Stanisław Wodzicki (1764–1843), one of the most important Polish political figures in Kraków in the first half of the 19th century, was a passionate amateur botanist. His substantial and modern collection of plants, mainly trees and shrubs, in Niedźwiedź outside Kraków, was most impressive, both in size as well as in the ambitious acclimatization trials. Wodzicki bought Niedźwiedź in 1808 and, within three years, started to plant his first alien trees and shrubs. From 1831 Wodzicki devoted his time exclusively to botany and gardening. After his death the trees growing in the Niedźwiedź arboretum were sold for timber! He published six volumes of books O chodowaniu, użytku, mnożeniu i poznawaniu Drzew, Krzewów, Roślin i Ziół... (On the growing, use, propagation and knowledge of trees, shrubs, plants and herbs...), four volumes of one of Poland’s first horticultural periodicals – Dziennik Ogrodniczy (Gardener’s Newspaper) and many plant lists. As far as those lists were concerned, they were prepared extremely thoroughly. The first, published in 1813, was entitled Catalogue of Plants from the Niedźwiedź garden, which anyone is always welcome to acquire to replace plants missing from the said garden. The most important list for dendrologists is the List of hardy woody plants of the Niedźwiedź garden, i.e. a list of genera and species either planted out or in turf beds, which are cultivated in that garden as of 1832 published in 1833. Wodzicki was an amateur, but he was one of the first to introduce into Polish botanical literature Jussieu’s modern system for the plant kingdom. Wodzicki grew many species and cultivars extremely early, some of his dates of introduction are surprisingly early. The following dates of introduction into cultivation in Niedźwiedź should be mentioned: Laburnum anagyroides ‘Pendulum’ – 1833, Ligustrum japonicum – 1820, L. sinense – 1828, Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Intergrifolium’ – 1820, Lonicera biflora – 1839, L. prolifera – 1833, L. tatarica ‘Rosea’ – 1813, L. tatarica ‘Sibirica’ – 1817, Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata – 1820, Morus alba ‘Cucullata’ – 1828, Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Luteus’ – 1838, Platanus ×hispanica ‘Digitata’ – 1833, Populus suaveolens – 1817, Prunus mahaleb ‘Xanthocarpa’ – 1833, P. napaulensis – 1828, P. padus ‘Pendula’ – 1833, P. pumila var. depressa – 1824, P. tenella ‘Alba’ – 1833, P. tenella ‘Speciosa’ – 1817, Quercus infectoria – 1824, Q. muehlenbergii – 1820, Q. pyrenaica – 1817, Q. robur ‘Asplenifolia’ – 1833, Ribes aciculare – 1839, R. missouriense – 1838, R. nigrum ‘Marmoratum’ – 1824, Ribes procumbens – 1838, R. sanguineum – 1824, Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Monstrosa’ – 1820, Rosa agrestis – 1824, R. corymbifera – 1817, R. foetida ‘Persian Yellow’ – 1824, R. stylosa – 1833, Rubus armeniacus – 1833, R. rosifolius ‘Coronarius’ – 1820, R. ulmifolius ‘Bellidiflorus’ – 1827, Salix ægyptiaca – 1838, S. daphnoides – 1817, S. japonica – 1824, Sambucus nigra ‘Monstrosa’ – 1824, Sophora japonica ‘Pendula’ – 1824, Sorbus græca – 1833, S. umbellata – 1836, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus ‘Variegatus’ – 1840, Syringa ×persica ‘Saugeana’ – 1833, Tilia platyphyllos ‘Aurea’ – 1833, T. platyphyllos ‘Laciniata’ – 1828, T. platyphyllos ‘Obliqua’ – 1833, T. platyphyllos ‘Pyramidalis’ – 1838, Ulmus pumila – 1817, U. rubra – 1817, Vaccinium tenellum – 1827, Viburnum alnifolium – 1817, and Yucca filamentosa ‘Variegata’ – 1838.
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