CHAP. Il. BRITISH ISLANDS. 83 
Duchess of Portland introduced Vaccinium frondosum. Among 
the plants respecting which merely the dates at which they were 
introduced to, or first cultivated in, Britain, are recorded in the 
Hortus Kewensis, are, Gaulthér7a procimbens ; Rhododéndron 
-ponticum, introduced, we are informed, by Conrad Loddiges, 
who sold the first plant to the Marquess of Rockingham, a noble 
encourager of botany and gardening; Andromeda axillaris, 
coriacea, and acuminata; Styrax grandifolium and lavigatum, 
Kalmza glatica, and that delightful shrub, Chimonanthus fra- 
grans. ‘The last, we are informed, was first cultivated by the 
Earl of Coventry at Croome. 
From 1771 to 1780 (Geo. III., during the American war), 
were introduced eight trees and forty-eight shrubs. Mrs. Primmet 
introduced Genista lusiténica; Mons. Richard, Ulmus pumila, 
Caragdna Chamldgu, and Caprifolium impléxum; Sir Joseph 
Banks, Salix myrtilldides from Sweden ; Dr. Solander, Spiraea 
laevigata from Siberia; Dr. Hope of Edinburgh, Populus can- 
dicans and monilifera. Messrs. Kennedy and Lee introduced 
Aristotélia Macqui, E’phedra monostachya, Biaddlea globdsa, 
Gleditschza hérrida, Rhamnus alnifolius, and others. The cele- 
brated botanist and traveller, Pallas, introduced Pyrus salicifolia 
in 1780, Diotis ceratéides, and Calligonum Pallasza. Dr. Nicholas 
Jacquin introduced C¥tisus capitatus, and Drypis spinosa; Dr. 
_ Piteairn, Vaccinium dumosum; Mr. William Malcolm, Gordonia 
pubéscens; Mr. William Young, Vaccinium stamineum ; John 
Earl of Bute, Genista germanica; Hugh Duke of Northumber- 
land, Caragdna spindsa; Dr. Fothergill, that beautiful tree, Py- 
tus spectabilis, Baxus baleérica, and Clématis florida. Salix 
incubacea and Genista deciimbens were introduced by Drs. 
Fothergill and Pitcairn about the same time. Francis Masson 
introduced Vaccinium Arctostaphylos. Benjamin Bewick in- 
troduced Vaccinium angustifolium. 
From 1781 to 1750 (Geo, III., intercourse with America being 
restored), sixteen trees and thirty-five shrubs were introduced, ac- 
cording to the Hortus Kewensis. John Bell introduced Vibérnum 
datricum, Bétula dadrica, and Caragdna Altagdna. John Busch 
introduced Ribes Diacdatha and A’Inus incana; John Greefer, 
Pyrus bollwylleriana and baccata, and that valuable evergreen, 
_Aticuba japonica (female). William Forsyth cultivated Pinus 
Banks‘dna in 1785; William Young, Fraxinus juglandifolia ; 
and Daniel Grimwood, Fraxinus pubéscens. The Hudson’s 
- Bay Company introduced U'lmus undulata; John Fraser, Mag- 
-nolia auriculata, Rhododéndron punctatum, and Quércus lyrata, 
imbricaria, and rotundifolia; Sir Joseph Banks, Hydrangea Hor- 
ténsia, Magnolza conspicua, Peednia Mottan, Rosa indica, Bérberis 
sibirica, and some vacciniums. Gilbert Slater introduced Rosa 
-semperfldrens in 1789; and the celebrated Professor Thouin, 
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