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.