Excerpt from A Manual of the Coniferae Containing a General Review of the Order; A Synopsis of the Hardy Kinds Cultivated in Great Britain; Their Place and Use in Horticulture, Etc;, Etc;; With Numerous Woodcuts and Illustrations Messrs. Knight Perry's book contained a synopsis of all the Coniferous plants grown in Great Britain at the time of its publi cation, and of which they had formed a collection. We have adhered to the general plan of their work, but the progress that has been made in every department of horticulture since that period, in which the culture of Coniferous plants has, in a great measure, participated, and notably the numerous acquisitions of new species and varieties, many of which we ourselves have been instrumental in introducing, have necessitated the re-writing of the whole, not only for the purpose of embodying the most important facts since accumulated from many sources, but also for revising the descriptions of the species and varieties which were then but imperfectly known. Our endeavour has been to treat the subject in a manner as popular as possible, so as to render the Manual acceptable to every class. While avoiding technical terms, as far as it could be done, consistent I. 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.