Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs - Practical Gardening -
By A.D. Webster. This book has been written and is published with
the distinct object in view of bringing home to the minds of
planters of Hardy Trees and Shrubs, the fact that the monotonous
repetition, in at least nine-tenths of our Parks and Gardens, of
such Trees as the Elm, the Lime, and the Oak, and such Shrubs as
the Cherry Laurel and the Privet, is neither necessary nor
desirable. There is quite a host of choice and beautiful flowering
species, which, though at present not generally known are yet
perfectly hardy, of the simplest culture, and equally well adapted
for the ornamentation of our Public and Private Parks and Gardens.
Of late years, with the marked decline in the cultivation of
Coniferous Trees, many of which are ill adapted for the climate of
this country, the interest in our lovely flowering Trees and Shrubs
has been greatly revived. This fact has been well exemplified in
the numerous enquiries after these subjects, and the space devoted
to their description and modes of cultivation in the Horticultural
Press. In the hope, too, of helping to establish a much-desired
standard of nomenclature, I have followed the generic names adopted
by the authors of The Genera Plantarum, and the specific names and
orthography, as far as I have been able, of the Index Kewensis; and
where possible I have given the synonyms, the date of introduction,
and the native country. The alphabetical arrangement that has been
adopted, both with regard to the genera and species, it is hoped,
will greatly facilitate the work of reference to its pages. The
descriptive notes and hints on cultivation, the selected lists of
Trees and Shrubs for various special purposes, and the calendarial
list which indicates the flowering season of the different species,
may be considered all the more valuable for being concisely
written, and made readily accessible by means of the Index.
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