Appendix 5 



Species Included in "A Catalog of Plants in the National 

 Conservatories," Prepared by William R. Smith in 1854* 



Scientific Plant Name 



Common Name 



Origin 



Acacias in variety 

 Agave americana 

 Aleurites moluccana 

 Aloe species 



Annona cherimola 



Annona muricata 

 Antiaris toxicaria 



Araucaria heterophylla 

 Ardisia species 

 Aristolochia grandiflora 

 Azaleas in variety 

 Babiana species 

 Banksia robur 



Banksia serrata 



Banksia species 

 Brunsvigia species 

 Cactus in variety 

 Calathea zebrina 

 Callistemon citrinus 

 Callistemon linearifolius 



Acacia 



Century Plant 

 Candle-Nut Tree 



Cherimoya 



Soursop 

 Upas Tree 



Norfolk Island Pine 

 Ardisia 



Pelican Flower 

 Azalea 



Baboon Flower 



Mexico 

 Asia 



Old World 

 (chiefly Afr.) 



Andes of Peru 

 and Ecuador 



Trop. Amer. 



Trop. Afr. 

 and Asia to 

 Philippine Is. 

 and Fiji Is. 



Norfolk Island 



Caribbean 



So. Afr. 



Queensland, 

 New So. Wales 



Queensland, 

 New So. Wales 



Zebra Plant Brazil 

 Crimson Bottlebrush Australia 

 Bottlebrush New So. Wales 



* William R. Smith, "A Catalogue of Plants in the National Conservatories," 

 A Popular Catalogue of the Extraordinary Curiosities in the National Institute 

 Arranged in the Building Belonging to the Patent Office, Washington: Alfred 

 Hunter, 1854, p. 64. 



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