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The masterwork on the family, backed by 50 years of careful study. ... It is worth the effort ... a goldmine at a modest price that ought to widen gardeners' practice. -- Robin Lane Fox Financial Times 20091204

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Jeanette Fryer is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and holder of the NCCPG (National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens) Scientific Collection of Cotoneaster. She grows around 350 species plus 45 cultivars in two separate identical collections in Hampshire, England - one at the family nursery, Rumsey Gardens, the other at her home in Froxfield. Jeanette was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Medal for her scientific work on the genus Cotoneaster. Bertil Hylmo (1915-2001) earned a doctorate in botany, genetics, and microbiology at the University of Lund, Sweden, and over 40 years developed an exceptional living and herbarium collection of Cotoneaster at his home in Bjuv, Sweden. He created a classification system for the genus and, with Karl Evert Flinck, established a project for DNA research into the more difficult species. In 2003, the University of Alnarp in Sweden dedicated a Cotoneaster arboretum to Hylmo's memory and to continue his work with this genus.

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