4 34 Catalogue of Works 



nyms are given, so that any plant is known as well by its different' names 

 as by the adopted one ; the want of this has been of late much complained 

 of by cultivators." 



London, J. C. F.L.S. H.S. &c. Author of the Encyclopaedias of Gardening 

 and Agriculture, &c- : Hortus Britannicus ; a Catalogue of all the Plants 

 indigenous, cultivated in, or introduced into Britain, with the Scientific 

 Name, original Authority, Accentuation, English Name, two distinct 

 Classifications, Linnean and Jussieuean, the popular Character, Height, 

 Time of Flowering, Colour of the Flower, Native Country, Habit of 

 British Species, Year of Introduction, Soil, Propagation, and Reference 

 to Figures. With a Kalendarial Arrangement of hardy ornamental 

 Plants ; the popular Plants, and terms of Gardening and Agriculture, in 

 Four Languages ; and a Blank Appendix for additional Species. London. 

 8vo. 10*. 



The following are extracts from the preface: — 



" The advances made in botanical science, and the extraordinary acces- 

 sions to our garden collections within the last ten years, demand corres- 

 ponding improvement in botanical catalogues ; and the Hortus Britannicus 

 now submitted to the public, contains the following additions, in form, 

 materials, and details, not in any preceding work of the kind. 

 I. In form. 



1. Two distinct classifications; the artificial, or Linnean, in which the 

 genera and species are given ; and the natural, or Jussieuean, in which the 

 genera are given, but not the species. 



2. A classification of the ornamental hardy herbaceous plants, trees, and 

 shrubs, according to their time of flowering, the height they grow to, and 

 the colour of the flower. 



3. A classification of the ordinary plants, and seeds of commerce, in four 

 different languages. 



4. A classification of the names of implements, operations, and more 

 important technical terms of gardening and agriculture, in four different 

 languages. 



II. In matter. 



1. All the native British plants, including the whole of Cryptogamia, 

 Mosses, Lichens., Fungi, Algae, &c. 



2. Above 3000 species in cultivation in British gardens, not before in any 

 British catalogue 



3. An Appendix of blank numbers, by which 500 additional species or 

 varieties, or synonymous names, may be added in manuscript, as occasion 

 may require. 



III. In details. 



1. Instead of the four signs fj , %, $, 0, for trees, perennials, 

 biennials, and annuals, twenty different signs are used, distinguishing trees, 

 shrubs, undershrubs, climbers, twiners, trailers, creepers, evergreens, bulbs, 

 aquatics, &c. 



2. The popular character of each species is indicated ; i. e. whether a fruit 

 tree, timber tree, culinary plant, agricultural plant, weed, &c. 



3. The height to which every species grows, under ordinary circumstances, 

 in its native climate. 



4. The colour of the flower. 



5. The natural habitations of native plants. 



6. The mode of propagation in gardens. 



7. The most congenial soil for each species. 



8. An enumeration of all the species, in regular series, from the begin- 

 ning of the catalogue to the end, for the purpose of registering plants in gar- 

 dens, herbariums, &c. 



