XIV 



EXPLANATORY UEFEUEN'CES. 



1 Deciduous climber. 

 L. Evergreen climber. 

 -* Deciduous trailer. 

 !t^ Evergreen trailer. 

 ,x Deciduous creeper. 

 J,T Evergreen creeper. 



9. Climbing shrubs ; such as the cle- 

 matis, ainpelopsis, vine, &c. 



10. Trailing shrubs, the branches of 

 which lie prostrate on the ground, 

 but do not root into it ; such as 

 many species of willow, Cistus, &c. 



11. Creeping shrubs, or such as send 

 up shoots from their creeping roots; 

 as many species of ^pirae'a, &c. 



The signs put before each individual species and variety which is described 

 as enduring the open air in the climate of London, and in cultivation in 

 British gardens, are the same as those used in the Gardeiic/s Magazine, and in 

 the Hortus BritannicuSy viz. : — 



3f Deciduous trea *- Evergreen twiner. 



1 Evergreen tree. 



ai Deciduous shrub. 



• Evergreen shrub. 



ji Deciduous under-shrub. 



n- Evergreen under-shrub. 



-i Deciduous twiner. 



The sign —I (or i-J, indicating a greater degree of tenderness), added to any 

 of the above signs in the Table of Contents, indicates that the tree or shrub, in 

 the climate of London, requires protection during winter, but is considered 

 likely to live against a conservative wall. Throughout the Work, wherever 

 the dimensions of any tree or shrub are given, and the year when these dimen- 

 sions were taken is not stated, the autumn of the year 183-i, when the Work 

 was commenced, is to be understood. 



All the botanic names throughout the Work are accented, and have their 

 origin indicated, as in the Hortus Britannicus and the Gardener's Magazine. 

 The vowels which are sounded short are marked with an acute accent, thus 

 ('), as A'ceras ; and those which are sounded long are marked with a grave 

 accent, thus 0), as A'brus. The origin of each name is indicated thus : where the 

 name has been applied to a plant by the ancients, the first letter is in Italic, 

 as Pinus ; where it is commemorative of some individual, the letters ad- 

 ditional to the name are in Italic, as Banksw, Lambert/o«fl, Douglas//; 

 and where an aboriginal name has been adopted, or where the name is of 

 uncertain derivation, the whole word is in Italic as, Aildntus, Caragdna, &c. 

 When the name would otherwise be in Italic, as in the case of synonymes, 

 headings to paragraphs, &c., these distinctions are of course reversed, as Pinus, 

 Bdnksia, Ailantus. All the other scientific names, generic or specific, are com- 

 posed from the Greek or Latin, with the exception of a very few, which are 

 taken from places : as Araucaria, from the country of the Araucanians ; Quercus 

 gramuntia, from the estate of Grammont; ^'cer monspeliensis, &c. Further 

 details respecting the particulars entered into in classing, describing, and 

 recording the trees and shrubs included in this Work, will be found in the 

 Introduction, p. 1. to p. 14-., and in Part IL Chap. IV. p. 222. to p. 230., 

 which we recommend the reader to peruse with attention. 



In the course of the Work, a few exceptions will be found to what is stated 

 in these' explanatory pages as general; but they are so very few as to be 

 hardly worth notice ; and the reasons for them will either be found given 

 where they occur, or they are considered to be sufficiently obvious. 



