Book I. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH FLORA. 



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991. Green-house and Dry-stove Plants. 



Trees and shrubs 

 Heaths 

 Geraniums 

 Proteas - - 



Sp. &Var. 

 1450: 

 400 

 150 

 120 



Climbers 

 Succulents - 

 Mese mbry anthemums 

 Bulbous-rooted plana 



Sp.&Var. ' Sp.&Var. 



. 90 Herbaceous and stemless plants 340 



170 



160 Total 31SO 



300 



992. Hot-house Plants. 



Trees and shrubs 

 Olimbers 

 Succulent plants 

 Bulbous-rooted plants 

 Herbaceous 



Sp. &Var. 

 850 

 150 

 130 



993. Annuals, native and exotic. 



Sp. &Var. 

 300 

 140 

 100 

 200 



Aquatics 



Reedy or scitamineoug 



Used in agriculture exclusive of grasses 



Sp. &Var. 

 28 

 55 



Sp. &Var. 



Hardy 



Halfhardy 



Tender - 



Esculent 



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. 



Apples ... 

 Pears ... 

 Medlars - 

 Quinces 

 Services 

 Oranges and Lemons 

 Peaches - 

 Nectarines 

 Almonds 



100 

 50 

 6 



Apricots - 

 Pfums - 

 Cherries - 

 Grapes - 



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Gooseberries 

 Currants 

 Raspberries 

 Strawberries 



200 

 4 

 10 

 20 



Cranberry 



Mulberries 



Filberts 



Walnuts 



Chestnuts 



Melons 



Pine-apples 



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



Sp.&Var. Sp.&Var, 



11 16 



12 20 

 14 18 



Cabbage tribe - 

 Leguminous plants 

 Esculent roots - 

 Spinaceous plants 

 Alliaceous plants 

 Asparaginous plants 

 Acetaceous plants 



Pot-herbs and gamishings 



Sweet herbs - 



Plants used in confectionary 1 



and domestic medicine J 

 Plants used as preserves and | 



pickles - - J 



Sp.&Var. 

 Edible -wild plants which "J 31 31 



may be us 

 Edible fungi 

 Edible fuci 



12 26 



Total 154 337 



997. Florists' Flowers, used in Floriculture 



Sp.&Var. 



200 



5U0 

 100 



Bulbotis.roottd PUnts, 

 Hyacinths 

 Tulips .... 



Crocuses - 



Narcissi - 



Irises 



Fritillaries - - . 



Crown-imperials 



Dens canis 



Colchicums ... 

 Other sorts 



Fibrous-rooted Plant*. 

 Auriculas 

 Polvanthi - 

 Primroses 

 Cowslips 



Pinks . . . . 

 Carnations 



Sp.&Var. 



. 10 



100 



100 

 20 

 10 



200 



Tubmnu-rootcd Plants. 

 Dahlias ... 



Pseonies 

 Ranunculuses 

 Anemonies . . - 



Sp.&Var. 



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

 scape-gardening. 



Sp.&Var. Sp.&Var. 



Trees planted for timber ..... - 100 Shrubs plan tedfor various uses, as fuel, charcoal, 1 an 



Trees planted for 

 Hedge-plants 



other useful purposes 



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

 in various Arts. 



Plants used for dveing 

 Plants used for the clothing arts 

 Sea plants used - 



Mosses used in dyeing - 



. for various purposes i 



Sp. &Var. 

 2 2 

 2 % 

 6 6 

 1 1 

 6 6 



Total 65 112 



Sp. &Var. 

 Grains for human food ......420 



Leguminous seeds ... .. -4 10 



Roots 6 20 



Herbage plants, not grasses - - - 9 15 



grasses, and grasses for grains for the infe- \ o o 5 



rior animals ...... ^ at *** 



Plants used for furnishing oils and essences - - 5 5 



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



Sp. &Var. 



Border-flowers, or such as 'are used in flower-gar- 1 .-qq Used for distillation and perfumery - 



dens and shrubberies, in ordinary cases about J 



Used in the modem pharmacopoeias ... 50 Total 870 



Sold by herbalists, and used by quacks and irregu-") 2 



lar practitioners ...... J 



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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Sp.&Var. 

 20 



