Book I. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH FLORA. 



21S 



991. Green-house and Dry-stove Plants. 



Trees and shrubs 

 Heat)is 

 tjeraniums 

 Proteas - 



Sp. &Var. 



1450 . 

 400 

 150 

 120 



Climbers 

 Succulents - 

 Mesymbryanthemums 

 Bulbous-rooted plants 



Sp.&Var. 



. 90 

 170 

 160 

 500 



Sp.&Var. 



Herbaceous and stemless plants 340 



992. Hot-house Plants. 



Trees and shrubs 

 Climbers 

 Succulent plants 

 Bulbous-rooted plants 

 Herbaceous 



Sp. &Var. 



850 

 150 

 150 

 80 



Aquatics 



Reedy or scitaminous 



Sp. &Var. 



28 

 55 



993. Annuals, native and exotic. 



Hardy 

 Half hardy 

 Tender 

 Esculent 



Used in agriculture eidusive of grasses 



Total. Hardy, 4580; green-house and dry-stove, 3180 ; hot-house, 1463 ; annuals, 820; 

 total, 10,043 ; of these, above 3000 may be considered as varieties, so that the actual 

 hortus procurable in British nurseries, may be estimated, as to the British hortus of books, 

 as 7 to 12, or including the cryptogamous plants, as 8 to 12. 



994. With respect to the application of the purchasable Flora of Britain, including species 

 and varieties, we submit the following as only a rude outline, the subject not admitting 

 of perfect accuracy from the ever-varying number of varieties. 



995. Varieties of Fruit-trees, and Fruit-bearing Plants, for Sale in British Nurseries. 



Apples . . . • 

 p^frs .... 



Medlars - . . • 

 Quinces • - - 

 Services . - . - 

 Oranges and Lemons 

 Peaches . - - • 

 Nectarines - • - 

 Almonds 



Sp.&Var. 



Apricots - 

 Plums - 

 Cherries - 

 Grapes - 



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Gooseberries 



Currants 



Raspberries 



Strawberries 



150 

 100 

 50 

 30 

 200 

 4 

 10 



Cranberry 



Mulberries 



FUberts 



Walnuts 



Chestnuts 



Melons 



Pine-apples 



Sp.&Van 



2 

 6 

 5 

 3 



996. Fsculent Herbaceous Plants, annuals and perennials, used in Horticulture. 



Pot-herbs and gamisliings 



Cabbage tribe - 

 I,eguminous plants 

 Esculent roots - 

 Spinaceous plants 

 Alliaceous plants 

 Asparaginous plants 

 Acetaceous plants 



Sp.&Var. 



1 35 



3 59 



10 45 



6 10 



7 18 



11 18 

 25 40 



yeetl 



12 20 

 18 



Plants used in confectionary \ 

 and domestic medicine J 



Plants used as preserves andl , « 

 pickles - - . S ° 



Sp.&Var. 



Edible wUd plants which 1 

 may be used- - . J 

 Edible fungi - - 3 3 



Edible fiici - - - 8 8 



Total 154 537 



997. Florists' Flowers, used in Floriculture. 



Sp. &Var. 



BiUbotis-rooted Plants, 

 Hvacinths 



Tulips . - . . 

 Crocuses . - • . 

 Narcissi - . - 

 Irisfes . . . . 

 Fritilljiries - 

 CroMm-imperials 

 Dens canis - - . 



500 

 100 

 200 

 60 

 20 

 20 

 6 



Colchicums ... 

 Other sorts - 



Fibrous-rooted Plants. 

 Auriculas . - - . 

 Polyanthi ... 

 Primroses . ■. . 

 Cowslips 



Pinks . . . . 

 Carnations - , • 



100 

 20 

 10 



COO 



Tuberous.rooted PUiiUs. 

 Dahlias - 

 Pasonies 

 Ranunculuses 

 Anemonies ... 



Sp.&Var. 



400 



20 

 300 



998. Hardy Timber-trees and Shrubs, used in Arboriculture, Floriculture, and Land- 

 scape-gardening. 



Sp.&Var. Sp.&Var. 

 Trees planted for timber . . - . . - 100 Shrubs planted for various uses, as fuel, charcoal,! 



.20 bark, firewood, &c J 



Trees planted for ornament 

 Hedge-plants 



other useful purposes 



20 



Total 330 



999. Agricultural Herbaceous Plants, grown for Food for Men and Cattle, and for use 

 in various Arts. 



j-20 



Plants used for dyeing - . . . 

 Plants used for tlie clothing arts 

 Sea-plants used . . - • . 

 Mosses used in dyeing - - - • 

 for varioiis purposes in the aits 



Sp. &Var, 

 2 2 

 2 2 

 6 6 

 1 1 

 6 6 



Total 65 112 



Used for distillation and perfumery 



Grains for human food ------ 



Leguminous seeds ... - 

 Roots ......... 



Herbage plants, not grasses . . . ■. 



grasses, and grasses for grains for the infe- 



rior animals - - - - 



Plants used for furnishing oils and essences - 



1000. Miscellaneous applicatiom of Hardy Perennials, native and exotic. 



Sp.&Var. 



Border-flowers, or such as are used in flower-gar-T ,00 



dens and shrubberies, in ordinary cases about J 

 Used in the modem pharmacopoeias ... 50 



Sold by herbalists, and used by quacks and irregu- 1 on — — 



lar practitioners ...... j 



1001. Application of curious Hot-house Exotics, or such j)lants of ornament as require the 

 protection of glass. Of these there are in ordinary green-houses seldom more than 100 species 

 and varieties, and not more than half that number in most of our plant-stoves. The 

 remainder of this class are confined to the public and private botanic gardens, and to eminent 



P 3 



Sp.&Var. 

 20 



Total 870 



