ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 

 BRITANNICUM ; 



OR, 



THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF BRITAIN, 

 Mati\3e anti jforeien, i^artig ann i^alf^fi^arUg, 



PICTORIALLY AND BOTANICALLY DELINEATED, 



AND SCIENTIFICALLY AND POPULARLY DESCRIBED ; 

 WITH 



THEIR PROPAGATION, CULTURE, MANAGEMENT, 



AND USES IN THE ARTS, IN USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS, AND IN 



PRECEDED BY A 



HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE 

 OF THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF TEMPERATE CLIMATES 

 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 



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



AUTHOR OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIAS OF GARDENING AND OF AGRICULTURE, 

 AND CONDUCTOR OF THE GARDENER's MAGAZINE. 



IN EIGHT VOLUMES *. 



FOUR OF LETTERPRESS, ILLUSTRATED BY ABOVE 2500 ENGRAVINGS; 

 AND FOUR OF OCTAVO AND QUARTO PLATES. 



VOL. I. 



HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND SCIENCE; AND DESCRIPTIONSj FROM 

 ^ANUNCULA^CE^ TO STAPH YLEA^CEiE, P. 494., INCLUSIVE. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR; 



AND SOLD BY 



LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS; 



THE PARTIALLY COLOURED AND COLOURED COPIES, BY 



JAMES RIDGWAY AND SONS. 

 1838. 



