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CONTENTS. 



John Clark, a Butcher at Barnes, famous 

 for raising Cedars from Seed, &c. ,55. The 

 Great Cedar at Hendon Place, the Cedars 

 at Whitton, 55. Fine Gardens noticed by 

 Collinson on a blank Leaf of his Copy of 

 Miller's Dictionary, 50. Enumeration of 

 Trees and Shrubs, with their Dimensions, 

 found in the Garden at Mill Hill (which 

 formerly belonged to Collinson) in January, 

 1835,56. Peterborough House, \\hitton, 

 57 Twickenham Botanic Garden, Thorn- 

 don Hall, Essex, 58. Cedar House, Cashio- 

 bury, 59. Catalogue of Trees and Shrubs 

 propogated for Sale in the London Nur- 

 series in 1730, 60. Celebrated Amateurs 

 and Gardeners of that Time: Dr. Compton, 

 S Reynardson, Esq., Dr. Uvedale, Duchess 

 of Beaufort, Earl of Pembroke, 61 . Dubois, 

 62. List of Species and Varieties of Trees 

 and Shrubs given in the Catalogue of the 

 Society of Gardeners, arranged according 

 to the Natural System, 64. Catesby'sTravels 

 and Publications, 68. Plan for importing 

 Acorns and other Seeds of American 

 Trees, 70. Dr. Garden of Charlestown, 70. 

 Planting of Stowe, Blenheim, Corby Castle, 

 Pain's Hall, &c., 70, 71. Upton House, 

 and its fine Specimens of Foreign Trees 

 and Shrubs, 71. Trees and Shrubs at 

 Purser's Cross in 1756, their comparative 

 Dimensions taken at different periods be- 

 tween 1793 and 1835, 72. Trees and Shrubs 

 at Syon, at Croome, and at various other 

 Places, 73. Collection in the Chelsea 

 Botanic Garden, 74. Botanic Garden and 

 Arboretum at Kew, Sherard's Botanic 

 Garden at Eltham, Twickenham Botanic 

 Garden, 75. Brompton Park Nursery, 76. 

 Kensington Nursery, Hoxton Nursery, 

 Mile End Nursery, 77. Putney Nursery, 

 Hammersmith Nursery, 78. Hackney Bo- 

 tanic Garden and Nursery, and those of ( 

 Brentford, Lewisham, New Cross, &c., 79. ) 

 Botanical and Horticultural Authors and 

 Artists of the 18th Century, 79. Enume- 

 ration of the Trees and Shrubs introduced 

 during each Decade of the 18th Century, 

 80-84. Biographical Notices of John and 

 William Bartram, 85. Trees and Shrubs 

 introduced into Scotland during the lth 

 Century, 86. Dr. Walker's Exertions, 87. 

 Mr. Sang's Planter's Kalendar, 89. Lists 

 of the Species of Foreign Trees and Shrubs 

 introduced into Scotland during the 17th 

 and 18th Centuries according to Dr. Walker, 

 90, 91. Taymouth, Inverary Castle, 91. 

 Prestonfield,92. Hamilton Palace, 92. Pan- 

 mure, New Posso, 93. Holyrood House, 

 94. Bargally, the Property of Andrew 

 Heron, one of the greatest Botanists and 

 Horticulturists that has ever appeared in 

 Scotland, 95. 99. Dunkeld,99. NewHailes, 

 Arbigland. Loudon Castle, Dalmahoy, 101. 

 Hopetoun House, Carmichael, Tyningham, 

 !().'. Scottish Nurseries, 104. Indigenous ' 

 Trees of Ireland, 105. Irish Yew in a Gar- 

 den at Mayland near Antrim, 106. Antrim 

 Castle, 106. Mitchelstown, 107- Moira, 

 and other Places celebrated for Foreign 

 Trees ; Lords Oriel and Clanbrasil intro- 

 duced by far the greater number of Trees 

 into Ireland in the 18th Century, 108. Di- 

 mensions of many fine Specimens of Trees 

 and Shrubs at Oriel Temple, 109. ; at An- 

 trim Castle, 109. ; at Tollymore Park, at 

 Dnndalk, 110. ; at Cypress Grove, at Moira, 

 and at Cranmore, 111. ; at Castle W T ard, 

 112. ; at Howth Castle, Charleville Forest, 

 and Shelton Abbey, 113. ; at Castle Freke, 

 Florence Court, Killrudery House, Mount 

 Anville Hill, Castletown, 114. The finest 

 Cedars in Ireland, 114. The largest Oak 

 in Ireland, 115. Foreign Trees and Shrubs 

 at Hillsborough, 1 15. Irish Nurseries, 115. 

