The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 380
they by no means harmonisewith the shrubs, either in a botanical or in a picturesque pointof view. Botanically, they do not harmonise, because most bulbsare monocotyledonous; and they do not form a picturesquewhole, or harmony with shrubs, because their beauties do notadmit of being depicted by the… … and planting a Flower-Garden. 355 50