BOOK I. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH FLORA. 



991. Green-house and Dry-stove Plants. 



Trees and shrubs 

 Heaths 

 Geraniums 

 I'roteas - - 



Sp.&Var. 



- 1450 

 400' 

 150 

 120 



Mesymbryanthemums - 

 Bulbous-rooted plants - 



Sp.&Var. 



. 90 



- 170 



160 



300 



Herbaceous and stemless plants 340 



992. Hot-house Plants. 



Trees and shrubs 

 Climbers 

 Succulent plants 

 Bulbous-rooted plants 

 Herbaceous 



Aquatics 



Reedy or scitaminous 



Sp.&Var. 



993. Annuals, native and exotic* 



Hardy 

 Half hardy 

 Tender 

 Esculent 



gp.&Var. 



. 300 

 140 

 100 



Used in agriculture exclusive of grasses 



Sp.&Var. 

 - 80 



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. 



994. 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-varying number of varieties. 



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



Sp.&Var. 



2 

 6 

 3 

 3 



996. Esculent Herbaceous Plants, annuals and perennials, used in Horticulture. 



Sp. &Var. Sp. &Var. Sp. &Var. 



' 35 Pot-herbsandgamishings II 16 Edible wild plants which 1 ,, ., 

 59 Sweet herbs ... 12 20 ' may be used - - - j 31 31 



Cabbage tribe - - 

 Leguminous plants 

 Esculent roots - 

 Spinaceous plants - 

 Alliaceous plants 

 Asparaginous plants 

 Acetaceous plants 



3 



10 45 



6 10 



7 18 



11 13 

 25 40 



may be use 

 Edible fungi 



Plants used as preserves and! 



Total 154 337 



997. Florists' Flowers, used in Floriculture. 



Sp.&Vi 



Bultotu-rootedPUnti. 

 Hyacinths - . 



Tulips .... 

 Crocuses - 

 Narcissi - . 



FritUIaries" - " . " 

 Crown-imperials 

 Dens canis - 



200 

 300 

 100 

 200 



Colchicums - 

 Other sorts - 



Fibrout-rooteJ Plants. 

 Auriculas 

 Polyanthi 

 Primroses 

 Cowslips '- 

 Pinks ' - - - 

 Carnations 



Sp.&Var. 

 10 

 100 



Tuberous-rooted Planti. 

 Dahlias 

 Pseonies 

 Ranunculuses 

 Anemonies ... 



Sp.&Var. 



400 

 20 

 300 

 200 



998. Hardy Timber-trees and Shrubs, used in Arboriculture, Floriculture, and Land- 

 scape-gardening. 



Sp.&Var. Sp.&Var. 



Trees planted for timber ..... - 100 Shrubs planted for various uses, as fuel, charcoal,") an 



other useful purposes ... 20 bark, firewood, &c. - - - - - J * 



Trees planted for ornament 180 



Hedge-plants 10 Total 330 



999. Agricultural Herbaceous Plants, grown for Food for Men and Cattle, and for use 

 in various Arts. 



Sp. &Var. 



Grains for human food 4 20 



Leguminous seeds - - - 4 10 



Rorts 6 20 



Herbage plants, not grasses ..... 9 15 



i grasses, and grasses for grains for the infe- 1 20 25 



rior animals ...... j 



Plants used for furnishing oils and essences - - 5 5 



Plants used for dyeing 

 Plants used for the clothing arts 



Sea.plants used 



Mosses used in dyeing - - 

 for various purposes in the arts 



Total 65 112 



1000. Miscellaneous applications of Hardy Perennials, native and exotic. 



Sp.&Var. 



Border-flowers, or such as 'are used hi flower -gar-1 

 dens and shrubberies, in ordinary cases about J 

 Used in the modem pharmacopoeias ... 50 



Sold by herbalists, and used by quacks and irregu-1 an 



lar practitioners ...... J 



Used for distillation and perfumery 



Sp.&Var. 

 20 



1001. Application of curious Hot-house Exotics, or such plants 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 



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