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Duchess of Portland introduced Faccinlum 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 Keivensis, are, Gaultherm prociimbens ; i?hododendron 

 ponticum, introduced, we are informed, by Conrad Loddiges, 

 who sold the first plant to the Marquess of Rjckingham, a noble 

 encourager of botany and gardening ; Andromeda axillaris, 

 coriiicea, and acuminata ; Styrax grandifolium and loevigatum, 

 Kalmia glauca, 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 introdnced eight trees and forty-eight shrubs. Mrs. Priramet 

 int^uced Genista lusitanica; Mons. Richard, f/'lmus piimila, 

 Ca'mgana Chamlugu, and Caprifolium implexum ; Sir Joseph 

 Banks, >Salix myrtilloides from Sweden ; Dr. Solander, *Spirae'a 

 laevigata from Siberia ; Dr. Hope of Edinburgh, Populus can- 

 dicans and monilifera. Messrs. Kennedy and Lee introduced 

 Aristot^h'a Mdcqui, jEJ'phedra monostachya, Buddlea globosa, 

 Gleditschia horrida, iJhamnus alnifolius, and others. The cele- 

 brated botanist and traveller, Pallas, introduced Pyrus salicifolia 

 in 1780,Diotis ceratoides, and Calligonum Pallasia. Dr. Nicholas 

 Jacquin introduced Cytisus capitatus, and Drypis spinosa; Dr. 

 Pitcairn, Faccinium dumosum; Mr. William Malcolm, Gordonfa 

 pubescens ; Mr. William Young, Faccinium staminium ; John 

 Earl of Bute, Genista germanica ; Hugh Duke of Northumber- 

 land, Laragana spin6sa ; Dr. Fothergill, that beautiful tree, Py- 

 rus spectabilis, ^uxus balearica, and Clematis florida. >Sahx 

 incubacea and Genista decumbens were introduced by Drs. 

 Fothergill and Pitcairn about the same time. Francis Masson 

 introduced Faccinium J.rctostaphylos. Benjamin Bewick in- 

 troduced Faccinium angustifolium. 



From 1781 to 1790 (Geo. III., intercourse with America being 

 restored), sixteen trees and thirty-five shrubs were introduced, ac- 

 cording to the Horius Keivensis. John Bell introduced Fiburnum 

 diiuricum, Betulu d'a.u.rica., and Caragma Altagcina. John Busch 

 introduced Ribes Diacantha and J.'lnus incana ; John Graefer, 

 Pyrus bollwylleriiina and baccata, and that valuable evergreen, 

 ^/icw6ajap6nica (female). AVilliam Forsyth cultivated Pinus 

 Banksiana in 1785; William Young, Praxinus ;uglandif61ia ; 

 and Daniel Grimwood, Praxinus pubescens. The Hudson's 

 Bay Company introduced C/'lmus undulata ; John Eraser, Mag- 

 nolia auriculjita, /Rhododendron punctatum, and Quercus lyrata 

 imbricaria, and rotundifolia ; Sir Joseph Banks, Hydrangea Hor- 

 tensm, Magnolia conspicua, Paionm Moutan,Rbs3iindica,Berberis 

 sibirica, and some vacciniums. Gilbert Slater introduced Posa 

 semperflorens in 1789 ; and the celebrated Professor Thouin, 



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