CHAP. II. 



BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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Duchess of Portland introduced Facciniuni frondosum. Among 

 the plants respecting which merely the dates at which they were 

 introduced to, or first cultivated in, Britain, are recorded in the 

 Hortus Keisoejisis, are, Gaultherm procumbens ; JShododendron 

 ponticum, introduced, we are informed, by Conrad Loddiges, 

 who sold the first plant to the Marquess of Rockingham, a noble 

 encourager of botany and gardening; Andromeda axillaris, 

 coriacea, and acuminata ; S'tyrax grandifolium and Isevigatum, 

 Kalmm glauca, and that delightful shrub, Chimonanthus fra- 

 grans. The last, we are informed, was first cultivated by the 

 Earl of Coventry at Croome. 



From 1771 to 1780 (Geo, III., during the American war), 

 were introduced eight trees and forty-eight shrubs. Mrs. Primmet 

 introduced Genista lusitanica; Mons. Richard, U'lmus pumila, 

 Caragdna Chamldgu, and Caprifolium implexum; Sir Joseph 

 Banks, /Salix myrtilloides from Sweden ; Dr. Solander, ^Spirae^a 

 laevigata from Siberia; Dr. Hope of Edinburgh, Populus can- 

 dicans and monilifera. Messrs. Kennedy and Lee introduced 

 Aristotelza Mdcqui^ i^'phedra monostachya, Buddlea globosa, 

 Gleditschza horrida, jRhamnus alnifolius, and others. The cele- 

 brated botanist and traveller, Pallas, introduced Pyrus ^alicifolia 

 in 1 780, Diotis ceratoides, and Calligonum Pallasza. Dr. Nicholas 

 Jacquin introduced Cytisus capitatus, and Z)rypis spinosa ; Dr. 

 Pitcairn, Facclnium dumosum; Mr. William Malcolm, Govdowia 

 pubescens ; Mr. William Young, Faccinium stamineum ; John 

 Earl of Bute, Genista germanica ; Hugh Duke of Northumber- 

 land, Caragdna spinosa; Dr. Fothergill, that beautiful tree, Py- 

 rus spectabilis, ^uxus balearica, and Clematis florida. /Salix 

 incubacea and Genista decumbens were introduced by Drs. 

 Fothergill and Pitcairn about the same time. Francis Massoa 

 introduced Faccmium ^rctostaphylos. Benjamin Bewick in- 

 troduced Faccinium angustifolium. 



From 1781 to 1790 (Geo. III., intercourse with America being- 

 restored), sixteen trees and thirty-five shrubs were introduced, ac- 

 cording to the Hortus Kewerisis. John Bell introduced Fiburnura 

 dauricum, i5etula daurica, and Ca^-agdna Altagdna. John Busch 

 introduced Bhhes Diacantha and ^'Inus incana ; John Grasfer, 

 Pyrus bollwylleriana and baccata, and that valuable evergreen, 

 Aucuha japonica (female). William Forsyth cultivated Pinus 

 Banksm«« in 1785; William Young, Praxinus yuglandifolia ; 

 and Daniel Grimwood, Praxinus pubescens. The Hudson's 

 Bay Company introduced C/lmus undulata; John Eraser, Mag- 

 woMa auriculata, Phododendron punctatum, and Quercus lyrata, 

 imbricaria, and rotundlhMia; Sir Joseph Banks, Hydrangea Hor- 

 tensi«, Magnolm conspicua, Pselmia Moutan, Posa indica, Berberis 

 sibirica, and some vacciniums. Gilbert Slater introduced Posa 

 seraperflorens in 1789; and the celebrated Professor Thouin, 



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