AN 



ENCYCLOPEDIA 



OF 



GARDENING; 



COMPRISING THE 



THEORY AND PRACTICE 



HORTICULTURE, FLORICULTURE, 

 ARBORICULTURE, 



AND 



LANDSCAPE-GARDENING, 



INCLUDING 



ail tit latest Jmpro&ementg ; 



A GENERAL HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ALL COUNTRIES; 



AND A STATISTICAL VIEW OF ITS PRESENT STATE, 



WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR ITS FUTURE PROGRESS, IN THE 

 BRITISH ISLES. 



By J. C. LOUDON, F.L.S. H.S. &c. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH 



MANY HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD BY BRANSTON. 



jftfrt) GBtiitiom 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR 



LONGMAN, &EES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, 



PATERNOSTER-ROW. 



1827. 



