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HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF TREES. PART I. 



semperflorens in 1789; and the celebrated Professor Thouin, 

 the first horticulturist of his day, Nitraria Schober/ in 1788. 

 The following ample list was introduced by Conrad Loddiges 

 during this period; the names having been supplied to us by 

 the present Messrs. Loddiges, his sons : — 3f6rus tatarica, penn- 

 sylvanica, and rubra; Cornus circinata, Genista sibirica, jRho- 

 dodendron Chamsecistus and *punctatum, ^^cer hybridum and 

 trilobatum, Juniperus thurifera, Prunus dasycarpa, *Robin/a 

 glutinosa, "^^'sculus macrostachya, Berberis daurica, Cratte^gus 

 Oxyacantha rosea ; Aralia coccinea crispa, nudiflora rubra, and 

 nudiflora staminea ; ^etula sibirica and pumila, ^mygdalus 

 sibirica, *Calycanthus fertilis ; Andromeda calyculata, ven- 

 tricosa, and CatesbfeV; A'\nus pumila, Cornus sibirica, Ribes 

 triflorum, Robinza ferox, i26sa acicularis and corymbosa, 

 i^ubus niger, (S'pirse^a 5orbif61ia, Thuja plicata and tatarica. 

 Of these species introduced by Conrad Loddiges, those marked 

 with a star were received by him from the celebrated botanist 

 and collector for the French government, Andre Michaux ; 

 almost all the others were received from William Bartrara of 

 Kingsessing, Pennsylvania. 



From 1791 to 1800 (Geo. IIL), were introduced nineteen trees 

 and fifty shrubs. John Bell introduced Jimiperus daiirica. 

 William Forsyth introduced Berberis zlicifolia ; John Bell, 

 Azalea pontica ; Sir George Staunton, i?6sa bracteata ; John 

 Busch, Caragdna jubata and ^Rhododendron chrysanthum ; 

 Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, i?5sa ferox ; Messrs. Fraser, Quer- 

 cus triloba. Conrad Loddiges introduced ^tragene austriaca and 

 americana, Cytisus purpureus, Andromeda Catesbse^z, Aralia his- 

 pida, and i^raxinus ^ambucifcMia ; and also, according to Messrs. 

 Loddiges, Castanea americana, Cytisus supinus, t/uniperus alpina 

 and sibirica, Prinos lanceolatus and Isevigatus, ^Spiras^a cana- 

 densis ; ^accinium 5uxif(Mium, elevatum, hispid ulum, pumilum, 

 /igustrinum ; ^itis Zyabrtisca, vulpina tdba, v. nigra, and v. rubra. 

 Among the plants merely recorded in the Hortus, Ke'wensis are, 

 Carya porcina and amara, Pyrus spuria, Magnol/a macrophylla, 

 Andromeda speciosa, 5'alix viminalis, i^osa suaveolens, Prunus 

 maritima, Pyrus auriculata, Paxus canadensis, and Quercus 

 triloba, tinctoria, microcarpa, palustris, humilis, Banisterz, and 

 ambigua. 



Of the nearly 500 hardy trees and shrubs introduced during 

 this century, 108 are from the continent of Europe, 300 are 

 from North America, 3 from Chile, 13 from China, 6 from 

 Japan, 2 from the Cape of Good Hope, 33 from Siberia, 2 from 

 Tartary, 1 from Egypt, 2 from Morocco, 1 from Aleppo, 1 from 

 Barbary, and the remaining few chiefly from Asia, 



In the early part of the centur}', the greater number of species 

 appear to have been received by Peter Collinson, from Dr. Gar- 



