CHAP. ir. 



BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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Gledltschm monosperma, Catalpa syriiig^e^bMo,^ Calycanthus flo- 

 ridus, Cratse^gus flava, and Amorpha fruticosa. Mr. Moore in- 

 troduced ia-axinus araericana : Robert Furber, O'strya vulgaris, 

 Pyrus coronaria, Platanus acerifolia, Quercus &,lba, i^hus radi- 

 cans, and Fiburnuni l^vigatum. Dr. James Sherard introduced 

 Arbutus yindrachne, Phus glabra, and Posa caroliniana. Sir 

 Charles Wager introduced ^^cer dasycarpum ; Miller, Clematis 

 crispa, Santolina viridis, and some others, which are recorded 

 as being cultivated in the Chelsea Garden during this period. 

 Among the species introduced or recorded, but without the 

 name of tlie introducer, are, Cerasus virginiana, Tilia pubescens, 

 A'lnm oblongata, Carya compressa, Cercis canadensis, Quercus 

 gramuntia, Q. sericea, and Q. Prinus, Pinus palustris, £u6ny- 

 mus latifolius, Caprifolium gratum, Phus elegans, Wistarm 

 frutescens, and a number of others.. 



From 1731 to 174^0 (Geo. II.), twenty-four trees and forty- 

 five shrubs were introduced, Mr. Stephen Bacon introduced 

 the Ciethra alnifolia ; Thomas Fairchild, the Cornus florida ; 

 Miller no fewer than thirty species, including Cratee^gus cor- 

 data, Populus angulata, ^^cer monspessulanum, Carpinus orien- 

 talis, Celtis TouriiefortK, Platanus cuneata; Quercus ^gilops, 

 mgra, rubra, and virens ; Pinus inops and variabilis; and several 

 others. Collinson, between 1734 and 1739, introduced twenty- 

 six species, among which we find Magnolm acuminata in 1736; 

 the first azaleas that were in the country, namely, Azalea nudiflora, 

 viscQsa, and glauca ; Kalmm latifolia and angustifolia, Andromeda 

 mariana and racemosa, Phododendron maximum, Chionan- 

 thus virginica, .^^cer saccharinum, Cephalanthus occidentalis, 

 Nyssa denticulata, several species of Fiburnum, and that 

 beautiful tree, Parix pendula. Sir John Colliton had in cultiva- 

 tion the Magnolm grandiflora from Carolina in 1 734, and the 

 lanceolate-leafed variety in 1737. Dr. James Sherard intro- 

 duced Menispermum virginicura ; and Dr. Thomas Dale, Phila- 

 delphus inodorus. 



From 1741 to 1750 (Geo. II.), there were introduced eight 

 trees and twelve shrubs. Sir John Colliton had the Robinfa 

 hispida in cultivation before 1743» Dr. Amman introduced the 

 Cytisus austriacus ; Richard Bateman, the y^cacia Julibnssin ; 

 Christopher Gray of Fulham, the Pyrus angustifcMia. Catesby 

 introduced Stuartm virginica; and Archibald Duke of Argyll, 

 the Pinus Cemhra, Gymnocladus canadensis, y^^cer montanum, 

 di3etula papyracea and j^opulifolia, Cratse^gus punctata and 

 glandul^sa, /'tea virginica, Corylus rostrata, Amelanchier Botry- 

 apium, Andromeda calyculata, and that curious miniature tree, 

 Dirca palustris. 



From 1751 to 1760 (Geo. II.), twenty-seven trees and forty- 

 seven shrubs were introduced. Peter Collinson introduced 



