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Washington Papers Consolidated Index | H | Horticulture
– Abies balsamea (Pinus abies canadesis; balm of Gilead fir) [2 references]
– acacia [4 references + 1 subentry]
– Alnus maritima, betula (“Sea side Alder”) [2 references]
– althea, id. (Hibiscus syriacus) [1 reference]
– Amorpha cœrulea (bastard indigo) [1 reference]
– Amorpha fruticosa (bastard indigo) [1 reference]
– Andromeda axillaris (bog rosemary) [2 references]
– apple [6 references + 11 subentries]
– apricot [6 references + 1 subentry]
– Aristolochia macrophylla (Aristolochia sipho; Dutchman's pipe) [1 reference]
– Aronia prunifolia (Mespilus prunifolia; chokeberry) [1 reference]
– artichoke [3 references + 1 subentry]
– Arundo donax (maiden cane) [2 references]
– ash, white [4 references + 1 subentry]
– asparagus [2 references + 1 subentry]
– aspen [5 references + 1 subentry]
– Baccharis halimifolia (groundsel tree) [1 reference]
– Barbadian fruit [5 references]
– Bartrams' botanical garden [1 reference]
– Berberis canadensis (barberry) [1 reference]
– Bignonia crucigera (“Cross Vine,” trumpet flower) [1 reference]
– Bignonia semper virens (“Yellow Jasmin”) [1 reference]
– black alder or winterberry [4 references + 1 subentry]
– black gum [3 references + 1 subentry]
– black haw (Viburnum prunifolium) [3 references]
– botany and botanists referred to [12 references]
– box (Buxus sempervirens or arborescens) [3 references]
– bramble (double-flowering) [1 reference]
– broom [3 subentries]
– buckthorn, id. (Rhamnus alaternus) [1 reference]
– Buxus aureus (gilded box) [2 references]
– Callicarpa americana (“Bermudas Mulberry,” French mulberry, American
beautyberry) [1 reference]
– Calycanthus floridus (“Sweet shrub of Carolina”; Carolina allspice) [2 references]
– Carpinus caroliniana (“Horn Beam”) [1 reference]
– catalpa [3 references + 1 subentry]
– cauliflower [1 reference]
– cedar [11 references + 1 subentry]
– cedars [5 references]
– cherry [9 references + 7 subentries]
– cherry tree, wild [1 reference]
– chestnut [4 references + 8 subentries]
– chinaberry or pride of China [9 references + 1 subentry]
– Chinese seed, received from Craik and Porter [1 reference + 4 subentries]
– Clethra alnifolia (“Clethra,” sweet pepperbush) [1 reference]
– cobb nut [1 reference]
– Colutea arborescens (bladder senna) [3 references]
– corn, in north garden [1 reference]
– Cornus alba (Cornus perlata; swamp dogwood) [2 references]
– Cornus mas (Cornelian cherry) [1 reference]
– covering plants [5 references]
– crab apple [13 references + 1 subentry]
– Cratægus aria (hawthorn) [1 reference]
– Cupressus disticha (“Bald Cyprus”) [1 reference]
– cypress [4 references + 1 subentry]
– Cytisus anagyroides laburnum, Laburnum anagyroides (goldenchain) [1 reference]
– Daphne mezereum (mezereon, paradise plant) [2 references]
– digitalis [1 reference]
– Dirca palustris (leather wood, “Leather Bark”) [1 reference]
– dogwood [9 references + 1 subentry]
– elm [5 references + 1 subentry]
– English white thorn [1 reference]
– euonymus [2 references + 1 subentry]
– Euonymus americanus (spindle tree) [1 reference]
– Euonymus atropurpureus (burning bush) [2 references]
– everlasting pea (Lathyrus latifolius) [7 references + 1 subentry]
– filbert or hazelnut [2 references + 1 subentry]
– flower fence, Barbados [4 references + 1 subentry]
– Fothergilla gardenii (dwarf fothergilla, dwarf witchalder) [1 reference]
– Franklinia alatamaha (Franklin tree) [2 references]
– French furze seed [5 references]
– fringe tree [6 references + 1 subentry]
– fruit trees [8 references]
– furze [3 references + 6 subentries]
– gardener, for Mount Vernon [10 references]
– gardens visited by GW [8 references]
– Gaultheria procumbens (mountain tea, wintergreen) [1 reference]
– Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust) [5 references]
– golden chain tree, id. (Cytisus anagroides) [1 reference]
– gooseberry [2 references]
– grafting [1 reference]
– grafting of fruit trees [4 references + 7 subentries]
– grapevine [4 references + 5 subentries]
– grass, lawn [5 subentries]
– Grossularia canadenis (Ribes oxyacanthoides; “Prickly Gooseberry”) [2 references]
– guelder rose [3 references + 1 subentry]
– GW's Philadelphia garden [1 reference]
– Halesia tetraptera (Carolina silverbell) [2 references]
