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Duchess of Portland introduced Faccinium 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 Kewctisis, are, GaultherzVz procumbens ; Rhododendron 

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

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

 encourager of botany and gardening; Andromeda axillaris, 

 coriiicea, and acuminata ; Styrax grandifblium and laevigaturn, 

 Kalm/fl 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 introduced eight trees and forty-eight shrubs. Mrs. Primmet 

 introduced Genista lusitanica; Mons. Richard, t/lmus pumila, 

 Caragdna Ckamldgu^ and Capritolium implexum; Sir Joseph 

 Banks, *Salix myrtilloides from Sweden ; Dr. Solander, /Spirae v a 

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

 dicans and monilifera. Messrs. Kennedy and Lee introduced 

 AristotelzV? Mcicqui, .E'phedra monostachya, Buddies globosa, 

 Gleditschfti horrida, jKharnnus alnifolius, and others. The cele- 

 brated botanist and traveller, Pallas, introduced Pyrus salicifolia 

 in 1 780, Diotis ceratoides, and Calligonum Pallasza. Dr. Nicholas 

 Jacquin introduced Cytisus capitatus, and Z)rypis spinosa ; Dr. 

 Pitcairn, Faccinium dumosum; Mr. William Malcolm, Gordon/a 

 pubescens; Mr. William Young, Faccinium stamineum ; John 

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

 land, Caragdna spinosa; Dr. Fothergill, that beautiful tree, Py- 

 rus spectabilis, .Suxus balearica, and Clematis fiorida. Salix 

 incubacea and Genista decumbens were introduced by Drs. 

 Fothergill and Pitcairn about the same time. Francis Masson 

 introduced Faccinium ^rctostaphylos. Benjamin Bewick in- 

 troduced Faccinium angustifolium. 



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

 restored), sixteen trees and thirty-five shrubs w r ere introduced, ac- 

 cording to the Hortus Kewensis. John Bell introduced Viburnum 

 dauricum, Z?etuhi daiirica, arid Caragdna Altagdna. John Busch 

 introduced Ribes Diacantha and ^Inus incana ; John Graefer, 

 Pyrus bollwylleriana and baccata, and that valuable evergreen, 

 Aiicuba japonica (female). William Forsyth cultivated Pinus 

 Banks/ami in 1785; William Young, Praxinus /uglandifolia ; 

 and Daniel Grimwood, /'Vaxinus pubescens. The Hudson's 

 Bay Company introduced f/Imus unduliita; John Fraser, Mag- 

 nolia auriculata, JRhodod&idron purictatum, and Quercus lyrata, 

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

 tensiw, Magn61ia conspicua,Pae6n/ Moutan> 7?( N >sa indica, Bcrberis 

 sibirica, and some vacciniums. Gilbert Slater introduced 7?osa 

 semperflorens in 1789; and the celebrated Professor Thouin, 



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