The Azedarac.
1839. After dark we went to the china-tree in the lane.—‘History of Virgil A. Stewart,’ p. 65 (N.Y.).
1847.
| Shaded by china-trees, in the midst of luxuriant gardens, | |
| Stood the houses of planters, with negro-cabins and dove-cots. | |
Longfellow, ‘Evangeline,’ II. i. (N.E.D.) |
1861. The china-trees are beautiful, and abundant about the dwellings [of Montgomery, Ala.].—J. B. Jones, ‘A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary,’ i. 44 (Phila., 1866).
