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HISTORY AND GEOCiRAPHY OF TREES. 



PART I. 



Broussonetm papyrifera from Japan in 1Y51. Father D'lncar- 

 ville introduced the Aildntiis glandulosa from China, also in 

 1751 ; Jas. Gordon of Mile End, the C/imiis americana in 1752 : 

 that remarkable tree the Salisbury ^^diantifolia 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 Sophdra japonica in 1753, and the Cornus 

 alternifoUa in ] 760. Archibald Duke of Argyll introduced 

 the Z/arix microcarpa and the >Smilax rotundifolia in the same 

 year. John Ellis introduced Halesm tetraptera and diptera in 

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

 purpureus ; Hugh Duke of Northumberland, Pinus resinosa; 

 Christopher Gray, Fiburnum nitidum. The Duke of Bedford 

 cultivated Pinus rigida before 1759; and Populus dilatata, the 

 Lombardy poplar, was introduced from Italy by the Earl of 

 Rocheford 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 ; Z)aphne Cneorum and pontica, Lonicera tatarica, Mag- 

 noUa tripetala, several species of Phamnus, Thuja occidentalis, 

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

 others, Petula lenta, Pyrus ^runifolia, Cotoneaster tomentosa, 

 Z)aphne alpina, Liquidambar imberbis. Among the trees and 

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

 ducer, are, ^^cer pennsylvanicum, Bh-heris canadensis ; Cerasus 

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

 much neglected in England; Posa sinica, Shepherdz« canadensis. 

 Planers Richard2, and Oxycoccus macrocarpus. 



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

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

 Pilia alba, Petula excelsa. Clematis virginiana, Fiburnum cassi- 

 woides and Lentago, J^Typericum alatum, and Puonymus verru- 

 cosus. John Bartram introduced Mitchella repens ; John 

 Busch, Pedum palustre, Fothergilla rdnifolia, Xanthorhiza a\>].i- 

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

 Coventry, Kcilreuter/a 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, Cratse^gus elliptica, ^^yrifcMia, and that fine tree, Pagus fer- 

 ruginea. Sir Joseph Banks introduced Phodora canadensis in 

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

 serrulata, and Paccinium virgatum; Hugh Duke of Northum- 

 berland, Populus grje^ca and laevigata; and Miller, 5'ambucus 

 canadensis, Genista purgans, and Pubus hispidus. The 