– hawthorn [2 references]
– hemlock [12 references + 1 subentry]
– Hibiscus coccineus (scarlet rosemallow) [1 reference]
– hickory [3 subentries]
– holly [8 references + 2 subentries]
– honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) [1 reference]
– honeysuckle [4 subentries]
– honeysuckle bush [1 reference]
– horse chestnut [5 references + 2 subentries]
– Hydrangea arborescens [2 references]
– Hypericum angustifolium [2 references]
– Hypericum kalmianum (“Shrub of St. John's wort”) [1 reference]
– Hypericum kalmianum (“Shrub St. John's wort”) [2 references]
– Ilex angustifolia (holly) [1 reference]
– instructions for planting [1 reference]
– Itea virginiana (Virginia sweetspire, Virginia willow, tassel-white) [1 reference]
– ivy [1 reference]
– ivy, id. (Hedera helix) [1 reference]
– Jeffersonia egrilla (iron wood) [1 reference]
– jessamine, Carolina yellow (Gelsemium sempervirens) [1 reference]
– Juglans nigra (black walnut) [1 reference]
– juniper [1 reference]
– Juniperus sabina (savin) [2 references]
– kale seed [1 reference]
– Kalmia angustifolia (“Thyme leav'd Kalmia,” lambkill, sheep laurel) [1 reference]
– Kalmia angustifolia (“Thyme leav'd Kalmia,” lambskill, sheep laurel) [1 reference]
– Kalmia latifolia (laurel) [1 reference]
– Kentucky coffee tree [4 references + 1 subentry]
– laburnum (ebony of the Alps) [1 reference]
– larkspur seed [1 reference]
– laurel [3 references]
– laurel (dwarf American) [1 reference]
– Laurus æstivalis (bay tree) [1 reference]
– Laurus nobilis (“Red Bay,” bay laurel, sweet bay) [2 references]
– lilac [6 references + 1 subentry]
– lima beans [1 reference]
– linden or lime [3 references + 1 subentry]
– locust [5 references + 4 subentries]
– Lonicera inodora (honeysuckle) [1 reference]
– Lonicera symphoricarpos (“Indian Currants”) [1 reference]
– magnolia [2 subentries]
– Magnolia acuminata (“Cucumber Tree”) [1 reference]
– magnolia or sweet bay (swamp laurel), umbrella tree, or cucumber tree [4 references + 1 subentry]
– Magnolia tripetala (“Umbrella Tree”) [1 reference]
– Magnolia virginiana (Magnolia glauca; “Rose Laurel,” sweet bay, swamp
magnolia) [2 references]
– mahogany [2 references + 1 subentry]
– manna ash [1 reference]
– maple [7 references + 7 subentries]
– medlar [2 references + 1 subentry]
– Mespilus nivea (medlar, snowy mespilus) [1 reference]
– Mespilus pubescens [2 references]
– Mespilus pusilla [1 reference]
– Mespilus pyracantha (Pyracantha coccinea; firethorn) [3 references]
– Mimosa virgata [1 reference]
– mint (mentha sp.) [2 references]
– mock orange, id. (Philadelphus coronarius) [1 reference]
– Morus alba (white mulberry) [2 references]
– mountain ash (roan tree) [1 reference]
– mountain laurel (illus., 4:91) [5 references + 1 subentry]
– Mount Vernon gardeners [2 references]
– mulberry [7 references + 2 subentries]
– mulberry (paper, Japanese) [1 reference]
– Myrica gale (“Bog gale,” sweet gale, bog myrtle) [2 references]
– myrtle [1 reference]
– nut, physic or Barbados [4 references + 1 subentry]
– nut, pig [1 reference]
– oak [7 subentries]
– orange, Seville or sour [2 references + 1 subentry]
– ornamental grasses [1 reference]
– Ostrya virginiana (hop hornbeam) [1 reference]
– paliurus or Jerusalem thorn [2 references + 1 subentry]
– palmetto royal [8 references + 1 subentry]
– pawpaw [5 references + 1 subentry]
– peach [11 references + 3 subentries]
– pear (Pyrus communis) [11 references + 11 subentries]
– pear trees [1 reference]
– pea, sweet [2 references + 1 subentry]
– pecan, (Carya illinoensis) [4 references]
– pepper [4 references + 2 subentries]
– Periploca græca (silk vine) [1 reference]
– Persian jasmine [2 references + 1 subentry]
– Philadelphus coronarius (mock orange) [1 reference]
– Philadelphus coronarius (mock orange, dwarf syringa) [2 references]
– Philadelphus inodorus [2 references]
– Phillyrea latifolia [1 reference]
– pine [20 references + 7 subentries]
– Pinus larix (“Larch Tree”) [1 reference]
– Pinus strobus (white pine) [1 reference]
– Pinus sylvestris (Scotch pine) [2 references]
– pistachio [2 references + 1 subentry]
– planting and transplanting [12 references + 12 subentries]
– plants for Mount Vernon [2 references]
– plants for Mount Vernon greenhouse [1 reference]
– plants from Jamaica [2 references]
– Platanus orientalis (oriental sycamore, oriental plane) [1 reference]
