ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUMBRITANNICUM;

OR,

THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF BRITAIN,jftatibe anb Jforasit, i&arbe anu ftalf^atbg,PICTORIALLY AND BOTANICALLY DELINEATED,

AND SCIENTIFICALLY AND POPULARLY DESCRIBED ;

WITH

THEIR PROPAGATION, CULTURE, MANAGEMENT,

AND USES IN THE ARTS, IN USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTATlONS, AND IN

ZiAXO^SCilPE-GAZLDECTXCTG;

PRECEDED BY A

HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINEOF THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF TEMPERATE CLIMATESTHROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

By J. C. LOUDON, F.L. & H.S., &c.

AUTHOR OF THE ENCYCLOPASDIAS OF GARDENING AND OF AGRICULTURE,AND CONDUCTOR OF THE GARDENER’s MAGAZ1NE.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES :

FOUB OF LETTERPRESS, ILLUSTRATED BY ABOVE 2500 ENGRAVINGS;AND FOUR OF OCTAVO AND QUARTO PLATES.

VOL. I.

HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND SCIENCE; AND DESCRIPTIONS, FROM

ranuncula'ceje to staphylea'ce/e, p. 494., inclusive.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR;

AND SOLD BY

LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS;

THE PARTIALLY COLOURED AND COLOURED COP1ES, BY

JAMES RIDGWAY AND SONS.

1838.

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