Book I. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH FLORA. 



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1811. Hot-house Plants. 



Trees and shrubs 



Climbers • - 



Succulent plants - 



Bulbous-rooted plants 

 Herbaceous - 



1812. Annuals, native and exotic. 



Sp. & Var. 

 850 

 150 

 130 

 SO 

 170 



Hardy 

 Half hardy 

 Tender 

 Esculent 



Sp. & Var. 

 300 

 140 

 100 

 200 



Aquatics 



Reedy or scitamineous 



Used in agriculture exclusive of grasses 



Sp.&Viir. 



2. r > 



Total 1463 



Sp.& Var. 

 SO 



Total S20 



Total. Hardy, 4580; green-house and dry-stove, 3180; hot-house, 1463; annuals, 

 820 ; total, 10,043 ; of these, above 3000 may be considered as varieties, so that the 

 actual Hortus procurable in British nurseries may be estimated, as to the British Hortus 

 of books, as 7 to 12, or including the cryptogamous plants, as 8 to 12. 



1813. With respect to the application of the purchasable Flora of Britain, including 

 species and varieties, we submit the following as only a rude outline, the subject not 

 admitting of perfect accuracy from the ever-changing number of varieties. 



1814. Varieties of Fruit-trees, and Fruit-bearing Plants, for Sale in British Nurseries. 



Apples 

 Pears 



Medlars 



Quuiees • 



Services 



Oranges and Lemons 



Peaches 



Nectarines 



Almonds 



Sp. & Var. 



5U0 



400 



2 



2 



4 



CO 



100 



so 

 6 



Apricots 



Plums 



Cherries 



Grapes 



Figs 



Gooseberries 



Currants 



Raspberries 



Strawberries 



Sp. & Var. 



30 

 150 

 100 

 150 



30 



200 



4 



10 



40 



Cranberry 

 Mulberries 



Filberts 



Walnuts 



Chestnuts 



Melons 



Pine-apples 



Sp.& V.r. 



2 

 6 

 9 

 3 

 15 

 20 



Total in ordinary nursery catalogues 1 SO fi 



1815. Esculent Herbaceous riants, annuals and perennials, used in Horticulture. 



Cabbage tribe 

 leguminous plants 

 Esculent roots 

 Spinaceous plants 

 Alliaceous plants 

 Asparaginous plants 

 AcetaCsOus plants 



Sp. Var. 



1 35 



3 59 



10 45 



6 10 



7 18 



11 18 

 25 40 



Pot herbs and garnishings 



Sweet herbs 



Plants used in confectionary 1 



and domestic medicine J 

 Plants used as preserves and 1 



pickles - J 



Sp. Var. 

 !1 16 

 12 20 



14 IS 

 12 26 



Sp. Van 

 Edible wild plants which! 3] -j 



may be used - J 



Edible fungi - 3 3 



Edible fuci • 8 8 



1816. Florists' Flowers, used in Floriculture. 



Sp.&Var. 



liulhoits-rooied Plants. 

 Hvacinths 

 Tulips 

 ( 'recuses 

 Narcissus 

 Irises 

 Fritillaries 

 Crown-imperials 

 Den£ canis 



Sp. & Var. 



Colchicums - - - 10 



200 Other sorts - - 100 



300 Fibrous-rooted Plants. 



100 Auriculas - - - 200 



200 Polyanthuses - - 100 



60 Primroses ... 20 



20 Cowslips ... 10 



20 Pinks .... 200 



6 Carnations - - 300 



1817. Hardy Timber-trees and Shrubs, 

 Lan dscape-gardeni ng. 



Trees planted for timber 



Trees planted for other useful purposes 



Trees planted for ornament 



Hedge-plants 



Sp.&Var. 



100 



20 



ISO 



10 



used in Arboriculture, Floriculture, and 



Sp.&Var. 



Shrubs planted for various uses, as fuel, charcoal,! 20 



bark, firewood, &c 



Total 330 



1818. Agricultural Herbaceous Plants, grown for Food for Men and Cattle, and for 

 use in various Arts. 



(trains for human food • 

 Li guminous seeds » - 



Hoots - .... 



Herbage plants, not grasses - 



Herbage grasses, arid grasses for grains for the infe- 

 rior animals - 

 Plants used for furnishing oils and essences 



Sp. Var. 



4 20 



4 10 

 6 20 

 9 15 



J20 25 



5 5 



Plants used for dyeing 



Plants used for the clothing arts 



Sea plants used • 



Mosses used in dyeing 



Mosses used for various purposes in the arts 



1819. Miscellaneous applications of Hardy Perennials, native and exotic. 



Used for distillation and perfumery 



Sp. & Var. 

 Border- flowers, or such as are used in flower-gar- 1 3 qq 



dens and shrubberies, in ordinary cases about J" 



Used in the modern pharmacopoeias - - 50 



Sold by herbalists, and used by quacks and irregu-1 2 Q 



]ar practitioners 



1820. Application of curious hot-house exotics, or such plaiits of ornament as require the 

 protection of glass. Of these there are in ordinary green-houses seldom more than 100 

 species and varieties, and not more than half that number in most of our plant-stoves. 

 The remainder of this class are confined to the public and private botanic gardens, and 

 to eminent public nurseries. Many of this division are of great importance in their na- 

 tive countries, as the indigo, sugar-cane, tea-tree, cinnamon, &c. ; the mango, durion, 

 and other excellent fruits ; the palms, bamboos, &c. Even some, here treated as entirely 

 arnamental, afford useful products in their own countries; as the camellia, sun-flower, 

 &c, from the seeds of which, oils are expressed in China and America. The cultivation 



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