Arbustrum Americanum: = The American grove, or, An alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system. Containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties. : Also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy. / Compiled from actual knowledge and observation, and the assistance of botanical authors, by Humphry Marshall.
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- Arbustrum Americanum: = The American grove, or, An alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system. Containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties. : Also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy. / Compiled from actual knowledge and observation, and the assistance of botanical authors, by Humphry Marshall.
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- Marshall, Humphry, 1722-1801.
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- Philadelphia: :: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market-Street, between Second and Third-Streets.,
- MDCCLXXXV [1785]
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- Botany -- United States.
- Botany, Medical.
- Trees -- United States.
- Shrubs -- United States.
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- Advertisements -- Plants.
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"Arbustrum Americanum: = The American grove, or, An alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system. Containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties. : Also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy. / Compiled from actual knowledge and observation, and the assistance of botanical authors, by Humphry Marshall." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N15025.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- dedication
- INTRODUCTION.
- A View of the Twenty-four Classes of the SEXUAL SYSTEM of LINNAEUS, with their Names and Cha|racters; also the Number and Explanation of Orders contained in each.
- An Explanation of the different parts of Fructification.
- Explanation of the Modes of Flowering.
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A CATALOGUE OF TREES AND SHRUBS.
- ACER. THE MAPLE TREE.
- AESCULUS.
- AMORPHA.
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ANDROMEDA. ANDROMEDA
- 1. ANDROMEDA arborea. The Sorrel Tree.
- 2. ANDROMEDA calyculata. Ever-green Dwarf Andromeda.
- 3. ANDROMEDA Paniculata. Panicled An|dromeda.
- 4. ANDROMEDA racemosa. Pennsylvanian Red-bud Andromeda.
- 5. ANDROMEDA mariana. Maryland, or broad|leaved Andromeda.
- 6. ANDROMEDA nitida. Ever-green Shining|leaved Andromeda, or Carolinian Red-buds.
- 7. ANDROMEDA plumata. Plumed Andromeda, or Carolinian Iron-wood Tree.
- ANNONA.
- ARALIA.
- ARBUTUS.
- ARISTOLOCHIA.
- ASCYRUM.
- AZALEA.
- BACCHARIS.
- BERBERIS.
- BETULA.
- BETULA-ALNUS.
- BIGNONIA.
- CALLICARPA.
- CALYCANTHUS.
- CARPINUS.
- CASSINE.
- CEANOTHUS.
- CELASTRUS.
- CELTIS.
- CEPHALANTHUS.
- CERCIS.
- CHIONANTHUS.
- CLETHRA.
- CORNUS.
- CORYLUS.
- CRATAEGUS.
- CUPRESSUS.
- DIOSPYROS.
- DIRCA.
- EPICAEA.
- EUONYMUS.
- FAGUS.
- FAGUS-CASTANEA.
- FOTHERGILLA.
- FRANKLINIA.
- FRAXINUS.
- GAULTHERIA.
- GLEDITSIA.
- GLYCINE.
- GUILANDINA.
- HALESIA.
- HAMAMELIS.
- HEDERA.
- HIPPOPHAL.
- HYDRANGEA.
- HYPERICUM.
- ILEX.
- ITEA.
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JUGLANS.
- 1. JUGLANS nigra. Round black Virginian Walnut.
- 2. JUGLANS nigra oblonga. Black oblong fruited Walnut.
- 3. JUGLANS oblonga alba. Butter-nut, or White Walnut.
- 4. JUGLANS alba acuminata. Long, sharp-fruited Hickery Tree.
- 5. JUGLANS alba minima. White, or Pig-nut Hickery.
- 6. JUGLANS alba odorata. Balsam Hickery.
- 7. JUGLANS alba ovata. Shell-barked Hickery.
- 8. JUGLANS pecan. The Pecan, or Illinois Hickery.
- JUNIPERUS.
- KALMIA.
- LAURUS.
- LEDUM.
- LIQUIDAMBAR.
- LIRIODENDRUM.
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LONICERA.
- 1. LONICERA caroliniana. Carolinian scarlet Trumpet-flowered Honeysuckle.
- 2. LONICERA virginiana. Virginian scarlet Honey|suckle.
- 3. LONICERA sempervirens. Ever-green Honeysuckle.
- 4. LONICERA canadensis. Canadian dwarf-cherry Honeysuckle.
- 5. LONICERA Diervilla. Yellow flowering Diervilla.
- 6. LONICERA marylandica. Maryland scarlet Loni|cera.
- 7. LONICERA Symphoricarpos. Indian Currants, or St. Peter's Wort.
- MAGNOLIA.
- MENISPERMUM.
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MESPILUS.
- 1. MESPILUS coccinea. Cockspur-Hawthorn.
- 2. MESPILUS Crus galli. Pear leaved Thorn.
- 3. MESPILUS cuneiformis. Wedge leaved Mes|pilus.
- 4. MESPILUS Azarolus major. Great Azarole, or Hawthorn.
- 5. MESPILUS Azarolus minor. Smaller Aza|role, or Hawthorn.
- 6. MESPILUS Oxyacantha aurea. Yellow ber|ried Hawthorn.
- 7. MESPILUS apiifolia. Virginian Parsley leav|ed Mespilus.
- 8. MESPILUS nivea. Early ripe, Esculent fruited Medlar, or wild Service.
- 9. MESPILUS prunifolia. Plumb leaved Medlar.
