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Duchess of Portland introduced Faccinium frondosum. Among 

 the plants respecting which merely the dates at which they were 

 introduced to, or first cultivated in, Britain, are recorded in the 

 Hortus Kewensis, are, Gaultherza procumbens ; Rhododendron 

 ponticum, introduced, we are informed, by Conrad Loddiges, 

 who sold the first plant to the Marquess of Rockingham, a noble 

 encourager of botany and gardening; Andromeda axillaris, 

 coriacea, and acuminata; >Styrax grandifolium and lsevigatum, 

 Kalmza glauca, and that delightful shrub, Chimonanthus fra- 

 grans. The last, we are informed, was first cultivated by the 

 Earl of Coventry at Croome. 



From 1771 to 1780 (Geo. III., during the American war), 

 were introduced eight trees and forty-eight shrubs. Mrs. Primmet 

 introduced Genista lusitanica; Mons. Richard, LHmus pumila, 

 Caragana Chamldgu, and Caprifolium implexum; Sir Joseph 

 Banks, Sklix myrtilloides from Sweden ; Dr. Solander, £pira? N a 

 laevigata from Siberia; Dr. Hope of Edinburgh, Populus can- 

 dicans and monilifera. Messrs. Kennedy and Lee introduced 

 Aristotelz'tf Macqui, Ephedra monostachya, Buddies globosa, 

 Gleditschz'a horrida, Phamnus «lnifolius, and others. The cele- 

 brated botanist and traveller, Pallas, introduced Pyrus salicifolia 

 in 1 780, Diotis ceratoides, and Calligonum Pallas/^. Dr. Nicholas 

 Jacquin introduced Cytisus capitatus, and Drypis spinosa ; Dr. 

 Pitcairn, Faccinium dumosum; Mr. William Malcolm, Gordon/a 

 pubescens; Mr. William Young, Paccinium stamineum ; John 

 Earl of Bute, Genista germanica ; Hugh Duke of Northumber- 

 land, Caragana spinosa; Dr. Fothergill, that beautiful tree, Py- 

 rus spectabilis, Puxus balearica, and Clematis florida. £alix 

 incubacea and Genista decumbens were introduced by Drs. 

 Fothergill and Pitcairn about the same time. Francis Masson 

 introduced Paccinium ^rctostaphylos. Benjamin Bewick in- 

 troduced Paccinium angustifolium. 



From 1781 to 1790 (Geo. III., intercourse with America being 

 restored), sixteen trees and thirty-five shrubs were introduced, ac- 

 cording to the Hortus Kewe?isis. John Bell introduced Viburnum 

 dauricum, Petula daurica, and Caragana Altagana. John Busch 

 introduced Ribes Diacantha and ^flnus incana ; John Graefer, 

 Pyrus bollwylleriana and baccata, and that valuable evergreen, 

 Aucuba japonica (female). William Forsyth cultivated Pinus 

 Banksw?ia in 1785; William Young, Praxinus yuglandifolia ; 

 and Daniel Grimwood, Praxinus pubescens. The Hudson's 

 Bay Company introduced LHmus undulata; John Fraser, Mag- 

 nolia auriculata, Phododendron punctatum, and Quercus lyrata, 

 imbricaria, and rotundifolia; Sir Joseph Banks, Hydrangea Hor- 

 tensitf, MagnokVz conspicua, Psebnia Moitfa?i 9 P6sa indica, Berberis 

 sibirica, and some vacciniums. Gilbert Slater introduced Posa 

 semperflorens in 1789; and the celebrated Professor Thouin, 



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