During
Victorian times the almost tree was grown in gardens
less for its fruit than for its delightful flowers and
greenery. It as so easy to grow that Hibberd felt in
no need to elaborate further.
Information
and image taken from F. Edward Hulme and Shirley Hibberd,
Familiar Garden Flowers (Cassell, Peter, Galpin
and Co.: London: c. 1890), 5 vols.