 Kilkenny Nursery, &c., 116. Glasnovin 

 and Trinity College Botanic Gardens, 116, 

 117. 



SUBSECT. 5. Of the Foreign Trees 

 and Shrubs introduced into 

 Britain during the 19th Cen- 

 tury, 117. 



The number of Trees and Shrubs introduced 

 in the three first Decades, 117. Biogra- 

 phical Notice of John Fraser, the Botanical 

 Collector, 119. ; of John Lyon, 122.; of 

 David Douglas, 123. List of the Species 

 and Varieties of Trees and Shrubs intro- 

 duced into Europe by Douglas, 125. Num- 

 ber of Species of Foreign Trees and Shrubs 

 introduced in Britain during every 10 Years, 

 between 1548 and 1830 ; Number of Species 

 furnished to Britain by each particular 

 Foreign Country, 126. Planters of British 

 Arboretums and Fruticetums since the 

 Commencement of the 19th Century, 129. 

 Public Bodies that have planted Arbore- 

 tums, 129. British Nurserymen who hav 

 formed Arboretums, 130. 



CHAP. III. 



Of the History and Geography of the 

 Trees and Shrubs of the Continent 

 of Europe, 132. 



SECT. I. Of the Indigenous and 

 Foreign Trees and Shrubs of 

 France, 132. 



Enumeration of the Species of Trees and Shrubs 

 indigenous to France, according to the Bo- 

 tanicon Gallicum, 132. Comparison be- 

 tween the Ligneous Flora of France, and that 

 of Britain, 134. Classification of the Indi- 

 genous and Foreign Trees of France by Pro- 

 fessor Thouin, 135. Comparison between 

 the Number of Ligneous Plants in the Jardin 

 des Plantes at Paris, and the London Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden, in 1834, 135. Robin, 

 Duhamel, Jansen, Lemonnier, &c., 137. Re- 

 mains of Collections of Foreign Trees and 

 Shrubs in France, existing in 1834, 188. 

 Existing Collectors of Foreign Trees and 

 Shrubs in France, 139. Notice of Duhamel 

 dn Monceau, 140. ; of Andre Michaux, 140. ; 

 of F. A. Michaux, 142. ; of Dumont de Cour- 

 set, and of the Gardens at Courset, 142. 



SECT. II. Of the Indigenous and 

 Foreign Trees and Shrubs of Hol- 

 land and the Netherlands, 143. 



Botanic Garden at Antwerp, 144. Country Seats 

 near Rotterdam, 144. Garden at Lacken, 

 with Dimensions of some of the Exotic Trees 

 there, 145. Brussels, Ghent, and other Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, 145. 



SECT. III. Of the Indigenous and 

 Foreign Trees and Shrubs of Ger- 

 many, including Hungary, 145. 



Enumeration of the Ligneous Plants indigenous 

 to Germany and Hungary, 14(i. Historical 

 Notices of the Places most celebrated for 

 their Collection of Exotic Trees and Shrubs, 

 147. Heidelberg, Baden, Durlach, Schwob- 

 ber, Ilarbke, Worlitz, Schonbrunn, 145. 

 Botanic Garden of the I Diversity of Vienna, 

 Kopeir/.el, Briick on the Leytha, lladorsdorf, 

 Eisenstadt, 1")0. Enumeration of the Species 

 of Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, foreign and 

 indigenous, which stand the Winter at Vienna 

 without Protection, l-~><>. Remarkable Speci- 

 mens of Trees and Shrubs in the Botanic 

 Garden at Berlin, 151. Foreign Trees and 



