Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum, Or, the Trees and Shrubs of Britain

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,

IN EIGHT VOLUMES:

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

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SECOND EDITION.

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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.

Asclepiadàceæ.

Períploca L.

Bignoniaceæ,