82 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF TREES. PART I. 



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

 ville introduced the Ailantus glandulosa from China, also in 

 1751 ; Jas. Gordon of Mile End, the t/'lmus americana in 1752 : 

 that remarkable tree the Salisbury fldiantifolia was cultivated 

 by him in 1754- ; 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 SopJibra japonica in 1753, and the Cornus 

 alternifolia in 1760. Archibald Duke of Argyll introduced 

 the jLarix microcarpa and the milax rotundifolia in the same 

 year. John Ellis introduced HaleszVz tetraptera and diptera in 

 1756 and 1758; Messrs. Kennedy and Lee, uonymus atro- 

 purpureus ; Hugh Duke of Northumberland, Pinus resinosa ; 

 Christopher Gray, Viburnum nitidum. The Duke of Bedford 

 cultivated Pinns rigida before 1759; and Populus dilatata, the 

 Lombardy poplar, was introduced from Italy by the Earl of 

 Rocheford in 1758. No fewer than fifty articles were introduced 

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

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

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

 cum ; Z)aphne Cneorum and pontica, Lonicer# tatarica, Mag- 

 noh'fl tripetala, several species of .Rhamnus, Thuja occidentalis, 

 Tilia americana, v4 v bies rubra, Pinus maritima and several 

 others, Uetula lenta, Pyrus ^runifolia, Cotoneaster tomentosa, 

 Z)aphne alpina, Liquidambar imberbis. Among the trees and 

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

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

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

 much neglected in England; 7?osa sinica, Shepherd^ canadensis, 

 Planer/2 Richard?', and Oxycoccus macrocarpus. 



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

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

 Tilia alba, jBetula excelsa, Clematis virginiana, Viburnum cassi- 

 ?z6'ides and Lentago, j?Jypericum alatum, and jEuonymus verru- 

 cosus. John Bartram introduced Mitchells repens ; John 

 Busch, Z/edum palustre, Fothergilk olnifolia, Xanthorhiza opii- 

 folia; Mr. Bennet, Zedum latifolium ; George William Earl of 

 Coventry, KolreuterzVz paniculata from China, jErica australis, 

 and *Salix retusa from Italy. John Greening cultivated Pavia 

 flava ; Joseph Brooks, JGrica stricta ; John Cree, Z^umelia tenax ; 

 Dr. Fothergill, Populus heterophylla ; Messrs. Kennedy and 

 Lee, Cratae x gus elliptica, _pyrifolia, and that fine tree, Tagus fer- 

 ruginea. Sir Joseph Banks introduced 72hod6ra canadensis in 

 1767; John Ord, Genista tricjuetra ; Peter Collinson, ^4'lnus 

 serrulata, and Faccinium virgatum ; Hugh Duke of Northum- 

 berland, Populus groe N ca and laevigata; and Miller, Sambucus 

 canadensis, Genista purgans, and 7?ubus hispidus. The 



