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HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF TREES. PART I. 



we may add, among artists and authors, Switzer, a seedsman, at 

 " the Flower Pot over-against the Court of Common Pleas in 

 "Westminster Plall, or at his garden in Milbank, Westminster," 

 author of Iconographia Rustica, and several other works, and 

 the designer of various gardens both in Britain and Ireland i 

 Bradley, a voluminous author ; Batty Langley, an architect at 

 Twickenham, who wrote Ne'w Principles of Gardenings Sj-c, and 

 The true Method of improving an Estate by Plantations of Timber 

 Trees, ^c. ; Dr. John Hill, a voluminous gardening author ; 

 Sir William Chambers, who wrote Dissertations on Oriental 

 Gardening ; Wheeler, a nurseryman at Gloucester, and author 

 of The Botanist's and Gardenefs New Dictionary; Aber- 

 crorabie, a well known voluminous author; Weston; Speechley; 

 Dr. A. Hunter, the editor of Evelyn's Sylva ; Header, gar- 

 dener to the Duke of Northumberland ; Grasfer, gardener 

 to the Earl of Coventry at Croome, and afterwards to the 

 King of Naples at Caserta ; and a great number of others. 

 We should have been tempted to submit some notices of these 

 authors and their works, did we not expect a Chronological and 

 BiograpJiical History of them from the accurate and learned pen 

 of William Forsyth, Esq. To this gentleman, who has been for 

 many years collecting information respecting trees and shrubs, 

 we are deeply indebted for many corrections and additions to 

 this chapter, and to our work generally. 



In order to give a general summary of the trees and shrubs 

 introduced into Britain during the eighteenth century, we shall 

 divide it into periods of ten years ; and give in each the names 

 of some of the principal plants introduced, and those of their 

 introducers, according to the Hortus Kewensis, and to some 

 farther information on the subject, kindly furnished to us by 

 Mr. Forsyth, and Messrs. Loddiges of Hackney. 



From 1701 to 1710 inclusive (Queen Anne), four trees and 

 five shrubs were introduced. Among the trees were, jPraxinus 

 Zentiscifolia from Aleppo, and Ptelea trifoliata from North 

 America, hy the Rev. John Banister. Crat^^'gus parvifolia was 

 introduced by Bishop Compton, and Rlbes oxyacanthoides by 

 Mr, Reynardson of Hiliington. Bignonm capreolata, a beau- 

 tiful climber, and Colutea cruenta, a handsome flowering shrub, 

 were introduced during this period. 



From 1711 to 1720 (Anne and Geo. I.), three trees and nine 

 shrubs were introduced : among these were, Pavm rubra, by 

 Thos. Fairchild ; Pinus TseMa, and Ceanothus americanus, by 

 Bishop Compton ; Cerasus Mahdleb, from Austria ; and Comp- 

 tbnia ffspleniifolia, Lycmm afrum, and J\n frutescens, by the 

 Duchess of Beaufort. 



From 1721 to 1730 (Geo. I. and IL), twenty-two trees and 

 twenty shrubs were introduced. Mark Catesby introduced 



