Excerpt from Paxton's Flower Garden, 1851-2, Vol. 2 As might be expected, they are perfectly hardy in this country, living without protection in low cold damp soils, provided they are placed among stones, so that no wet may lodge about them in winter. In such situations they rapidly cover the ground with a bright verdure formed of their entangled prostrate stems; and in the early autumn throw up an abundance of their gay rosy or rich brown red spikes. Hence they are particularly well adapted to rockwork, when very hardy species are required. 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 Paxton's Flower Garden, Vol. 3 A handsome winter-flowering Greenhouse Succulent Plant, from Mexico, belonging to the Order of Houseman. 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 Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, 1843, Vol. 10 The character of the Embellishments of this work has at length been brought almost as near to perfection as it is possible to attain. It is, indeed, suggested by some of our friends, that they are occasionally too beautiful; and that the plants they represent are not ordinarily so handsome as they are here depicted. Such a view, however, is a mistaken one: it arises from a rule which we adopt in the choice of subjects for our drawings, and which is, to have them prepared, whenever practicable. 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.