ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM

BRITANNICUM;

OR,

THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF BRITAIN,

Natide and foreign, hardy and Half-Hardy,
PICTORIALLY AND BOTANICALLY DELINEATED,

AND SCIENTIFICALLY AND POPULARLY DESCRIBED;

WITH

THEIR PROPAGATION, CULTURE, MANAGEMENT,
AND USES IN THE ARTS, IN USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS, AND IN

LANDSCAPE-GARDENING;

PRECEDED BY A

HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE
OF THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF TEMPERATE CLIMATES

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

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

AUTHOR OF THE ENCYCLOPÆDIAS OF GARDENING AND OF AGRICULTURE,

AND CONDUCTOR OF THE GARDENER'S MAGAZINE.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES :
FOUR OF LETTERPRESS, ILLUSTRATED BY ABOVE 2500 ENGRAVINGS;

AND FOUR OF OCTAVO AND QUARTO PLATES.

VOL. III.
FROM ASCLEPIADA CEÆ, P. 1257., TO CORYLAVEÆ, P. 2030., INCLUSIVE.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR;

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LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS;
THE PARTIALLY COLOURED AND COLOURED COPIES, BY

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