SYLVA FLORIFERA: 



THE 



HISTORICALLY AND BOTANICALLY TREATED ; 



WITH 

 OBSERVATIONS ON THE FORMATION OF 



ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS, 



AND 



PICTURESQUE SCENERY. 



By HENRY PHILLIPS, F.H.S. 



AUTHOR OP POMARIUM BBITANNICUM, 

 AND HISTORY OF CULTIVATED VEGETABLES. 



Sylva nemus non alta facit : tegit arbutus herbam : 



Rosmaris et lauri, nigraque myrtus olent. 

 Nee densae foliis buxi, fragilesque myricaj, 



Nee tenues cytisi, cultaque pinus abest. Ovid. Art Am. 





IN TWO VOLUMES. 



VOL. I. 

 LONDON: 



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

 PATEfi N OSTER-BOW. 



- 1823. 