- 10. MESPILUS canadensis. Dwarf red fruit|ed Medlar.
- MITCHELLA.
- MORUS.
- MYRICA.
- NYSSA.
- OLEA.
- PHILADELPHUS.
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PINUS.
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1. PINUS echinata. Three leaved prickly-cone
Bastard Pine. - 2. PINUS palustris. Longest three leaved Marsh Pine.
- 3. PINUS rigida. Common three leaved Virgi|nian Pine.
- 4. PINUS Strobus. New-England, or White Pine.
- 5. PINUS Taeda. Virginian Swamp, or Frank|incence Pine.
- 6. PINUS virginiana. Two-leaved Virginian, or Jersey Pine.
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1. PINUS echinata. Three leaved prickly-cone
- PINUS-ABIES.
- PINUS-LARIX.
- PLATANUS.
- POPULUS.
- POTENTILLA.
- PRINOS.
- PRUNUS.
- CERASUS.
- LAURO-CERASUS.
- PTELEA. PTELEA.
- PYROLA.
- PYRUS.
- MALUS.
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QUERCUS.
- 1. QUERCUS alba. Common American White Oak.
- 2. QUERCUS alba minor. Barren White Oak.
- 3. QUERCUS alba palustris. Swamp White Oak.
- Quercus nigra. Black Oak.
- 5. QUERCUS nigra digituta. Finger-leaved Black Oak.
- 6. QUERCUS nigra trifida. Maryland Black Oak.
- 7. QUERCUS nigra integrifolia. Entire-leaved Black Oak.
- 8. QUERCUS nigra pumila. Dwarf Black Oak.
- Quercus rubra. Red Oak.
- 10. QUERCUS rubra ramosislima. Water Red Oak.
- 11. QUERCUS rubra montana. Upland Red Oak.
- 12. QUERCUS rubra nana. Dwarf Barren Oak.
- 13. QUERCUS Phellos angustifolia. Narrow Willow-leaved Oak.
- 14. QUERCUS Phellos latifolia. Broad Willow-leaved Oak.
- 15. QUERCUS Phellos sempervirens. Ever|green Willow-leaved Oak.
- 16. QUERCUS Prinus. Chesnut-leaved Oak.
- 17. QUERCUS Prinus humilis. Dwarf Ches|nut or Chinquepin Oak.
- RHODODENDRUM.
- RHUS.
- To this Genus is also added,
- RIBES.
- ROBINIA.
- ROSA.
- RUBUS.
- SALIX.
- SAMBUCUS.
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SMILAX.
- 1. SMILAX Sarsaparilla. Ivy leaved rough Bindweed, or Sarsaparilla.
- 2. SMILAX virginiana. Lanceolate-leaved rough Bindweed.
- With a round prickly stem.
- 4. SMILAX laurifolia. Bay leaved rough Bind-weed.
- 5. SMILAX tamnoides. Bryony leaved rough Bindweed.
- 6. SMILAX caduca. Three-nerved-leaved rough Bindweed.
- 7. SMILAX bona nox. Carolinian prickly leaved Smilax.
- 8. SMILAX lanceolata. Red berried Virginian Smilax.
- 9. SMILAX Pseudo China. Bastard China.
- SORBUS.
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SPIRAEA.
- 1. SPIRAEA hypericifolia. Canadian Spiraea, or Hypericum-srutex.
- 2. SPIRAEA opulifolia. Guelder Rose-leaved Spiraea, or Nine-Bark.
- SPIRAEA caroliniana. Carolinian Guelder Rose-leaved Spiraea.
- 3. SPIRAEA tomentosa. Scarlet flowered Philadel|phian Spiraea.
- 4. SPIRAEA tomentosa alba. White flowered Phila|delphian Spiraea.
- STAPHYLAEA.
- STEWARTIA.
- STYRAX.
- TAXUS.
- THUYA.
- TILIA.
- TILLANDSIA.
- ULMUS.
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VACCINIUM.
- 1. VACCINIUM arborcum. Winter, or Tree Wher|tle-Berry.
- 2. VACCINIUM album. Pennsylvanian White Wher|tle-berry.
- 3. VACCINIUM corymbosum. Cluster-flowered Vaccinium.
- 4. VACCINIUM frondosum. Leasy Vaccinium, or In|dian Gooseberry.
- 5. VACCINIUM ligustrinum. Privet-leaved Whortle-berry.
- 6. VACCINIUM stamineum. Long-lcaved Vaccinium.
- 7. VACCINIUM hispidulum. Marsh Vaccinium, or Cranberry.
- 8. VACCINIUM pennsylvanicum. Myrtle leaved Vaccinium, or Cranberry.
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VIRBURNUM.
- 1. VIBURNUM acerifolium. Maple-leaved Viburnum.
- 2. VIBURNUM dentatum. Toothed-leaved Viburnum, or Arrow Wood.
- 3. VIBURNUM prunifolium. Black Haw.
- 4. VIBURNUM nudum. Tinus leaved, or Swamp Viburnum.
- 5. VIBURNUM Lentago. Canadian Viburnum.
- 6. VIBURNUM alnifolium. Alder-leaved Viburnum.
- 7. VIBURNUM triloba. Mountain Viburnum.
- VISCUM.
- VITIS.
- XANTHOXYLUM.
- XANTHORHIZA.
- ADVERTISEMENT.
- INDEX of LATIN GENERIC NAMES.
- INDEX of ENGLISH NAMES.