82 HISTORY AND GEOCxRAl'HY OF TREES. PART I. 



Broussonetz'tf papyrifera from Japan in 1751. Father DTncar- 

 ville introduced the Aildntus glandulosa from China, also in 

 1751 ; Jas. Gordon of Mile End, the £/'lmus americana in 1752 : 

 that remarkable tree the Salisbury adiantifolia was cultivated 

 by him in 1754 ; the parent tree, a male, still exists (see p. 78.), 

 and from it, in all probability, originated all the male trees of 

 the same species, not only in Europe, but in North America ; 

 he introduced the Sophbra japonica in 1753, and the Cornus 

 alternifolia in 1 760. Archibald Duke of Argyll introduced 

 the Darix microcarpa and the Smilax rotundifolia in the same 

 year. John Ellis introduced HaleszVz tetraptera and diptera in 

 1756 and 1758; Messrs. Kennedy and Lee, Puonymus atro- 

 purpureus ; Hugh Duke of Northumberland, Pinus resinosa ; 

 Christopher Gray, Viburnum nitidum. The Duke of Bedford 

 cultivated Pinus rigida before 1759; and Populus dilatata, the 

 Lombardy poplar, was introduced from Italy by the Earl of 

 Rocheford in 1758. No fewer than fifty articles were introduced 

 or cultivated by Miller during this decade. Among these are, 

 ^fcer creticum, in 1752, probably the small tree still existing 

 in the Chelsea Garden ; A. O'pulus, heterophyllum, and tatari- 

 cum ; Daphne Cneorum and pontica, Lonicera tatarica, Mag- 

 \\b\ia tripetala, several species of Phamnus, Phuja occidentalis, 

 Zilia americana, ^4 v bies rubra, Pinus maritima and several 

 others, Petula lenta, Pyrus j>runifolia, Cotoneaster tomentosa, 

 Daphne alpina, Liquidambar imberbis. Among the trees and 

 shrubs recorded in the period, without the name of the intro- 

 ducer, are, ^4 v cer pennsylvanicum, Berberis canadensis ; Cerasus 

 caroliniana, a beautiful sub-evergreen low tree from Carolina, too 

 much neglected in England; Posa sinica, ShepherdzVz canadensis, 

 Planers Richard/, and Oxycoccus macrocarpus. 



From 1761 to 1770 (Geo. III.), twelve trees and forty shrubs 

 were introduced. Jas. Gordon introduced, or had in cultivation, 

 Pilia alba, Petula excelsa, Clematis virginiana, Piburnum cassi- 

 rcoides and Lentago, .Hypericum alatum, and Puonymus verru- 

 cosus. John Bartram introduced Mitchells repens ; John 

 Busch, Pedum palustre, Fothergilltf alnifolia, Xanthorhiza opii- 

 folia; Mr. Bennet, Pedum latifolium ; George William Earl of 

 Coventry, Kolreuterza paniculata from China, Prica australis, 

 and Salix retusa from Italy. John Greening cultivated Pav/a 

 flava; Joseph Brooks, Prica stricta ; John Cree, Pumelia tenax ; 

 Dr. Fothergill, Populus heterophylla ; Messrs. Kennedy and 

 Lee, Crataegus elliptica, ^>yrifolia, and that fine tree, Pagus fer- 

 rugjnea. Sir Joseph Banks introduced Phodora canadensis in 

 1767; John Ord, Genista triquetra; Peter Collinson, ^f'lnus 

 serrulata, and Paccinium virgatum ; Hugh Duke of Northum- 

 berland, Populus grae v ca and laevigata ; and Miller, Sambucus 

 canadensis, Genista purgans, and Pubus hispidus. The 



