ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 

 BRITANNICUM; 



OR, 



THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF BRITAIN, 



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PICTORIALLY AND BOTANICALLY DELINEATED, 



AND SCIENTIFICALLY AND POPULARLY DESCRIBED; 



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WITH 



THEIR PROPAGATION, CULTURE, MANAGEMENT, 



AND USES IN THE ARTS, IN USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS, AND IN 



LANDSCAPE-GARDENING ; 



PRECEDED BY A HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE 



OF THE TREES AND SHRUBS OP TEMPERATE CLIMATES 



THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 



BY J. C. LOUDON, F.L. & H.S. &c. 



AUTHOR OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIAS OF GARDENING AND OF AGRICULTURE. 



IN EIGHT VOLUMES: 



FOUR OF LETTERPRESS, ILLUSTRATED BY ABOVE 2500 ENGRAVINGS: 

 AND FOUR OF OCTAVO AND QUARTO PLATES. 



VOL. I. 



HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND SCIENCE ; AND DESCRIPTIONS, FROM 

 .BANUNCULA^EiE TO STAPHYLEA V CE^, P. 494., INCLUSIVE. 



SECOND EDITION. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR; 



AND SOLD BY 



LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, 



PATERNOSTER-ROW. 

 1844. 



