AN 



ENCYCLOPAEDIA 



OF 



GARDENING? 



COMPRISING THE 



THEORY AND PRACTICE 



/ / O 



HORTICULTURE, FLORICULTURE, 

 ARBORICULTURE, 



AND 



LANDSCAPE-GARDENING, 



INCLUDING 



ail tBe latent 3Improt>ement0 ; 



A GENERAL HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ALL COUNTRIES ^ 



AND A STATISTICAL VIEW OF ITS PRESENT STATE, 



WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR ITS FUTURE PROGRESS, IN THE 

 BRITISH ISLES. 



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



ILLUSTRATED WITH 



MANY HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD BY BRANSTON, 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR 



LONGMAN, ilEES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, 



PATERNOSTER-EOW. 



1826. 



