BRITANNICUM;

OR,

THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF BRITAIN,

Native 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.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

The Roman numerals refer to the General Table of Contents, Vol. I. p. xvii. to cliii., where the species

and varieties, with all their synonymes, will be found systematically arranged; the first column of Arabic

figures to the pages of the text in this volume, and the second to those of the supplementary matter con-

tained in Vol. IV.

The names of the half-hardy and suffruticose orders and genera are in small type.