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Quotes from The Living Garden — Edward James Salisbury

1886–1978 England

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From the woods of north-west America came that familiar evergreen shrub Mahonia pinnata, which in some gardens to-day is almost a weed; yet such was the enthusiasm with which it was first received that roots commanded a price of ten guineas each.

The Living Garden (1935)

It was not till the middle of the nineteenth century that the rich harvest of American shrubs really began to be garnered, though the Tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) had already introduced from there in 1663.

The Living Garden (1935)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edward James Salisbury (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.