SYLVA FLORIFERA 



THE 



HISTORICALLY AND BOTANIC ALLY TREATED ; 



WITH 

 OBSERVATIONS ON THE FORMATION OF 



ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS, 



AND 



PICTURESQUE SCENERY. 



BY HENRY PHILLIPS, RH.S. 



AUTHOR OF POMARIUM BRITANNICUM, 

 AND HISTORY OF CULTIVATED VEGETABLES. 



Sylva nemus non alta facit : tegit arbutus herbam : 



Rosmaris et lauri, nigraque myrtus olent. 

 Nee densa; foliis buxi, fragilesque myric, 



Nee tenues cytisi, cultaque pinus abest. OVID. Ars Am. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 



VOL. I. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, 

 PATERNOSTER-BOW. 



1823. 