– plum (Prunus domestica) [7 references + 5 subentries]
– poplar [1 reference + 5 subentries]
– Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar) [1 reference]
– Populus italica (Lombardy poplar) [3 references]
– privet [3 references + 1 subentry]
– proposed American Flora [1 reference]
– pruning of trees and shrubs [5 references]
– Prunus cerasifera divaricata (cherry plum) [1 reference]
– Prunus cerasus, flore roseo (double-flowering cherry) [1 reference]
– Prunus chicasa (chicasaw plum) [1 reference]
– Prunus chicasa (“Chicasaw Plumb”) [1 reference]
– Prunus domestica (damson plum) [1 reference]
– Prunus laurocerasus (cherry laurel, English laurel) [2 references]
– Prunus maritima (“Beach or Sea-side-Plumb”) [1 reference]
– Prunus missisipi (“Crimson Plumb”) [1 reference]
– Prunus persica, flore pleno (Amygdalus persica, flore pleno;
double-flowered peach) [1 reference]
– Prunus pumila, flore pleno (Amygdalus pumila, flore pleno; sand or dwarf
cherry, dwarf double-flowering almond) [2 references]
– Ptelea trifoliata (“Trefoil Tree,” hop tree) [2 references]
– public gardens [1 reference]
– Punica granatum, flore pleno (pomegranate) [1 reference]
– Pyracantha coccinea (Mespilus pyracantha; firethorn) [1 reference]
– pyracantha (evergreen thorn) [1 reference]
– qualifications for Mount Vernon gardener [1 reference]
– quince [2 references + 1 subentry]
– raspberry (twice-bearing) [1 reference]
– redbud [8 references + 1 subentry]
– Rhododendron maximum (“mountain laurel,” great laurel, rosebay) [2 references]
– rhubarb [2 references + 1 subentry]
– Rhus italicum (sumac) [1 reference]
– Rhus triphyllum (“Poison Oak,” sumac) [1 reference]
– Robinia villosa (“Peach Blossom Acacia”) [2 references]
– Rosa palustris (Rosa pennsylvanica, flore pleno; swamp rose) [1 reference]
– rose acacia [1 reference]
– Rubus odoratus (flowering raspberry, thimbleberry) [3 references]
– sainfoin (Onobrychis viciaefolia) [7 references]
– Sambucus canadensis (Sambucus rubra; American elder, sweet
elder) [1 reference]
– sandbox tree [2 references + 1 subentry]
– sassafras [8 references]
– (Sassafras albidum) [1 reference]
– seeds [2 references]
– seeds and plants for Versailles listed [1 reference]
– seeds, unidentified [1 reference]
– serviceberry or Juneberry [4 references + 1 subentry]
– service tree, English, id. (Sorbus domestica) [1 reference]
– Sorbus aucuparia (European mountain ash) [2 references]
– Sorbus domestica (service tree) [1 reference]
– Sorbus sativa (Sorbus domestica; service tree) [1 reference]
– spice bush, id. (Benzoin aestivale) [1 reference]
– Spirea frutex [1 reference]
– spruce [4 references]
– staking trees [5 references]
– Stewartia malachodendron (silky stewartia) [1 reference]
– Stewartia malachodendron (silky stewartia or stuartia) [1 reference]
– St. Peter's wort [1 reference]
– Styrax grandifolium (snowbell, storax) [1 reference]
– Styrax grandifolium (“Snow-drop tree,” snowbell, storax) [1 reference]
– sweetbriar [5 references + 1 subentry]
– sweet shrub or Carolina allspice, id. (Calycanthus floridus) [1 reference]
– sweet William seed [1 reference]
– sycamore [1 reference]
– Syringa persica (Persian lilac) [1 reference]
– Taxus procumbens (yew) [2 references]
– thorn [1 reference + 2 subentries]
– thorn, “large berried” [1 reference]
– thorn, “small berried” [3 references]
– thorn, white, id. (Crataegus crusgalli) [1 reference]
– Thuja occidentalis (American arborvitae, white cedar) [1 reference]
– Thuja orientalis (oriental arborvitae) [1 reference]
– trees, unnamed, at Mount Vernon [4 references]
– Tsuga (Pinus abies virginiana; hemlock spruce) [1 reference]
– Ulex europeus (furze) [1 reference]
– Viburnum arboreum [1 reference]
– Viburnum lantanoides (hobble bush) [2 references]
– Viburnum opulifolium [2 references]
– Virginia creeper, id. (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) [1 reference]
– walnut, English or French [8 references + 1 subentry]
– watering of plants [2 references]
– weeding [3 references]
– white thorn [11 references]
– willow [3 references + 12 subentries]
– Wisteria frutescens (Glycine frutescens; “Kidney Bean Tree,”
wisteria) [1 reference]
– Xanthorhiza simplicissima (yellow root) [1 reference]
– yew [2 references]
– Yucca filamentosa (Adam's needle) [1 reference]
– Yucca gloriosa (Spanish dagger) [1 reference]