PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
OMITTED IN MARCH.
ERRATA.
THE AMERICAN FLOWER GARDEN DIRECTORY.
Hot-House. JANUARY.
Green-House. JANUARY.
Flower Garden. JANUARY.
ROOMS. JANUARY.
Hot-House. FEBRUARY .
Green-House. FEBRUARY .
Flower Garden. FEBRUARY .
Rooms. FEBRUARY .
Hot-House. MARCH .
Green-House. MARCH .
Flower Garden. MARCH.
Rooms. MARCH.
Hot-House. APRIL.
Green-House. APRIL.
Flower Garden. APRIL.
Rooms. APRIL.
Hot-House. MAY.
Green-House. MAY.
Flower Garden. MAY.
Rooms. MAY.
Hot-House. JUNE AND JULY.
Green-House. JUNE AND JULY.
Flower Garden. JUNE AND JULY. HOLLAND BULBS.
Rooms. JUNE AND JULY.
Hot-House. AUGUST.
Green-house. AUGUST.
FLOWER-GARDEN AUGUST. EVERGREEN HEDGES.
Rooms. AUGUST.
Hot-House. SEPTEMBER. DRESSING THE PLANTS.
Green-House. SEPTEMBER.
Flower Garden. SEPTEMBER. OF DAHLIAS.
Rooms. SEPTEMBER.
Hot-House. OCTOBER.
Green-House. OCTOBER. OF TAKING IN AND ARRANGING THE PLANTS.
Flower-Garden. OCTOBER. OF PLANTING VARIOUS BULBOUS FLOWER ROOTS.
Rooms. OCTOBER.
Hot-House. NOVEMBER.
Green-House. NOVEMBER. OF AIR AND WATER.
Flower-Garden. NOVEMBER.
Rooms. NOVEMBER. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
Hot-House. DECEMBER.
Green-House. DECEMBER.
Flower Garden. DECEMBER. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
Rooms. DECEMBER.
Plants described or mentioned in this Work.
INDEX.
LIST OF HARDY SHRUBS.
LIST OF ANNUALS THAT MAY BE SOWN ON A HOT-BED.
HARDY ANNUALS.
HARDY BIENNIALS.
TABLE OF SOILS.
HIBBERT AND BUIST ,
Transcriber's Note
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Camellia Fimbriata.
THE AMERICAN
FLOWER GARDEN DIRECTORY,
CONTAINING
PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTURE OF PLANTS,
IN THE
HOT-HOUSE, GARDEN-HOUSE, FLOWER GARDEN AND
ROOMS OR PARLOURS,
FOR EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR.
With
A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANTS MOST DESIRABLE IN EACH, THE NATURE OF THE SOIL AND
SITUATION BEST ADAPTED TO THEIR GROWTH, THE PROPER SEASON FOR
TRANSPLANTING, &c.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ERECTING A
Hot-house, Green-house, and laying out a Flower Garden.
ALSO
Table of Soils most congenial to the Plants contained in the Work.
THE WHOLE ADAPTED TO EITHER LARGE OR SMALL GARDENS,
WITH
LISTS OF ANNUALS, BIENNIALS, AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS,
CONTENTS, A GENERAL INDEX,
AND A FRONTISPIECE OF CAMELLIA FIMBRIATA.
By HIBBERT AND BUIST.
EXOTIC NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS.
PHILADELPHIA:
E. L. CAREY & A. HART—CHESNUT STREET.
BOSTON:
ALLEN & TICKNOR.
1834.
