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 42
North America, and introduced by Douglas, according to Dr.Lindley, is, perhaps the handsomest hardy evergreen we yet c 2 20 New hardy Trees and Shrubs … possess. Its foliageis of a rich, deep,shining green, be-coming purple inthe winter. It bearsfruit in some abund-ance, which consistsof clusters of round-ish black berries,having their surfacecovered with a richvioletbloom. Itmostresembles M. fasci-cularis, from whichits large shiningleaves at once…
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