BRITANNICUM;

OR,

THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF BRITAIN,

Mative 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.

LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS;

THE PARTIALLY COLOURED AND COLOURED COPIES, BY

JAMES RIDGWAY AND SONS.

1838.

:

Ra 192a 1838

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