Book excerpt: Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue, 1931 Althea - Valuable where a tall growing, ornamental hedge is desired. Covered with large flowers of various shades of red, pink, purple and white from August until frost. Attractive foliage. Barberry, Japanese - Very desirable for a dwarf, bushy, thorny hedge. Excellent green foliage, changing to brilliant red in the fall; flowers small and yellow, followed by red berries. Attractive and symmetrical whether trimmed or untrimmed. Buckthorn, Common - Used extensively for tall hedge or screen. White blossoms, followed by red berries in autumn. 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.