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Partial List
of Plants from John Bartram's Nursery
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[March 1792]
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Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs & Plants, of Jno.
Bartram.
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Rhododendron maximum Evergreen, large maximum rose coloured blossoms. ["mountain laurel," great laurel, rosebay] |
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 ©William S. Justice |
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Fothergilla gardeni[i] Early in blossom; flowers in spikes, white & delicate. [dwarf fothergilla, dwarf witchalder] |
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 ©William S. Justice |
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Franklinia alatamaha Flowers large, white & fragrant--native of Georgia. [Franklin tree] |
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©Edward S. Ayensu |
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Baccharis [1] In autumn silvered over with white silky down. |
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 ©William S. Justice |
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Kalmia angustifolia (with the Gaultheria [procumbens], or mountain tea [wintergreen]) Evergreen; garnished with crimson speckled flowers. ["Thyme leav'd Kalmia," lambkill, sheep laurel] |
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 ©William S. Justice |
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Magnolia tripetala [2] Foliage ample, expansive & light, plumed with large white flowers, which are succeeded by large crimson strobile. ["Umbrella Tree"] |
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 ©William S. Justice |
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Viburnum Alnifolium handsome flowering shrub. [Viburnaum lantanoides; hobble bush] |
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 ©William S. Justice |
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Acer striatum singularly beautiful; the younger branches inscribed with silvery lines, or scrawls, on a dark purpleish green ground. [Acer pensylvanicum; striped maple, moosewood] |
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 ©William S. Justice |
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Clethra alnifolia Flowers abundant in spikes, exceedingly sweet scented. ["Clethra," sweet pepperbush] |
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 ©William S. Justice |
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e 41.
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Pinus Strobus Magnificent! he presides in the evergreen Groves (white pine). |
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 ©USDA, NRCS 1997 |
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E 44.
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Thuja orientalis Foliage pleasing. [oriental arborvitae] |
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 ©R.A. Seelig |
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E. 49.
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Prunus cerasus, flore roseo more or less according to the stock; a very beautiful flowering tree, its blushing blossoms double--(double flowering cherry). |
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Glycine frutescens A rambling florobundant climber; the blossoms in large pendant clusters, of a fine celestial blue, well adapted for covering arbors. [Wisteria frutescens; "Kidney Bean Tree," wisteria] |
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 ©William S. Justice |
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Yucca filamentosa beautiful ornamental evergreen [Adam's needle] |
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Yucca gloriosa [3] flowering plants. [Spanish dagger] |
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c. 63.
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Myrica gale possesses an highly aromatic, and very agreeable scent. ["Bog gale," sweet gale, bog myrtle] |
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d. 65.
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Amorpha fruticosa [bastard indigo] |
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 ©William S. Justice |
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Mesp. prunifolia Presents a good appearance, when all red with its clusters of berries. [Aronia prunifolia; chokeberry] |
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 ©USDA, NRCS 1997 |
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Magnolia glauca charming--the milk-white roseate blossom possesses an animating fragrance. [Magnolia virginiana; "Rose Laurel," sweet bay, swamp magnolia] |
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©USDA |
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Sambucus rubra early flowering and handsome; its coral red berries in large clusters, ripe abt midsummer. [Sambucus canadensis; American elder, sweet elder] |
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Rubus odoratus foliage beautiful; flowers of the figure, colour & fragrance of the rose. [flowering raspberry, thimbleberry] |
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 ©William S. Justice |
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f. 85.
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Rosa Pennsylvanica flor: pleno flowers monthly from May 'till Novembr [Rosa palustris; swamp rose] |
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©William S. Justice |
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c. 101.
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Arundo donax Maiden Cane. |
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e 102.
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Callicarpa americana Very shewy & pleasing; the flowers of a delicate incarnate hue, & vast clusters of purple berries. ["Bermudas Mulberry," French mulberry, American beautyberry] |
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Notes
1. Probably Baccharis halimifolia, the goundsel tree. [back]
2. Bartram classified this as "Magnolia Umbrella" in his 1784 catalog. [back]
3. The Yucca gloriosa and Yucca filamentosa are bracketed together, indicating the purchase of 2 plants total. [back]
4. An endnote at this point in the text explains: "Altho' a wet moorish soil, is the natural soil & situation of this charming flowering tree, (Magnolia glauca) yet, from experience we find it thrives equally well in the common soil & situation of flower gardens shrubberies; & produces a greater abundance of flowers with a longer succession, & the blossoms equally fragrant." [back]
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Link to Full List
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