Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Excerpt from New and Rare Beautiful-Leaved Plants: Containing Illustrations and Descriptions of the Most Ornamental-Foliaged Plants Not Hitherto Noticed in Any Work on the Subject The increased attention paid to Beautiful-leaved Plants constitutes a distinct phase in the history of horticulture. It is but recently that the beauty of leaves has been fully recognised, and the passion that has arisen for collecting and cultivating fine-foliaged plants is one of the newest, but is not at all likely to be transient. We do now and then hear that ferns are less cared for than formerly, and perhaps we shall soon be told that Begonias, Caladiums, Palms, Cicads, and Yuccas have had their day. Fashion is certainly capricious; and in the cultivation of plants we are well accustomed to see this or that particular subject or'class elevated for a time to the highest popularity, only to prepare the way for something else which shall take its place, and eclipse it in public favour. Nevertheless, we do not anticipate that a single plant figured in this work will be less interesting fifty years hence than now, for our purpose has been to select without regard to fashion, but with an eye to intrinsic beauty only, from amongst. The thousands of beautiful-leavedplants with which the earth is adorned. Some Of our friends suggest that by promoting the culture of fine-foliaged plants we discourage the cultivation of flowering plants; but this is a great mistake. Flowering plants will never lack admirers, and as many of them have beautiful leaves, we have been enabled to figure and describe many subjects that are as valuable for one feature as the other. But we have chiefly sought for leaves, and have considered flowers as secondary thereto; desiring to feed the' large desire for information on the subject of leaf beauty that has now sprung up, and direct, if possible. The taste for the cultivation of such subjects. 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.

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.