Excerpt from Paxton's Flower Garden, Vol. 1 IT was Stated at the commencement of this work that its design was to in monthly parts, as full an account of all the New and remarkable Plants introduced into cultivation as is necessary to the Horticulturist, and as the price and extent of a periodical will permit; the history of such plants being sought in the Botanical Works published on the Continent, to which English cultivators have little access, as well as in those of our own country, and in the Gardens or Herbaria from which they are derived. 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.