The Journal Of The Horticultural Society Of London 1849 Vol 4 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Journal of the Horticultural Society of London, 1850, Vol. 5 SO little is the public aware that there exists in England a large class of most beautiful hardy Evergreen shrubs belonging to the genus Berberis, that it has become an object of some importance to bring them into notice. It is not too much to say that among them are shrubs in no degree inferior for ornamental purposes to Laurels and other similar exotic bushes. Some are from the West, some from the East. America has contributed a large number, and has an abundance of others in store to reward the enterprising collector. Nor does the warmer part of Asia yield the palm in this respect. Already a crowd of handsome strangers has reached us through the assistance of the East India Company, and there are probably as many to follow from the temperate mountains of that vast continent. In the following brief account -i have sought to collect what is most worth knowing about them; but extended details have not been introduced, because to have done so would have made this paper more botanical than is desirable in a Horticultural Journal. Let me hope that it will be the means of bringing, to light other as yet unknown species, not less deserving of culti vation than the best of those here spoken of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.