Book I. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH FLORA. 



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1811. Hot-house Plants. 



Sp.&Var. 



850 



150 



- 130 



Trees and shrubs 



Climbers - - - - 



Succulent plants ... 



Bulbous-roottd plants 



Herbaceous .... 



1812. Annuals, native and exotic. 



Sp. & Var, 

 Hardy - - - - - 30C 



Half hardy - - - 140 



Aquatics 



Reedy or scitamineous 



300 Used in agriculture exclusive of grasses 



Sp. & Var. 



25 

 55 



Sp, & Var. 



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 



Quinces 



Services 



Oranges and Lemons 



Peaches 



Nectarines 



Almonds 



Sp.&Var- 



600 



400 



2 



2 



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 



Total in ordinary nursery catalogues 1906 



1815. Esculent Herbaceous Planti 



Cabbage tribe 

 JLeguminoiLs plants 

 Esculent roots 

 Spinaceous plants 

 Alliaceous plants 

 Asparaginous plants 

 Acetaceous plants 



Sp. Var. 



1 35 



3 59 



10 45 



6 10 



7 18 



11 18 

 25 40 



annuals and perennials, used in Horticulture. 



Sp.Var. 



Pot herbs and gamishings 



Sweet htrbs 



Plants used in confectionary 1 



and domestic medicine J 

 Plants used as preserves and \ 



pickles - J 



Sp. Var. 



11 16 



12 20 

 14 18 

 12 26 



Edible wild plants which! ~, ., 

 may be used - - J" ^^ >* 



1816. 



Bulboiis-rooted PlaiUt. 

 Hyacinths 

 Tulips 

 Crocuses 

 Narcissus 

 Irises 

 Fritillaries 

 Crown-imperials 

 Dens canis 



Florists' Flowers, used in Floriculture. 



Sp.&Var. 



300 

 100 

 200 



Colchicums - . . 

 Other sorts 



Fibrous-rooted Plants, 



Auriculas . . . 

 Polyanthuses 



Primroses . . . 



Cowslips . . . 



Pinks . . - . 

 Carnations 



Total 154 337 



Sp.&Var. 

 Tuberous-rooted Plants. 

 Dahlias - - 400 



PfEonies - - - 20 



Ranunculuses - - 300 



Anemones - - - 200 



10 



200 

 300 



Arboriculture, 



Total 2666 



Floriculture, and 



1817. Hardy Timber-trees and Shrubs, used 

 Landscape-gardening. 



Sp.&Var. 

 Trees planted for timber - - 100 Shrubs 



Trees planted for other useful purposes - - 20 bark, 



Trees planted for ornament - - 180 



Hedge-planls ... - 10 Total 330 



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

 use in various Arts. 



Sp.&Var. 

 ilanted for various uses, as fuel, charcoal,! q^ 



irewood,&c J 



Grains for human food 

 Leguminous seeds 

 Roots 



Herbage plants, not grasses - - - 9 



Herbage gi-asses, and grasses for grains for the infe-l 90 



rior animals - - - - J 



Plants used for furnishing oils and essences 5 



Sp.Var. 

 4 20 

 4 10 

 6 20 

 9 15 



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. 



Sp.&Var. 

 Border-flowers, or such as are used in flower-gar- J^ 2qq Used for distillation and perfumery 



Sp.Var. 

 \ 2 

 2 2 

 6 6 

 1 1 

 6 6 



Sp.&Var. 



dens and shrubberies, in ordinary cases about 

 Used in the modern pharmacopoeias 

 Sold by herbalists, and used by quacks and irregu-l 



lar practitioners 



1820. Application of curious hot-house exotics, or such plants of omainent 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 

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

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



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