82 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF TREES. PART I. 



Brousson6tw papyrifera from Japan in 1751. Father D'lncar- 

 ville introduced the Ailantus glandulosa from China, also in 

 1751 ; Jas. Gordon of Mile End, the L'lmus atncricana in 1752 : 

 that remarkable tree the Salisbiiria adiantifolia was cultivated 

 by him in 1*^54 ; the parent tree, a male, still exists (see p. 78), 

 and from it, in all probability, originated all the male trees of 

 the same species, not only in Europe, but in North America ; 

 he introduced the Sophora japonica in 1753, and the Cornus 

 alternifolia in 1760. Archibald Duke of Argyle introduced 

 the Larix microcarpa and the Smllax rotundifolia in the sanic 

 year. John EUis introduced Halesm tetraptera and diptera in 

 1756 and 1758; Messrs Kennedy and Lee £ii6nymus atro- 

 purpureus; Hugh Duke of Northumberland, Pmns rcsinosa; 

 Christopher Gray, Fiburnum nitidum. The Duke of Bedford 

 cultivated Pinus rigida before 1759; and Populus dilatata, the 

 Lombardy poplar, was introduced from Italy by the Earl of 

 Eocheford in 1758. No fewer than fifty articles were introduced 

 or cultivated by Miller during this decade. Among these arc, 

 ^'cer creticum, in 1752, probably the small tree still existing 

 in the Chelsea Garden ; A. O'pulus, heterophyllum, and tatari- 

 cum ; Daphne Cneorum and pontica, Lonicera tatiirica, Mag- 

 nblffl tripetala, several species of i^hamnus, Thn}a occidentalis, 

 T^lia americana, ^'bics rubra, Pmus maritima and several 

 others, 5etula lenta, Pyrus 2>runifolia; Cotoneaster tomentosa, 

 Daphne alpina, Liquidambar imberbis. Among the trees and 

 shrubs recorded in the period, without the name of the intro- 

 ducer, are, ^'cer pennsylvanicum, Berberis canadensis ; Cerasus 

 caroliniana, a beautiful sub-evergreen low tree from Carolina, too 

 much neglected in England; Posa sinica. Shepherd Ja canadensis, 

 Planera Richard?", and Oxycoccus macrocarpus. 



From 1761 to 1770 (Geo. III.), twelve trees^and forty shrubs 

 were introduced. Jas. Gordonintroduced, or had in cultivation, 

 Tilia alba, i?etula excclsa, Clematis virginiana, Fiburnum cassi- 

 woides and Lentago, i/ypcricum alatum, and £u6nymus verru- 

 cosus. John Bartram introduced Mitchella repens ; John 

 Busch, Zedum palustrc, Fothergilk flinifolia, XanthorWzaapii- 

 fblia; Mr. Bannet, Zedum latifolium ; George William Earl of 

 Coventry, Kolreuteria paniculata from Ciiina, ^rka australis, 

 and /Salix retiisa from Italy. John Greening cultivated Pav/a 

 flava; Joseph Brooks, i/iicastricta; John Cree, i^umelia tcnax: 

 Dr. Fothergill, Populus heterophylla ; Messrs. Kennedy and 

 Lee, Cratai'gus elliptica, ;;yrif6lia, and that fine tree, /-"agus fer- 

 iu"-inca. Sir Joseph IJanks introduced Phodora canadensis in 

 1767; John Ord, (Venista triquetra ; Peter CoUinson, ^'Inus 

 scrrulata, and lacciniinn virgatum ; Hugh Duke of Northum- 

 berland, Populus graj'ca and hevigata ; and Miller, iSambi^icus 

 canadensis, 6renista piirgans and 7?ubus hispidus. The 



