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APPENDIX 

 PLANTS SENT BY DR. HALL TO THE UNITED STATES 



The time of Dr. Hall's visits to Japan was one of great activity in plant 

 introduction following as it did on the heels the opening of the country 

 to foreign trade. In 1856 von Siebold & Co. of Leyden issued a catalogue 

 offering for sale a great many newly introduced Japanese plants. The 

 Russian botanist, Maximowicz, traveled in Japan from 1859-64, John 

 Gould Veitch was there in 1860 from July until late November and Robert 

 Fortune from October 1860 until the end of the year, and again in 1861 

 from May until the end of July. These collectors sent a variety of plants 

 to Europe where they were promptly placed in the hands of expert culti- 

 vators and by Lindley and other botanists named and recorded in current 

 literature without loss of time. Such favorable circumstances did not 

 attend Dr. Hall's introductions. His first consignment was brought to 

 Boston by Mr. F. Gordon Dexter; it arrived in 1861 and was given to 

 Francis Parkman. The second consignment Dr. Hall brought himself 

 and handed over to the Parson Company at Flushing, Long Island, 

 March 1862. These plants seem to have been obtained mainly if not 

 solely from Japanese gardens and include a number with variegated 

 foliage. Just how many species and varieties of plants Hall introduced 

 will never be accurately known for unfortunately no botanist of the time 

 examined his collections. By diligent search of literature and of the 

 records of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society it has been possible 

 to compile the following list and it seems probable that all the plants 

 named were first introduced into America by Dr. Hall. Also it appears 

 almost certain that such valuable plants as the two Magnolias (Magnolia 

 stellata and M. kobus), Hall's Crabapple (Malus H alii ana f. Parkmanii), 

 his Honeysuckle and its variegated form (L. japonica var. Halliana and 

 f. aureo-reticulata), the evergreen Evonymns patens, the popular //?/- 



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plena and the bulbous Lycoris squamigera were introduced into America 

 by Hall before they were in Europe. The bulbs of Liliinn anratnm sent 



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12, 1862 just ten days after Messrs. Veitch had exhibited this Lily in 

 London and Lindley had given it its name. 



PLANTS FIRST RENT TO AMERICA FROM JAPAN IN 1861 BY DR. HALL 

 AND GIVEN BY MR. F. GORDON DEXTER TO FRANCIS PARKMAN 



(iinkgo biloba f. variegata Carr. 

 Thujopsis dolabrata S. & Z, 

 Thujopsis dolabrata f. variegata Fort. 

 Sciadopitys verticillata f. variegata Gord. 

 Cryptomeria japonica f. variegata Hort. 

 Chamaecyparis pisifera S. & Z. 



