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HISTORY AND GEOGRArilY OF TREES. 



t'AUT I. 



BroLissoii^t/a papyrifera from Japan in 1751. Father D'lncar- 

 ville introduced the Aildntus glandulosa from China, also in 

 1751 ; Jas. Gordon of Mile End, the L/^lmus americana in 1752 : 

 that remarkable tree the Salisbury adiantifolia was cultivated 

 by him in 1754 ; the parent tree, a male, still exists (see p. 78.), 

 and from it, in all probability, originated all the male trees of 

 the same species, not only in Europe, but in North America; 

 he introduced the Sophbra japonica in 1753, and the Cornus 

 alternif^lia in 1760. Archibald Duke of Argyle introduced 

 the iarix microcarpa and the ^Smilax rotundif61ia in the same 

 year. John Ellis introduced Halesm tetraptera and diptera in 

 1756 and 1758; Messrs. Kennedy and Lee, ^uonymus atro- 

 purpiireus; Hugh Duke of Northumberland, Pinus resinosa; 

 Christopher Gray, Fiburnum mtidum. The Duke of Bedford 

 cultivated Plnus rigida before 1759; and Populus dilatata, the 

 Lombardy poplar, was introduced from Italy by the Earl of 

 Rochefort in 1758. No fewer than fifty articles were introduced 

 or cultivated by Miller during this decade. Among these are, 

 ^""cer creticum, in 1752, probably the small tree still existing 

 in the Chelsea Garden ; A. O'pulus, heterophyllum, and tatari- 

 cum ; Daphne Cneorum and pontica, Lonicer« tatarica, Mag- 

 noMa Iripetala, several species of i^hamnus, 7'huja occidentalis, 

 Tilia americana, ^^bies rubra, Pinus maritima and several 

 others, i?etula lenta, Pyrus j^runifolia, Cotoneaster tomentosa, 

 jDaphne alpina, Liquidambar imberbis. Among the trees and 

 shrubs recorded in the period, without the name of the intro- 

 ducer, are, ^""cer pennsylvanicum, Berberis canadensis ; Cerasus 

 caroliniana, a beautiful sub-evergreen low tree from Carolina, too 

 much neglected in England; iZosa shiica, Shepherdm canadensis, 

 Planer« Richard/, and Oxycoccus macrocarpus. 



From 1761 to 1770 (Geo. III.), twelve trees and forty shrubs 

 were introduced. Jas. Gordon introduced, or had in cultivation, 

 Tilia alba, jBetula excelsa, Clematis virginiana, Fiburnum cassi- 

 nbidQS and Lentago, ifypericum alatum, and Puonymus verru- 

 cosus. John Bertram introduced Mitchella repens ; John 

 Busch, iedum palustre, Fothergilk alnifolia, Xanthorhiza apii- 

 folia; Mr. Bennet, iedum latifolium ; George William Earl of 

 Coventry, Kblreuterm paniculata from China, Prica australis, 

 and iSalix retusa from Italy. John Greening cultivated Pavza 

 flava ; Joseph Brooks, Prica stricta ; John Cree, Pumelia tenax ; 

 Dr. Fothergill, Populus heterophylla ; Messrs. Kennedy and 

 Lee, Cratae'gus elllptica, ^yrifolia, and that fine tree, Pagus fer- 

 ruginea. Sir Joseph Banks introduced Phodora canadensis in 

 1767; John Ord, Genista triquetra ; Peter Collinson, ^'Inus 

 serrulata, and Pacclnium virgatum ; Hugh Duke of Northum- 

 berland, Populus grae^ca and laevigata; and Miller, ^ambucus 

 canadensis, Genista purgans, and Pubus hispidus. The 



