650 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1908. 
Minads, Hortus CREM A 1678—1703. 
Rumphius, Herbar mboinense, 1750. 
ee Plants of dhe Coast of Coromandel, 1795—1819. 
oxbu urgh, Hortus Bengalensis, 
Serer Flora Indica, manuscript finished before 1820. 
Voigt, Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis, published in 1845. 
oigt was in charge of the Serampore ‘Garden from 1834 to 
the beginning of 1843.) 
Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. i, 1875; vol, ii, 1879 ; 
vol. iii, 1882; vol. iv, 1885; ‘vol. v, 1890; vol. vi, 1894; 
vol. vi 
Waitt, Dicwonacy of the Economic Products of India, 1889— 
1893. 
Firminger, Gardening for India, 3rded., 1874; 5th ed., 1904. 
Prain, Bengal Plants, 1903. 
We may therefore somewhat arbitrarily distinguish the 
following periods 
Period I: up to the arrival of the Portiigumed: 1498. 
Period II: up to the completed publication of the Hortus 
Malabaricus, 1703. 
Period III: up to the completion of Roxburgh’s works in 
1820. 
Period IV : up to the end of Voigt’s Indian career, 1843. 
Period V: up to the completion of the Flora Indica, 1897. 
Period VI: after set _including Col. Prain’s elaboration 
of the “ Bengal P. 
To period I SNe Wejell sativa. Papaver somniferum 
(in Bihar probably not cultivated long before 1600). 
Capsella Bursa-pastoris. Thlaspi arvense. Lepidiwm sati- 
vum. Punica Granatum. Ricinus communis. Cannabis 
sativa. Allium ascalonicum. Allium ampeloprasum. Alli- 
um QOepa. Allium sativum. Pennisetum typhoideum. 13 
species = 5°5 °/,. 
— dII. <Anona reticulata. Anona squamosa. Argem 
Biza Orellana. Hibiscus hirtus. Hibiscus aie 
ucshes Carambola. Averrhea Bilimbi. Anacardiwm occidentale. 
sa damascena. Psidium Guyava. Eugenia malaccensis. Cari- 
ca Papaya, Tagetes patulus. Tagetes evéctis: Helianthus annuus, 
hrysanthemum indicum. Ipomoea Batatas. Quamoclit coccinea. 
Solanum tuberosum. + Nicotiana Tabacum. Nicotiana rustica, EHu- 
phorbia Tirucalli. Ananas sativus. Balamcanda chinensis. Poli- 
anthes tuberosa. 25 species=11-1°/.. 
Period II. Biza Orellana. Talinum patens. Hibiscus Ma- 
nihot. Hibiscus radiatus. Hibiscus syriacus. Hibiscus Rosa-sinen- 
ed a pe pei Guazuma tomentosa. Tribulus cistoides. 
usena Wamp. Triphasia Aurantiola. Citrus decumana. 
Swietenia Mahagoni (1795). Litchi chinensis. Euphoria Longana. 
Pterocarpus indicus, 
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(794), Arachis hypegma (mentioned. by ror oe en anaes 
