ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM

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.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES:

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

HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND SCIENCE; AND DESCRIPTIONS, FROM
RANUNCULA CEÆ TO STAPHYLEA CEÆ, P. 494., INCLUSIVE.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR;

AND SOLD BY

LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS;

THE PARTIALLY COLOURED AND COLOURED COPIES, BY
JAMES RIDGWAY AND SONS.