Author: Hampshire Agricultural Society

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-10

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9780656215164

Excerpt from Transactions of the Hampshire Agricultural Society, 1865 Horticultural pursuits were deemed so' honorable amongst the Romans, that many of their distinguished families derived their' surnames from some species of fruit or vegetable, which they were celebrated for cultivating. If our ladies, who cultivate flowers at the present day do not succeed in handing down surnames to future generations, they may, if they will, have their tastes improved, - their ideas of true beauty enlarged, yea, even their tempers improved, by mingling. Much with the soft-hued, fragrant pansies, the pleasure-giving mignonette, the waxen, modest lilly, and the clumpy Pinks. 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.