Ко. 1507. 
FOTHERGILLA GARDENI. 
Class. Order. 
POLYANDRIA DIGY N1A. 
This genus was named by Linnaeus, іп 
honour of the great and excellent Dr. John 
Fothergill, who was a most liberal en- 
courager of the science of Botany. Avery 
great number of plants, from different parts 
of the world, were introduced by him, and 
cultivated in magnificent style at his garden 
at Upton, Essex. He sent out our late 
friend, W. Bartram, in 1773, to Florida, 
Georgia, and Carolina, in quest of objects 
of Natural History, and is said to have | 
possessed upwards of 3400 species of plants 
from warm countries, and 3000 others that 
would endure our climate. 
The Fothergilla Gardeni is a native of Ca- 
rolina, perfectly hardy; with us it flowers 
in June, and should be planted in a border 
of peat and loam. It will increase by 
suckers, and also by layers, which take 
two years to acquire sufficient roots. 
