Excerpt from Familiar Garden Flowers The completion of a Second Series of familiar garden F lowers may suggest to some readers that suitable subjects will now be growing scarce. But there will be no scarcity even when the Third Series is completed; and it matters not how far we proceed, there will still be suitable subjects remaining, so va'st is the field in Which these humble labours are pleasantly prosecuted, and so infinite the variety of beautiful and familiar garden flowers. We are still only on the threshold of the temple of F lore, and in the Third Series, therefore, we shall be enabled, With. 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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Excerpt from Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden: Described and Illustrated To any' artist who is a colorist it is almost incon ceivable that crimson should not be distinguished from scarlet. When it is possible for him to produce fifty distinct variations of red between these two colors, it will be easily understood why he should look on the color-blind person as an eighth wonder of the world! 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.

Excerpt from Familiar Garden Flowers Light words are at times more serviceable than learned lines, and persuasions are often more effective than arguments. This is especially the case in respect of subjects that are adapted for universal enjoyment, and that appeal to feeling first and afterwards arouse curiosity and set the mind to work. Garden flowers give more delight, perhaps, to those who study their history and cultivation and uses, than to such as admire them but in a casual way, and who may be said to smile and pass on. But in either case the gratification, which is one of sentiment in the first instance, becomes an intellectual exercise, and may be aided by one given to gossiping, and with a little knowledge to flavour his words. It is with some such purpose the following papers have been penned to accompany a series of picture adapted to awaken and sustain an interest in "familiar garden flowers." 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.

Excerpt from The Garden Flowers of the Year The writer has also sought, as occasion presented itself, to point the reader to the connexion existing between the kingdom of nature and the kingdom of heaven our knowledge would be but of little worth, though we could name every herb of the field, or rear every flower of the garden, or classify each tree of the forest, if we were ignorant ot the living Plant of Renown. 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.