. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. i^^AMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. DARWIN'S BARBEKKY. MONGkST the many memorials o£ the yreat Daiwin that we liud in buoks and museums and gardens, there is none that speaks more plainly of him than the plant before us. It takes ns into the heart of that most delightful of all his books, the " Journal of Re- searches " during the voyage of the Bengle. As a garden shruli it stands almost alone for hardiness, elegance, bright- ness, and usefulness; for it is equally adapted to adorn the terrace g'&i'deu, or to afford co
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. i^^AMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. DARWIN'S BARBEKKY. MONGkST the many memorials o£ the yreat Daiwin that we liud in buoks and museums and gardens, there is none that speaks more plainly of him than the plant before us. It takes ns into the heart of that most delightful of all his books, the " Journal of Re- searches " during the voyage of the Bengle. As a garden shruli it stands almost alone for hardiness, elegance, bright- ness, and usefulness; for it is equally adapted to adorn the terrace g'&i'deu, or to afford covert to game. As a plant of hist(jiy, too, although it was certainly unknown to the ancients, it in a similar manner may be said to stand alone; for it was discovered liy Air. Darwin in that memora!)le voyage of his, which may be regarded as the second discovery of the great New World. In the entries of the " journal " for the year 1834, when Darwin explored Tierra del Fuego and the south-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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