Excerpt from Holly, Yew Box: With Notes on Other Evergreens The usefulness of the various Hollies, Yews and Boxes for garden decoration, coupled with the fact that many of the best sorts are but little kwn, furnished the inducement for the preparation of the present work. At the same time it was considered advisable to append a descriptive list of other useful evergreens. With the exception of the Yews, Conifers have t been dealt with through lack of space. The Hollies, Yews and Boxes, on account of their general usefulness, are dealt with more fully than other subjects, and in addition to descriptions of most of the best sorts being given, tes on cultivation and uses are introduced, with a selection of extracts from various works on the superstitious legends, poetry, etc., attached to each group. As the most important group, the Hollies occupy the premier position. 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 techlogy 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.