lace and Sloe Tree, in a fmall portion; but the three 
former for principal culture, both for ftandards, wall- 
trees, and efpaliers, or the Apricot chiefly in wall- 
trees, for the general fupply, or for foreft plantations, 
the great Wild Cherry Tree, acquiring a lofty, large 
growth, is proper; and alfo the Prunus domejiica and 
Prunus Cerafus, in their natural growth, are eligible 
to admit in timber-tree plantations, the wood^ being 
in requelt for various particular purpofes, in feveral 
trades. 
But all the other fpecies, confiding of the’Bird- 
Cherry kinds. Perfumed Cherry, and the two fpecies 
of Laurel, are ufeful principally for decorative plant¬ 
ing, very defirable furniture for diverfifying fhrubbe- 
ries and other pleafurable plantations, for ornament and 
obfervation; or likewife any or all the fruit-tree 
kinds are proper to introduce in fimilar plantations in 
affemblage, in which they will affeCt a very diftinguifh- 
able variety, both in their growth, abundant bloffom, 
and production of fruits of their refpeCtive different 
forts; and the Sloe Tree or Black-Thorn being very 
branchy, bufhy, and armed with thorns, is employed 
in forming field hedges: the two fpecies of Laurel are 
very beautiful ever-greens, to plant as principal orna¬ 
mental fhrubs of the ever-green tribe, for adorning 
fhrubberies, &c. of which the Prunus Lauro-Cerafus, 
or Common Laurel, was alfo formerly trained for or¬ 
namental garden hedges; and is likewife ftill occafion¬ 
ally planted to cover naked walls and palings, &c. or 
alfo to plant for blind in any particular diftriCt, or to 
exclude from fight any difagreeable objeCt; and in all 
of which, it appears always green and beautiful in its 
large, fliining foliage; the Portugal Laurel is alfo 
elegant in its natural growth, in large, bufhy, ftand¬ 
ards ; and the Common Laurel, attaining fome confi- 
derable fize in the tree order, by pruning up the under 
branches by degrees, is alfo eligible to introduce in 
tree plantations, and to form Laurel groves, &c. 
In the fruit-tree kinds of Prunus, for general cul¬ 
ture, the common or cultivated Plum, Cherry, and 
Apricot, and their refpeCtive varieties, are the prin¬ 
cipal forts; the merit of which being univerfally 
known, they demand particular attention, and fhould 
be admitted in every garden, efpecially a collection 
of the beft varieties, in regard to thofe of their re¬ 
fpeCtive fruits, more or lefs, according to the extent 
of ground ; both in ftandards, for the principal pro¬ 
duction, particularly of the Plums and Cherries, and 
